Abandoning the processes that you have in place can be a huge mistake if you want your new e-procurement implementation to be successful.
This is an oldie but goodie from our Archives. It’s still pretty true today.
All companies like to throw around the term best practices. Who’s best practice is the question that companies should ask as well as who says these are the best practices. Successful learning organizations don’t just throw the baby out with the bath water when they begin to use new tools. There are procedures your company has followed for years, many of which are necessary and other that need to evolve. There are procedures that your new e-procurement solutions providers support and have used successfully with other companies that may make sense. An integration of these practices that work will become your new Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) as applies to your implementation of e-procurement within your organization.
A Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is an established process or group of processes that an organization carry’s out in a given situation on a routine basis. These procedures tend to be very specific to the business functional area being impacted.
So, how would you go about implementing e-procurement tools SOP into your organization? Begin by asking your solutions provider and if you don’t get a simple straight forward answer call SafeSourcing.
Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.
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