The average company today spends nearly half of every dollar earned on buying goods and services. When its time to optimize for efficiency and gain real savings, the supply chain is the first place to start. However, before you can cut costs, you have to know where they are being created. Blind cuts or compromises can have drastic consequences later in the business cycle.
An automated source-to-pay process allows complex organizations to attain new levels of efficiency and collaboration. Fragmented buy-side processes-from sourcing and negotiation to procurement, fulfillment, and payment-come together into a single seamless process, reducing time consuming and repetitive manual tasks.

If the benefits of automation are so clear, why do so many supply chain implementations fail? The reason is that effective supply chain automation is not an isolated application. It has to be effectively connected to the systems and users not only inside your enterprise but between your partners and suppliers as well. Monolithic, all-or-nothing options are not effective. You need a system that works with your existing applications and can be adapted easily to meet the continual changes and growth of your business.

Commerce One addresses these concerns and more with a comprehensive suite of supplier relationship management (SRM) applications that work cohesively with a powerful and nimble Composite Process Management platform.

Standards-based SRM applications from Commerce One deliver buying organizations unprecedented visibility and control over enterprise sourcing and procurement processes. They are proven to reduce cycle times, lower transaction costs, and achieve better pricing for all types of goods and services. In conjunction with the Commerce One Conductor Composite Process Management platform, these core SRM applications can more easily connect to outside systems and draw upon existing IT resources to better support your business.