Basware Transforms Company Spending Behavior by Engaging Employees in Collaborative e-Procurement

Basware, the global leader in providing networked purchase-to-pay solutions, e-invoicing and innovative financing services, has adopted the WeProcurement methodology to e-procurement, which fundamentally transforms company spending culture for its customers by changing employee behavior.

To solidify desired behavior, WeProcurement creates a collaborative process that delivers relevance, intelligence, and awareness within the e-procurement system.

This systematic method allows everyone to work collaboratively towards company goals and saving money—encouraging employees to perform as proper stewards over company funds.

Ilari Nurmi, SVP, Purchase to Pay, Basware, explained: “Today’s employees expect the systems they interact with on a daily basis to be intuitive and relevant to their daily lives, and to deliver critical intelligence at the point needed to greatly increase efficiency. With WeProcurement we are taking things one step further. Our methodology also incentivizes employees to stick and comply with a company’s procurement processes by making it the easiest thing to do within the natural course of their work and by making them aware of how they add value to a business as a whole. This gives organizations tangible results and ensures employee contributions amount to more than just the sum of their individual parts.”

“By consolidating our purchasing activities across 200 locations into a collaborative process, we were able to reduce our supplier base by 96%,” said Angela Watts, Purchasing Manager at Goodyear Tire & Service Centers. “Our users are now saving significant time in their days and getting the items they need in a cost-effective manner – ultimately saving the company millions.”