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VLH , like many organisations before it , had been utilising a ‘ tailor-made ’ Enterprise Resource Planning ( ERP ) system and it required a keen understanding and knowledge of how to use it in order to extract the necessary information . Stéphane looked to review the company ’ s whole supply chain and procurement processes , its supplier and item rationalisations and its spending in order to better understand how procurement could better fit into and enable greater value to the VLH ’ s business model . He found that the existing ERP system proved incredibly inhibiting .
“ To be able to do this , the ERP should be up to standards ,” he says . “ In supply chain , you need a world class ERP system . The better you have and the better your data is stored , the better you will maximise your efficiency in gathering information , the better you will analyse the data and the better you will implement cost improvement / reduction strategies to have the company beneficiate from all of it .”
“ If the ERP doesn ’ t deliver strategic
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