Supply Chain Analytics provides competitive advantage to organizations by enabling them to optimize their processes through cross-functional analysis. Industries like automobiles, integrated communications, consumer goods, and heavy engineering, spend more than 50% of their total cost in strategic Sourcing, This makes advanced analytics of BI in Sourcing a key focus for organizations. Companies today, irrespective of size and scale are relying on advanced analytics of Business Intelligence (BI) to facilitate strategic decisions related to Low Cost Country Sourcing (LCCS), Product re-engineering, Re-sourcing and New product development.

Patni’s BI implementations in Sourcing have helped customers in:

• Better vendor management by using supplier scorecards
• Integrated view of spend information across lines of business
• Increased user adoption of the BI applications.

Is your company ready for BI-driven Sourcing?
It has been seen that most companies falter in their BI endeavors for Sourcing due to:

• Mis-alignment of KPIs with the Sourcing business needs
• Lack of BI organization structure and processes to manage the BI initiative
• Absence of an integrated approach to the BI initiative
• Need for a flexible BI platform to evolve with the Sourcing needs of the organization.

Patni’s BI Readiness Assessment Service
Patni's BI Readiness Assessment service is a quick and in-depth assessment of areas that are critical for a successful Business Intelligence implementation in your Sourcing initiative.

Key features of our solution include:

• High-impact, with quick and in-depth assessment of areas that are critical for a successful BI implementation
• Proven methodology combined with a well-established collaborative approach, enabling being informed and managing the ‘red flags’ that may pop up during the initiative
• Integrated and scalable BI roadmap for Sourcing with schedule and cost estimates.