How does “obsessing over the customer” translate to big business value? Before Scout’s inception in 2014, industry conversations exposed an overlooked, yet pivotal, business challenge for Sourcing and Procurement. Fast forward to hundreds of interviews, refined prototypes, many late nights, and over 175 customers later, now we’re onto something big. Join Scout’s co-founders for SPARK’s opening keynote as we take you on this journey to re-define the future of Strategic Sourcing.
44. #scoutspark
Anaplan is a cloud-based, enterprise SaaS provider transforming the
way decisions are made. We are pioneering Connected Planning, which
we believe is the next essential cloud software category because it
transforms planning by connecting people, data and plans to
accelerate business success at every level within every organization.
45. The Anaplan Way
Building a More Connected Sourcing Strategy
SARAH TOOMEY
Head of Global Procurement
Anaplan
47. #scoutspark
Expand:
- RFP policy
- Tiered Suppliers
- Enforce QBRs
- Category reviews
- Spend management
leveraging Anaplan
<2017
Infrastructure
2018
Transformation
2019
Maturation
2020+
Evolution
Launch:
- Procurement ops
- Formalize contracts
- Implement Docusign
Implement:
- Scout to manage and
document approvals
- Anaplan model to
improve visibility
Improve:
- Compliance
- Informed buying
- Automation
- Extend Connected
Planning with the
Anaplan platform
After focusing on developing a strategy and building a foundation, continuing
to iterate the goals for the organization as we grow.
Background
48. #scoutspark
Data
People
Plans
Integrate data to
provide visibility
Collaborate to make
decisions in real-time
Execute plans for suppliers
and stakeholders
Anaplan is all about connecting people, data, and plans to
accelerate business success within every organization.
Connected Planning
49. #scoutspark
ProcessPeopleTech
With the right process implemented, people to lead, and tools to enable, our team acts as
the quarterback for indirect spend at Anaplan.
Request Sourcing Review Approvals Contract Savings Payment Management
Requestor
Procurement Team
APLegal, Security, IT
Ecosystem
51. #scoutspark
Workday was founded on a disruptive idea: to put people at the
center of enterprise software.
Now, over a decade later, we still deliver on that idea every day.
52. Enterprise Integrations
Ensuring Success from Source to
Contract with Workday
BETSY BLAND
VP Corporate Strategy
Workday
JOHN BRUNO
VP Global Real Estate,
Workplace & Procurement
Workday
53. Workday at a Glance
98%
Customer Satisfaction
10K+
# of Employees
2300+
Customers
70%+
Customers Live
31M
Workers
$2.1B
Revenue to Date
36% Growth
Named a Leader by Industry Experts
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Customers
Workday Confidential
63. Source To Procure Workflow (Before)
Multiple Tools and Hand-Overs | Complex Workflow
Workday Confidential
64. Source To Procure Workflow (After)
Consolidated Tools | Simpler Workflow
Managed via Sourcing
Purchase Order (PO) Issued By
Buyer
Goods & Services Delivered
Existing Supplier
Same Goods or Services
(Existing Legal Terms)
New Supplier
Existing Supplier
New Goods or Services
Contract Review
Request in ServiceNow
(Managed By Sourcing &
Procurement)
Create Purchase Requisition
(Business, or, Procurement Creates
Requisition) in Workday
Engage Sourcing
Supplier Selection
· RFx
· Renewals/Renegotiations
· Negotiations
Intent to buy goods or
services
Workday Confidential
65. Pier Barattolo
Chief Revenue Officer, Density
Regarding ScoutRFP - it was convenient
to work with the system. In many other
systems that I’ve worked with in the past,
it requires a long registration process and
the user interface is quite cumbersome
and hard to get but ScoutRFP is quite
convenient and easy to use.
We found Scout RFP format to be very
easy to use and save your work. When
completing the questions having a meter
that lets you know how much you have
completed for the submission. Love
seeing 100% complete and then being
able to check our work and submit.
Overall, very easy to use and easy to
understand.
Scout RFP - we found it very easy to
work with. What I particularly liked was
the integration with excel, we ended up
exporting it to Google Sheets for cross
functional collaboration and input.
Dean Rease
CEO, Ready America
David Rottelman
VP Global Sales, PointGrab
Workday Confidential
67. #scoutspark
When you're nearly 80 years old, you have a few stories to tell!
We are Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, an independent licensee of the Blue
Cross Blue Shield Association. We're also a mutual insurance company, which means
we're owned by our policyholders, not investors — and that's important.
Since Wellmark is owned by friends and neighbors throughout Iowa and South Dakota,
we know what's important. Wellmark members demand exceptional value. We work
hard every day to deliver that by carefully managing costs, providing outstanding
customer service and empowering our members to stay healthy.
And that’s where Procurement comes in!
68. Wellmark Shares
How to do More with Scout
KENNY CHASTEN
Chief Procurement Officer
Wellmark
70. #scoutspark
Sourcing / Vendor Management / Contract Administration / Asset Management
• Centralized procurement function
• 23 full-time positions with a $2.9 million operating budget
• Chief Procurement Officer a direct report of CFO
• $180 million indirect spend
• $5 Billion direct spend
• Average 183 active pending request daily
• Well-positioned with an effective company policy and “exclusive” signature authority
• Business-Partner Satisfaction Surveys
• 92% satisfaction rolling 12-month period
• 90% of request completed within acceptable timeframe
• 96% engaged in a timely manner
Procurement Services @ Wellmark
71. #scoutspark
Background: 2018 Goals & Accomplishments
• More than $11 million in reported Indirect savings.
• $120 million in reported Direct savings.
• Successful implementation of Scout Intake (“enterprise-wide”),
Pipeline, Sourcing, and Supplier Directory.
• Successful Vendor Management Program:
- 100% of Vendor population segmented and tiered.
- Vendor Management Steering Committee (9 Officers)
- 37 Tier 1 Vendors
- 56 Tier 2 Vendors
72. #scoutspark
2019 Procurement Services Goals
• Maximize savings opportunities
• Maintain or improve Business-partner satisfaction
• Successful implementation of Contract Lifecycle Management program
• “All things vendor” in Scout including:
-SRM (replacing existing Sharepoint site)
-Contracts (replace IBM Emptoris)
-Pre-contract and Post-contract Due diligence (Forms)
-Power BI Reporting
-Satisfaction surveys
**Enterprise Transparency**
77. Productivity needs a “reboot”
3.0%
0.5%
Previous Now
• Productivity slump
• Negative impact on growth
• Requires investment & outcomes
• Risk to jobs
The Problem We Are Solving
78. Leading Digital Transformation
Build a belief system that data is a competitive advantage
(at the top … “the art of the possible”)
Develop new ways to work (breakthrough inertia)
“Re-frame” the enterprise
CIO/CDO … talent + technology
Empower users
Define what is “core”
Drive outcomes … productivity, cash, share, customer value,
speed, security, etc.
1
2
3
80. Slow
Implementation
Pay for “Wave 2”
Digital Investments
Fast
Benefit
RPA
Sourcing tools
Analytics
“Wave 1”
Investment Prioritization
81. BRAINS + BITE
+ Map the industry & ecosystem …
risk & margin
+ Partner with sales & engineering …
drive speed
+ Own your tools … transparency, data labs,
should cost
+ Typically you are the cyber weak link
+ Very few things are “win-win”
Sourcing Leaders
Stan: Sourcing, Center Stage
When we build Scout our desire was to build something specific for the sourcing function and at Spark we want to put Sourcing, Center Stage.
No better venue then SFJazz!
Alex: Review Goals for the next 2 days
Alex: Review Agenda & Goals for the next 2 days
The next two days are filled with amazing sessions Our goal at Spark:
Business Update
Product Vision
Educate & Network
Have Fun
This morning we’re going to start on a more educational and inspiration route with speakers that will include Jeff I, Mckinsey, Kate @ VSP. In the afternoon, we’re breaking down into smaller groups and doing three sessions at a time. Some are focused on Scout and other on industry topics that we get a lot of questions about. Check the agenda and get there on time! In the evening, we have our Havana Nights party so get ready to for some fun!
Alex: Review Agenda & Goals for the next 2 days
The next two days are filled with amazing sessions Our goal at Spark:
Business Update
Product Vision
Educate & Network
Have Fun
Alex: Review Agenda & Goals for the next 2 days
The next two days are filled with amazing sessions Our goal at Spark:
Business Update
Product Vision
Educate & Network
Have Fun
Alex: Review Agenda & Goals for the next 2 days
The next two days are filled with amazing sessions Our goal at Spark:
Business Update
Product Vision
Educate & Network
Have Fun
Alex: This morning we’re going to start on a more educational and inspiration route with speakers that will include Jeff I, Mckinsey, Kate @ VSP. In the afternoon, we’re breaking down into smaller groups and doing three sessions at a time. Some are focused on Scout and other on industry topics that we get a lot of questions about. Check the agenda and get there on time! In the evening, we have our Havana Nights party so get ready to for some fun!
Stan: Let’s kick it off with a quick update on our business.
Stan: Before we go into the future, it’s always good to reflect on our past.
State of the Union - what have we done since Spark 2018
2015: Photo of Scout team - slide (stan can you believe it)
2019: Photo of Scout team - slide
Stan: State of the Union - what have we done since Spark 2018
Stan: State of the Union - what have we done since Spark 2018
Talk about the types of customers – small to large
-global
Stan: State of the Union - what have we done since Spark 2018
Stan: State of the Union - what have we done since Spark 2018
2015: Photo of Scout team - slide (stan can you believe it)
2019: Photo of Scout team - slide
Stan: State of the Union - what have we done since Spark 2018
Stan: State of the Union - what have we done since Spark 2018
Stan: State of the Union - what have we done since Spark 2018
Stan: State of the Union - what have we done since Spark 2018
Mention Workday & Salesforce as customers first!
Thank you for making this happen
“We want to thank you, our customers, our partners, and all the Scouts who have made this such a great company.”
Alex: Stan, can I share something personal?
Stan: Alex, of course, pretend it’s just you and me here.
Alex: I love Sourcing. I mean, I like procurement. But sourcing is my true love.
Change slide to I Heart sourcing.
Stan: Alex, that’s no secret. It’s why we’re all here. We’re all crazy about Sourcing. Every single person out here who bought Scout believes in the power of sourcing and that there should be amazing tools specifically built for the industry that we love. Especially, the crazy customers in the audience that bought Scout very early on.
Alex: We’re all here because we share a vision and to discuss where we see the industry going.
Alex: We built Scout around sourcing not only because we’re passionate about it, but also because we saw lots of tools focused on procurement. But none really focusing on Sourcing. It was way underserved by our industry.
So we set out to build a system that’s focused on helping sourcing teams achieve significantly more.
Today, we want to talk about the two shifts around which we’re building the future of Scout.
Today, we want to talk about the two shifts around which we’re building the future of Scout.
Today, we want to talk about the two shifts around which we’re building the future of Scout.
Alex: The first shift is the shift around we build Scout originally. We did this big study and found out that there is a lot of software with a ton of functionality, but no one was focused on adoption, which meant that often these tools were shelved due to low adoption by buyers, suppliers, and stakeholders.
And so we built a really simple RFP tool that you could get up and running that day and start getting value out of right away.
Since then, we’ve been expanding our capabilities while staying true to our first principle.
The second shift was highlighted to us when we first met Jeff Immelt, who’s seen quite a bit of change over the years. And that is when Enterprise procurement software first came out, it was focused on compliance. Even today, people call it “Business Spend Management.” Software was typically selected at a very high level and pushed down for everyone to use. This is another reason for why usability wasn’t that important for the legacy systems. Today, with business moving so quickly and with the lifespan of large companies that can’t be agile being shortened, the pendulum has shifted from compliance to Impact and Value – Competitive edge.
The third shift has to do with an age old debate. End to End or Best of Breed? For the longest time, we had to pick. It was well established that either you had to assemble everything yourself (early adopters) or you picked one provider and settled on knowing that you would upset a lot of people. Not to mention, according to industry analysts such as Gartner, 90% end-to-end solutions fail to live up to expectations and don’t see adoption. But they are adored by consulting firms who make millions recommending approaches that don’t see rapid time to value.
This isn’t just a procurement question, but something that’s been an issue for software for decades. Fortunately, this compromise is quickly going away. And the name for this shift is “Connected”
Your quintessential monopoly
Mulesoft.
So, as we think about how we’re building Scout, and we have pressure from customers and VC’s to continue to expand our software, these are the trends that we are using to guide us into the future. Now, as you look up here, there’s an important consideration, the left side and the right side are all important. We as a product company don’t see it as an either or. That would be a lazy approach. We want to deliver solutions that meet the merits of all of the virtues above.
So, as we think about how we’re building Scout, and we have pressure from customers and VC’s to continue to expand our software, these are the trends that we are using to guide us into the future. Now, as you look up here, there’s an important consideration, the left side and the right side are all important. We as a product company don’t see it as an either or. That would be a lazy approach. We want to deliver solutions that meet the merits of all of the virtues above.
You got us here and we’re going to work hard to make sure that we continue to serve the sourcing community and put you center stage.
Slide with three company logos
7 minutes
Stan to talk about Anaplan
Stan to intro Sarah
Sarah to speak:
Thanks Stan for having me today...
I’ll start by sharing a bit on where we came from and are going at Anaplan. I wanted to ensure we built a strong process to set a solid foundation to help Anaplan meet our objectives. Anaplan is fast-paced and so we needed to be agile with our procurement processes to accommodate the needs of the business.
Sarah to speak:
When I joined in 2017, the team had done a great job of implementing a procurement ops process with finance and a had a scrappy legal team that was fantastic. However, as time went on and the amount of work piled up, projects were getting delayed due to bandwidth by both procurement and legal and hard to prioritize via email. We had about 700 employees when I joined and 2 on the procurement and sourcing side.
Prior to joining Anaplan, I spent a few years at Levi’s where we used Scout for RFPs regularly and when I joined Anaplan, the team used Scout for RFPs here and there. When Scout launched Intake, I saw it as an opportunity to shift our process and to enable our small team to support a high growth company.
My first full year was 2018. I focused on transforming our group into a scalable function. One that could grow with us so tracking projects via email was no longer an option. I leaned heavily on Scout to update the way we manage projects and most importantly to document approvals along the way. I also implemented an Anaplan model that pulls in our ERP and PO data to increase visibility and overall management. Finishing the year with 6 people covering procurement ops, sourcing, and built out a T&E function. Our org was just over 1200 globally.
As we kick-off 2019, I’ll continue to work with my team and with our counterparts in legal and security to support our org to mature with an emphasis on compliance, informed buying decisions, and automating any of the more tactical pieces. I will work to extend our use within Anaplan, pulling information from Scout and our other platforms, to drive toward connected planning across finance, business units, and leadership
And beyond this year, I plan to evolve and elevate our function by expanding our approach to RFPs, tiering our suppliers, and category management with more structure. Expanding spend management to maximize our investments and trying to consolidate when possible cross-functionally.
At Anaplan, our mantra is connected planning. Driven by collaboration and being able to make real-time decisions. It’s crucial for our team to act quickly and efficiently.
We leverage data to provide visibility and to make informed decisions.
We collaborate across all functions to make decisions and execute our plans.
For procurement this means, making sure we have the right folks engaged in the project early and constant communication to ensure we’re all in lockstep during negotiations and contracting. We all have had the situation where we’re thrown a project too late down the line or where additional stakeholders provide information that pivots the discussion.
It’s helpful to have a product like Scout supporting our group since it dovetails with our processes and systems to help us execute our objectives and Scout plays a role in how we achieve connected planning internally. This is important because we believe it’s a new way to make decisions.
After understanding the background, vision, and our objectives, I created a workflow that could be supported by our procurement, legal, and security functions in a self-service yet collaborative style. All requestors own kicking off a project in Scout which documents our joint commercial and legal reviews and opening a requisition in Workday which documents the financial reviews. The procurement team can then pickup the ball and shepherd the project to completion.
Questions From Stan:
What features in Scout do you lean on? – A: Milestones and team chat, Both are crucial for us to parallel-path projects and decisions in a collaborative way. We have contracts that come in that need to be reviewed by procurement, legal, security, and often IT… this helps us work together efficiently and with continuity.
What are you looking to automate in the future? – A: Would love to have folks submit just in Scout and when we’ve finalized pricing, to kick-off the Req with Workday seamlessly to keep users from having to input additional data that was already provided in Scout when they kicked-off the project. And then leaning on the connection between Scout and Docusign to route agreements again, in a seamless fashion. Then all the data can flow back to our Anaplan model that provides leadership, finance, cost center owners, etc. all with real-time information.
Let’s start with Workday’s unique vision of bringing planning, execution, and analysis together in one system. We believe this is critical to improve the timeliness and accuracy of data driven decisions across the organization.
Further, by having one source for all your data, you now have the ability to Extend that into other areas of your business through the Workday Cloud Platform.
The foundation of this vision is The Power of 1 which is an integral principle in our technology strategy and a core value proposition for our customers.
The Power of 1 is all about connectedness and the assets that are woven into the very fabric of Workday for all Workday applications to leverage without the need to bolt on new technology, infrastructure, or move data. This applies to our built in Machine Learning services, Workday Assistant, and Skills cloud to name a few. This allows all of our applications to tap into those capabilities to add even more value.
Built from scratch as part of the Financials team
AW: 8/27 - Updated names on TS&P org (added Marilou Tantoco and Cynthia Wallace).
Stan to intro Sarah
Stan: Sourcing, Center Stage
When we build Scout our desire was to build something specific for the sourcing function and at Spark we want to put Sourcing, Center Stage.
No better venue then SFJazz!
Stan - Big thank to Anaplan, Workday, & Wellmark for sharing their journeys with everybody here.
Today and tomorrow we want you to listen, network, share stories, and have fun.
That is what makes this event so great.)
If you have any questions, there are lots of Scouts around if you need anything - just ask
Also, If you want to meet with our product or CS team visit the demo bar that will be open the entire day.
Alex - incredibly excited to invite our first guest on stage - Jeff I - quick bio