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Automation of requisition process for a leading retail chain in us
1. Case Study BPO
SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS PROCESS & CONTENT MANAGEMENT
Automation of Requisition Process
For a leading Retail Chain in US
Overview
Core3 is a leading provider of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) solutions and
consulting services. With extensive experience in outsourcing space, Core3 helps
companies make their finance, accounting, and payroll functions more efficient. It is also
beneficial for administrative and information technology functions.
The Challenge
Core3 was looking for a unified business process workflow automation solution to
support the business needs of its Requisition filling & PO generation/approval activities.
Key Challenges: The main objective for the automation of Core3’s business process is to make Requisition
! Need for a uniformed processing & PO generation and approval more efficient and productive, by streamlining
business process workflow the workflow.
automation
! Need for more effective and
The NEWGEN Solution
productive requisition
processing and PO The company has around 350 retail stores, which are located at various locations all over
generation and approval the US. These retail stores fill the requisition forms for any item or product, which they
process need to purchase for the store. Each retail store submits the filled requisition form to its
respective regional office. The buyer (user) at the regional office logs into
OmniFlowTMand creates and records a transaction in OmniFlowTM for each requisition
form submitted at the retail store. The buyer keys in certain details such as vendor name,
region, product name and quantity for the workitem in the online form and submits the
form. Recurring requisitions is also handled using an automatic utility, which creates
request(s) on the predefined date and sends the same for approval.
Based on the buyer’s role, region and requisition amount, the requisition is sent to the
approver for authorization. Based on predefined guidelines, the approver clears the
requisition or raises an exception. For raising an exception, the approver enters his
comments in the Exception window for the buyer to view. The approval could be for the
Key Benefits: entire requisition request or only a partial approval.
! Simplified and streamlined
workflow If the approver wants to partially approve the requisition or to reject the requisition
completely, he/she raises an exception by putting in his comments for the concerned
! Speedy approval cycle,
improved turn around time products/workitems. Whenever the approver raises an exception, the transaction is sent
back to the buyer who initiated the request.
! Lower cost of processing
and increased productivity
If the requisition is approved, the buyer logs in and sends the request for PO generation.
! Centralised and improved
For partially approved requests, buyer can either remove the rejected items or resubmit for
tracking of transactions
approval. At PO generation step, a custom application runs in the background that
! Increased accuracy and periodically polls for approved requests. Subsequently, a PO is generated as MS Word file
better internal controls
for all requests. All generated POs are saved in a predefined location. Once the PO is
generated, the requisition process is complete.
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2. Case Study BPO
SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS PROCESS & CONTENT MANAGEMENT
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Newgen Software Technologies
Limited is a market leader in
Business Process Management
(BPM) and Enterprise Content
Architecture of the Solution
Management (ECM), with a
global footprint of about 700 OmniFlowTM and OmniDocsTM servers are centrally deployed in the US.
installations in over 30
countries. More than 100 of
these implementations are large, OmniFlowTM is a multi-tiered, platform independent, Workflow Management solution
mission-critical solutions built using robust server-side Java technologies. Its scalable architecture can cater from
deployed at world's leading small-to-medium workgroup usage, to truly enterprise-wide workflow management
BFSI, BPO, and Fortune Global
500 companies. requirements. OmniFlowTM is tightly integrated with OmniDocsTM, DMS product from
Newgen, for storage & retrieval of documents/forms.
Winner of several awards such as
“Frost and Sullivan's Market
Leadership Award for Document The Benefits
Management System and ! Simplified and streamlined workflow speeds approval cycles and increases
Workflow Software & Services” productivity
and “Distinguished Application
Product Company” by ! All the requests are centrally monitored for better control
NASSCOM, Newgen Software is ! Better procurement planning and management
an ISO 9001:2000, ISO 27001 ! Better exception handling, lowers cost of processing and improves turn around time
certified and CMM Level 4
company. ! Increased accuracy and better internal controls
! Dashboard and customized reports, resulting in efficient administration of BPO’s
activities
! Comprehensive Auditing capabilities provide complete history of the requisitions,
including the approval and processing history
! Tracking of transactions and its current status is possible at any point of time during
requests processing
! Scalable solution, which allows future growth and continued improvements
Newgen’s prestigious clients include Max New York Life, HSBC, Deutsche Bank, ABN AMRO, ICICI
Bank, HDFC Bank, Hua Nan Commercial Bank, Bajaj Allianz, Sahara Life, Royal Sundaram Alliance, IBM
Daksh, Wipro BPO, Dow Jones, WNS, UBS, Equinox, Patni BPO, Wividus, Unilever SSC, Ranbaxy SSC,
Airtel, Hutch, Idea, Etisalat UAE, Reliance Infocomm, Tata Tele Services, GSL Hongkong, Praxair, Philips,
SEC Philippines, Trent Limited, Kuoni Travels and Kenya Airways
Newgen Software Technologies Ltd. Newgen Software Inc.
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Qutab Institutional Area, McLean, VA 22101
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