Gujarat Industries Power Company Limited (GIPCL) was incorporated in 1985 as a Public Limited company. The company is engaged in business of Electrical Power Generation with a present installed generation capacity of 1184.4 MW.4, is an example of a successful e Procurement Solution implementation.
The Vadodara Gas based Power Station, wanted to digitize the purchase process in the year 2006. The company faced issues regarding to internet security as the technology was outdated. Bulwark Solutions developed and updated the existing system along with merging the prevalent SAP with Procure Avenue in phases and successfully implemented it in three month time span.
They were provided with solutions which gave the Purchase Dept – a price comparison analysis which not only saved the time and efforts of the personnel but also brought in a transparency to the process.
Bulwark Solutions were given a challenge to stream line the multiple formats of procurement of various departments which were independent to each other. The solution which was designed and implemented at GIPCL had user acceptance and which reduced the unnecessary paper work and it currently being used by the various departments with no complaints.
With the help of the software, GIPCL streamlined the supplier communications, which lead to better lead times, earlier warnings for quantity adjustments, and more reliable predictive modeling.
Company: GIPCL
Product: Procure Avenue
Time Frame: Three Years
Key Takeaways
The company’s story emphasizes a major success factor of Bulwark Solutions, by understanding the user’s needs and their way of working and providing solution which eased the burden of the personnel and reducing the time and costs.