Manufacturing businesses frequently confront issues related to complex supply chains, which substantially impact how they manage supplier relationships. In these situations, procurement entails working with a variety of different types of suppliers, some of whom are based in other parts of the world, and who must adhere to strict policies and timelines to provide products, components, and services associated with the production of intermediate or final goods. 

Operational Efficiency

Supply chain efficiency is crucial for maintaining successful manufacturing processes, keeping supply obligations, and remaining competitive, and intelligent automation of procure-to-pay procedures is one method firms can maintain effective operations. 

Manufacturers frequently manage relationships with suppliers concerning shipment concerns manually, utilizing e-mail and phone conversations for back-and-forth communications and Excel spreadsheets to track data. This manual method of managing supplier interactions is inefficient, time-consuming, and prone to errors, causing supply and manufacturing delays. 

Supplier Communication Automation 

Automation can help streamline supplier communications by increasing transparency around order scheduling, automatically tracking and managing scheduling and following up on missing data or activities, providing clear and automated guidance to buyers and sellers around each process and its unique requirements, and requiring compliance. 

However, not all automation technologies can provide a fair return on investment (ROI), nor can they all handle the complex nature of such interactions that characterize industrial businesses. To handle this level of complexity, the solution must be able to view each process as distinct, apply the necessary rules and policies to it, assure compliance, discover and enforce the correction of errors and discrepancies, and identify and manage disputes. 

Some companies try to put together automation and procurement applications, but these don’t provide end-to-end visibility and are consequently ineffective. Such solutions must be holistic in character in order to achieve optimal ROI, considering each process in the context of the full set of procurement operations and the environment in which they operate. 

HubBroker’s Solutions 

HubBroker provides unique and straightforward solutions that can help Suppliers to be compliant with a demand of being digital. Our solutions are simple to use and ensure secure and reliable data exchange between different ecosystems.

Contact us today to know how our holistic solutions can help you achieve the optimal efficiency and ROI from your operations.