Cinema Solutions depends on a wide network of vendors for essential operations such as maintenance, repairs, and technical support. The company processes large numbers of transactions and vendor invoices. Operating in the fast-paced entertainment industry means Cinema Solutions requires a reliable and agile system, as any disruption incurs costs.
Cinema Solutions relied on manual vendor invoice approval with heavy oversight from their team throughout the process. The team also had to create many POs for recurring services, which overwhelmed them. These resulted in delays, errors, slow and inefficient operations, and a high workload.
Cinema Solutions needed an efficient system with real-time tracking for processing vendor payments faster. They also wanted to reduce team workload significantly by consolidating recurrent payments.
We implemented 2 solutions—one for automating workflows of vendor invoices with SAP Fiori for quick approvals and the other for generating blanket POs for recurring services.
They provide the following capabilities:
Cinema Solutions has gained multiple benefits to transform their operations and relationships with vendors.
This is how the solution helps:
All of these benefits have ultimately led to stronger relationships with vendors, who are key stakeholders. With cost savings, Cinema Solutions also has the flexibility to redirect budgets towards more strategic initiatives involving vendor relationship management.