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Nick Verkroost

Why CEOs need procuretech in their organisation

To expand their business and boost profit, CEOs need procuretech in their organisation. It will also help to address specific concerns, support sales, and reduce spending.


A woman CEO discussing supplier relationship management
You need detailed business intelligence to build strong supplier relationships

Business success depends on many factors. You need sound plans, robust processes, and excellent people. But across all these strands, any organisation also needs business intelligence to build strong supplier relationships. And if that intelligence can give you the edge in reducing costs and improving efficiency across your supply chain, so much the better. After all, it's not just Procurement that will benefit from optimising such spending. In a new series of blogs, we're going to look at how supplier relationship management platforms can help you, whatever job function you hold across your business. In the first of these, we go to the top to focus on the C-suite and explain why every CEO needs procuretech in their business.


CEOs need procuretech to maximise cost savings and boost efficiency

At Canopy, we know that CEOs are always looking for ways to optimise spend and eliminate wastage. By putting all your supplier data in one place and filtering suppliers through advanced approval processes, procuretech helps you identify cost savings and reduce unnecessary expenditure. The system streamlines procurement, order management, and payment reconciliation processes. Together, this serves to reduce operational costs and improve resource allocation.


We also know that, ultimately, you need to see a return on investment. And we know that we need to be persuasive in demonstrating that you'll get that return, so we've got clear metrics to show how we can help. We're confident that you'll be able to improve your supplier management, grow your business, and see profits increase by investing in an advanced supplier relationship management platform.


Strategic supplier relationships that improve scalability and growth

Building strong supplier relationships is vital for a business's success, from top to bottom. Canopy puts your supply chain at the fingertips of teams across your business, so you can respond to new customer opportunities more quickly. It enables Sales teams to identify high-performing suppliers, negotiate better terms, and explore partnership opportunities. And as you expand internationally, it ensures Procurement teams know that your suppliers remain compliant with local laws and different regulatory environments.


Crucially, Canopy scales with the business, accommodating increased supplier interactions and expanding procurement needs. The platform's streamlined processes free up resources, allowing you to redirect your team's focus on growth initiatives, innovation, and market expansion. And that's got to be of chief concern to the C-suite.


Here are four ways that the Canopy supplier management platform helps from the top down.


1. Saving time on admin processes through automation

Is your procurement team bogged down in manual tasks such as supplier onboarding, document verification, and order processing? Canopy automates all these processes, getting suppliers themselves to ensure all the data you hold on them is correct. This frees up time, allowing your procurement team to focus on strategic decision-making and high-level initiatives such as risk mitigation and governance assurance. Find out how Canopy can reduce administration in your business more >


2. Achieving compliance against sustainability goals

There's rightly a growing emphasis on ESG and diversity, as businesses know they need to take care of their people and the planet. It's, therefore vital for you to work with suppliers who share your values. Canopy monitors supplier compliance with ethical and environmental standards, alerting your team to potential breaches and empowering them to align sourcing strategies with corporate values.

It also facilitates collaboration to drive positive change, providing a communication channel for sharing best practice, implementing improvement initiatives, and fostering dialogue on ESG and diversity-related topics. Boost your ESG & Diversity reporting now >


3. Adopting a user-friendly interface

There's nothing worse than adopting a new piece of software that needs you to take valuable time out of your day for you to get to grips with it. Canopy has a clean and easy-to-navigate interface that allows you and your team to quickly access critical data, generate reports, and perform tasks. All this comes without extensive training, as the user-friendly system is intuitive and interactive.


4. Integrating with other systems according to specific business needs

Each business has unique requirements. For instance, you may have legacy ERP or CRM systems operating in different subsidiaries after a merger. And in a global business, there may be different ways of working across different locations. Canopy offers seamless integration with existing systems to cater to the specific needs and workflows of the company.


Procuretech works across the business, supporting different job functions

Supplier management isn't just a matter for Procurement. Canopy works across the business, supporting different job functions. Look out for our next blog in this series. But don't just take our word for it; we have case studies showcasing how other businesses have benefited financially and operationally from using the platform.


Contact one of the team today to find out more about how the Canopy supplier management platform works to provide the C-suite with the business intelligence they need to succeed.



Post by Nick Verkroost

Nick is an experienced business leader and the CEO for Canopy (OCG Software), the rules-based Supplier Management platform. Nick's focus is on commercial and operational excellence and ensuring our clients maximise the opportunities that Canopy offers.

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