As companies continue to globalize rapidly, the Source-to-Pay function within organizations has become even more critical and a strategic lever for driving significant business value. Executives across the globe are seeking more value from their business partners in all aspects of their respective organizations, elevating the importance of sourcing and procurement programs. The partnership between Symantec, a global security software giant, and Genpact exemplifies this organizational imperative.
Join us in this session, as they share critical success factors in the transformation of Symantec's global Source-to-Pay function, the role of stakeholder collaboration, designing a new organizational model, and end-to-end process optimization to achieve the desired business outcomes. You’ll learn: how Symantec and Genpact drove more than $150 Million in savings; how procurement increased spend under management by 25%; how sourcing programs & policies, and organizational model were utilized to generate broader business value; and how to optimize direct and indirect spend, process efficiency and effectiveness, transparency, and sourcing compliance to enhance supplier performance management.
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Here are some fast facts about Symantec to provide a snapshot of who we are and what we’ve accomplished.
Focus on best value to Symantec Consolidate and negotiate with maximum leverage Ensure real time market intelligence Drive sourcing strategies focused on best in class supplier performance modelsAssess and contract with suppliers in a way that mitigates risk to SymantecEfficient assessment of risk potentialProcess model to quickly make decisions on riskStreamlined contracting process Compliant payment process Buying process should be simple and straightforward for employees Easy to identify and navigate to preferred suppliers Complete visibility to status of purchase activitiesClear expectations for complex procurementsTimely and accurate payments
This is the da Vinci vision. We have enhanced the vision since we initially launched da Vinci in order to align with Symantec 4.0. The da Vinci vision is to: Enable Symantec 4.0 business models through simplified business operations, improved financial performance, and a single repository with standard data.Key highlights of this vision include:da Vinci is meant to enable Symantec’s fourmajor business models. Traditional (on premise and services) and non-traditional, newer models (SaaS and appliances).There are three key elements of the da Vinci vision:Simplified business operationsImproved financial performance Single repository with standard dataThe focus of simplified business operations is to be easy for customers and channel partners to do business with us and improve our customer-facing processes, such as ordering, contract management, and quoting. This will result in a great customer and channel partner experience.Improving financial performance focuses on the underlying finance processes, such as procurement, accounts payable, accounting, and reporting, and being as efficient and effective as possible to support the organization.Lastly, an important aspect of da Vinci is creating a single data repository and standardizing as much as possible. This enables efficiency and better accuracy of data and provides the business with better information to make decisions.