USA procurement into five work streams .”
This restructure , was designed to make Marriott ’ s supply chain as manageable as possible . It is part of the company ’ s Procurement 2020 Vision . The goals are :
1 . Ensuring supply chain continuity : “ Number one was to
make sure the hotels can continue to order whatever they need to serve guests , meaning we had to put a number of steps behind the scenes to ensure this continuity ,” says Masson .
2 . Maintaining procurement support : “ This is to make
sure we maintain or improve the structure we already have .”
3 . Mitigating risks : “ Making sure that any contracts we ’ re absorbing will reflect the new structure of the organisation , and will be globally applicable .”
4 . Integrating procurement systems : “ This is integrating
the two procurement structures under one a single umbrella , so they operate as one .”
5 . Implementing costsaving measures : “ This focusses
on promoting saving . As you can imagine when we are merging two major organisations , there is a high level of expectation that there will be savings . So we put in place the necessary processes to leverage as much as we can in order to create savings for the benefit of the hotels , the owners , and making sure that our guests benefit from improved quality and better products .”
This restructure will ensure that any future acquisitions Marriot inevitably makes will be a fluid , simplified process . According to Masson , the development of the 2020 Vision has been encouragingly received with anticipation of positive outcomes .
“ This was designed about 18 months ago , and we began to implement the integration in September of last year ,” Masson says . “ Step one , two , three , and four are almost complete . We are currently focused on the hotels and haven ’ t had a single disruption in the supply
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