REDWOOD
CITY, Calif., July 25,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ivalua, a global leader in spend
management, and its partner CKS Consulting, today announced that
Ermewa, a European leader in freight wagon rental, has successfully
digitalized its Source-to-Contract operations with Ivalua.
Founded in 1956 and headquartered in France, Ermewa is one of the leading
European freight wagon rental companies. With a network of 18
offices in 14 European countries, Ermewa provides industrial
companies, railway undertakings, and freight forwarders with a
fleet of over 47,000 railcars that transport hazardous and
non-hazardous liquids, gases, bulk materials, and general cargo,
including food and non-food products. Ermewa is a subsidiary of
Streem, one of the leading players in the freight railcar and tank
container leasing industries globally.
Having identified an opportunity to streamline its procurement
processes, Ermewa selected Ivalua's S2C solution including Supplier
Information Management, Sourcing, and Contract Lifecycle
Management.
With the support of CKS Consulting, Ermewa was able to deploy
the standard best practices embedded in Ivalua's platform, while
also supporting its industry-specific requirements, all without any
coding. After a successful implementation led by CKS Consulting,
Ermewa has unified its procurement processes from end to end,
effectively addressing all its business needs within a single
platform. Empowered by greater visibility, Ermewa has also
consolidated its reporting processes. Additionally, thanks to
Ivalua's intuitive interface and localization capabilities, Ermewa
has experienced a significant increase in user adoption.
"Moving from fragmented data in Excel to Ivalua as a single
source of truth has proven to be a good choice. We are extremely
satisfied by the ability of our implementation partner to adapt to
our business environment and create a unique solution fit for us,"
said Philippe Roussely, Purchasing Director at Ermewa.
"CKS has provided critical support to Ermewa in design decisions
and built a solution meeting end-to-end business needs. Ivalua's
high configurability, leveraged through the Design mode
functionality, supported building a module dedicated to the
management and technical acceptance of wagons by Ermewa. Our close
collaboration with Ermewa was instrumental to the success of the
project as it enabled us to align on requirements to take into
consideration prior to implementation and to identify opportunities
for future enhancements," said Pierre-Edouard Labbé, Partner at
CKS, in charge of heading the project.
"Combining Ivalua's unmatched flexibility with the expertise of
our partner CKS, we have proudly delivered a solution that
successfully addresses all of Ermewa's requirements, enabling them
to effectively digitalize their procurement processes," said
Dan Amzallag, Ivalua's Chief
Operating Officer (COO).
About CKS
Founded in 2003, CKS is a European independent and specialized
procurement consulting company, supporting its public and private
clients along three business lines: strategic and operational
consulting, BPO procurement services, and S2C and P2P information
systems implementation.
CKS and its dedicated technical integration subsidiary Lysint
have been strategic Ivalua implementation partners for more than 15
years. Combining the procurement experience of functional experts
and the strong integration skills of certified integration
professionals allows CKS to support its customers in all stages of
the implementation project and to provide high value-added products
and services, including after Go-Live. More on
www.cks-consulting.com.
About Ivalua
Ivalua is a leading provider of cloud-based, AI-powered Spend
Management software. Our unified Source-to-Pay platform empowers
businesses to effectively manage all categories of spend and all
suppliers, increasing profitability, improving sustainability,
lowering risk and boosting employee productivity. We are trusted by
hundreds of the world's most admired brands and recognized as a
leader by Gartner and other analysts. Learn more at www.ivalua.com.
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