SupplyChain Magazine August 2014 | Page 25

FEATURE ARTICLE SHORTENED HEADLINE
Calor Gas supplies fuel for businesses
Tasked with building a new procurement function from the ground up , Kevin Wing , Group Purchasing Manager at Calor identified the need for a specialist eProcurement solution as being critical to help the company optimise its spend control . Calor also wanted to negotiate more favourable terms with its suppliers to reduce inventory level costs and reinvest these savings into the wider business .
Once Wing joined the business two years ago he conducted an analysis that identified the need for Calor to build on its existing strengths in key areas of the P2P landscape and drive efficient processes especially into the front end of the cycle . Compliance ,
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