Spend Management Solutions and Consulting from Mahindra Satyam

Cloud-based Spend Management Solutions

Mahindra Satyam’s Cloud-based Spend Management Solutions comprise Ariba’s On-Demand Spend Management Solution Software as a Service (Saas), Platform as a Service (Paas), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Mahindra Satyam’s capabilities and knowledge (Consulting, Enablement and Execution) as Shared Services. We deliver Community (Ariba supplier network, knowledge and best practices) also as a service.
Our Cloud-based Spend Management Solutions include:

Spend Management Consulting and Analytic Services
- Spend Assessment and Consulting Services
- Strategic Sourcing
- Advanced Analytics

Spend Management Enablement Services

Implementation
Project Management
Change Management

Spend Management Execution and Sustenance Services
- Support Services
- Sourcing Execution Services
- Procure-2-Pay operational support services

Strategic Sourcing

Mahindra Satyam’s Spend Management consultants have helped companies across the world save millions of dollars. We have a proven strategic sourcing methodology backed by extensive database of RFIs, RFPs, specific category and industry overviews, category analyses, sourcing strategies and programs.

While Strategic Sourcing has proven effective at achieving significant and sustainable benefits for our clients, we recognize that not all situations are conducive to a comprehensive approach. We, therefore, employ alternative sourcing techniques such as fast track sourcing, one-on-one or sole negotiations, spot buys and reverse auctions wherever required.

We have a well-proven package evaluation methodology for evaluating various readily-available eSourcing and eProcurement packages in the market. We have developed detailed operational and technical business cases of these applications which help us map the client’s business processes and requirements with the capabilities of the product.

Sourcing Support & Analytics

We have experience in managing eSourcing (RFX process) and Reverse Auctions for various customers in different domains. We have capability in various eSourcing tools such as Ariba, emptoris, Frictionless etc. In addition to this, clients can enjoy the cost benefits achieved from the Onsite-Offshore delivery model where bid analysis, reporting, supply market intelligence come from Offshore while event preparation, formalizing negotiation strategy and interacting with suppliers will be done Onsite from the client location.

Procurement Operations

We have People, Process and Technology to address the modern day challenges of the downstream procure-to-pay operations. Strong domain knowledge and execution expertise of core procurement operation processes have enabled clients to streamline processes, reduce transaction cost and realize faster ROI on their investments.

Mahindra Satyam can provide a modular, scalable solution model which can be delivered through an Onsite-Offshore delivery model. Our Procurement Operations solution offerings include Requisition Processing, Purchase Order Management, Invoice Management, Contract Management, Tactical Procurement (spot buys) and Accounts Payable.

Spend Analysis

Spend Analysis helps companies visualize, control and optimize the money they spend. Mahindra Satyam helps clients in cleansing, classifying & enriching Spend data (direct material and indirect material) that helps Sourcing Managers make informed decisions that lead to substantial cost savings.

Creating the analytical `cube’ (i.e., cutting spend data by business unit, category, region and vendor) forms the foundation of all our work. Mahindra Satyam not only implements spend analytic tools such as Ariba Analysis, Zycus, and other software but also has experience using these tools for spend analysis. We also have an in-house Spend Analytics tool called Equazion.

Supplier Enablement

Mahindra Satyam has extensively worked on Supplier Enablement programs and understands the complexities involved in enabling, approving and managing complex catalogs and supplier information. Some of the benefits that our customers have achieved in Supplier Enablement include:

Automated process of catalog submission to publication
Single source of truth for supplier information
Improved compliance
High quality and consistent content
Define and measure key metrics such as cycle time for catalog enablement, supplier enablement etc.
Improved supplier relationships

eTendering

We understand the growing demand for eTendering solutions and the value they bring to large public sector, government, and educational institutions. We offer an eTendering solution that is time-locked for multiple biddings, tamper-proof for data integrity with secure bid process and payment gateways. This solution is available both in hosted mode and in the license mode.

Contract Management

One cannot manage what cannot be seen. Business managers recognize that agreements and contracts that are established after great efforts are simply filed and forgotten. These will lead to unnecessary costs and increased business risks. Mahindra Satyam recognizes these issues and helps customers deploy contract management solutions that involve contract authoring, automatic document generation, compliance administration, secure central repository with event and date-driven email notifications.

Companies can benefit from our product knowledge, deep domain expertise on several verticals and an Onsite-Offshore delivery model in deploying Contract Management solutions.

Implementation and Support Services

Mahindra Satyam has over a million person-hours of experience in implementing, upgrading and maintaining Spend Management solutions in following technologies:

Ariba Enterprise Spend Management Suite
CommerceOne Buysite
i2 SRM
Oracle iProcure
SAP SRM
TeamCenter Sourcing
Mindflow – Sourcing

Mahindra Satyam has developed Centers of Excellence that focus on managing knowledge, building proofs of concept, training etc., while acting as a Solution Center. The re-usable components and learning from previous projects help reduce the implementation efforts and bring benefits to clients in terms of cost and time.