{"id":2949,"date":"2019-01-16T14:44:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T14:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zaharasoftware.com\/?p=2949"},"modified":"2025-03-21T16:55:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T16:55:56","slug":"whos-buying-what-its-time-to-take-back-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zaharasoftware.com\/purchase-orders\/whos-buying-what-its-time-to-take-back-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Procurement processes &#8211; It&#8217;s time to take back control"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"whos_buying_what\"><\/span>Who&#8217;s buying what?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p>Operational inefficiencies are a blight on business, yet largely avoidable with some straightforward technical interventions.<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zaharasoftware.com\/purchase-orders\/whos-buying-what-its-time-to-take-back-control\/#whos_buying_what\" >Who&#8217;s buying what?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zaharasoftware.com\/purchase-orders\/whos-buying-what-its-time-to-take-back-control\/#what_could_this_mean_for_your_business\" >What could this mean for your business?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zaharasoftware.com\/purchase-orders\/whos-buying-what-its-time-to-take-back-control\/#try_out_the_future_of_ap_register_a_zahara_trial_for_free\" >Try out the future of AP, register a Zahara trial for FREE.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\r\n<p>The procurement process is a business function that can lead to huge amounts of waste. A key question is: <strong>Do you know who is ordering what within your organisation and for how much?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Let\u2019s get straight to the point: Zahara makes it possible to transform procurement processes and give your organisation a serious competitive advantage on many levels. It eliminates common issues that cost money in the buying process. With Zahara, you will avoid many common errors:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Over ordering \u2013 with insight into the peaks and troughs of expenditure.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Duplication of orders \u2013 with a system that monitors purchases and flags up where duplications occur.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Paying more than necessary \u2013 with a system secured by checks and approvals to avoid payment errors.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Delays in order processing \u2013 with prescribed, automated workflows.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Losing control of purchases at the local site and branch level \u2013 with rigorous buying protocols in place.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Surprise increases in expenditure \u2013 when you have an up-to-the-minute view of operational spending, with controls to avoid budget overspend.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Unauthorised expenditure \u2013 by putting controls in place to grant purchasing powers to authorised personnel only.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Using unapproved suppliers \u2013 they cannot be sent a purchase order if they are not on the system.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Manual processes\u2014Automated workflows replace outdated human processing with checks in place to take control of the entire buying function.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"what_could_this_mean_for_your_business\"><\/span>What could this mean for your business?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p>As well as adding a considerable sum to your bottom line &#8211; a typical business can expect to save 5% of their operational expenditure, worth thousands in extra profits &#8211; you will also benefit from: &#8211;<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>A closer insight on operations and the financial health of the business across all divisions, locations and outlets.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Top-level, real-time reporting for CFOs, at the office or on the go.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>An analysis of buying habits \u2013 habits aren\u2019t always good for business.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Financial discipline that will create a less wasteful culture.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Reduction in waste and all the costs associated with waste.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Elimination of human error by automating processes.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Eradication of the costly burden of hidden fees such as late payment charges.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Maximising savings via early payment discounts received by speeding up your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaharasoftware.com\/accounts-payable\/benefits-of-accounts-payable-automation\/\">AP processes<\/a> through to payment.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Closer management of cash flow for better financial reporting.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Improved productivity using an automated purchase-to-payment process.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Multiple retailers, construction companies, care providers and leisure organisations use Zahara to gain these advantages.<\/p>\r\n<p>Implementation isn\u2019t a barrier either, as we can prove with our free trial to get you started.<\/p>\r\n<p>So, if you\u2019re looking to instil much-needed financial discipline across the procurement process, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaharasoftware.com\/invoice-processing\/invoice-processing-software\/\">invoice processing<\/a> and making secure, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaharasoftware.com\/supplier-payment-runs\/\">automated payments<\/a>, it would make sense to have a conversation.<\/p>\r\n<style>\r\n\t.testbox {\r\n    border-radius: 11.725px;\r\n    background: linear-gradient(89deg, #FF5C00 0.96%, #FFB800 113.64%);\r\n    box-shadow: 2.198px 2.931px 7.548px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.10);\r\n    display: flex;\r\n    padding: 11px 14px;\r\n    color: #fff;\r\n    align-items: center;\r\n    justify-content: center;\r\n}\r\n\t.ft18 {\r\n\t\tfont-size:18px!important;\r\n\t\tfont-weight: 400!important;\r\n\t}\r\n<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"testbox ft18 mt60 mb60\"><h2 class=\"pl10 pr20 mt10 mr20 fw300 ft18 text-center text-white\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"try_out_the_future_of_ap_register_a_zahara_trial_for_free\"><\/span>Try out the future of AP, register a Zahara trial for FREE.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n  <a class=\"btn btn-solid-blue ft18\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zaharasoftware.com\/trial-signup\/?nonitro\" role=\"button\" title=\"Free trial of Zahara\" target=\"new\">Try Out Zahara<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who&#8217;s buying what? Operational inefficiencies are a blight on business, yet largely avoidable with some straightforward technical interventions. The procurement process is a business function that can lead to huge amounts of waste. A key question is: Do you know who is ordering what within your organisation and for how much? Let\u2019s get straight to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaharasoftware.com\/purchase-orders\/whos-buying-what-its-time-to-take-back-control\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Procurement processes &#8211; It&#8217;s time to take back control&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":7271,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"iawp_total_views":18,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,711],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-efficiency","category-purchase-orders"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Procurement processes - It&#039;s time to take back control<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Streamline your business with insights into the procurement process to avoid waste and save money with Zahara.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zaharasoftware.com\/purchase-orders\/whos-buying-what-its-time-to-take-back-control\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Procurement processes - 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