Dare Foods Speeds Up PO Approvals with SAP Workflow and Fiori

Dare Foods, a Canada-based food manufacturer, had no systematic approval process for indirect purchase orders. CONTAX implemented SAP PO release strategies with workflow and deployed the SAP Fiori Approve Purchase Order app, so managers who rarely use SAP can approve orders easily. Dare now gets more accurate purchase orders, better control of spend and a quicker purchasing turnaround.

At a Glance

The Customer

Dare Foods is a Canada-based food manufacturing company. It distributes its products in over 25 other countries.

The Challenge

Dare Foods did not have a systematic approval process for indirect purchase orders, and vendor invoices were being submitted without any reference to a purchase order. That made reconciliation and account clearing messy, and it took up large amounts of the finance team's time.

Dare wanted to fix this and control its spend with a PO approval process. Like many companies, its approvers are people who rarely use SAP, such as sales managers and department heads. So the approval process had to be simple and easy to use for infrequent SAP users who approve purchase orders often.

The Solution

Dare Foods partnered with CONTAX to use SAP Fiori, SAP's web-based user experience built on HTML5, and its Approve Purchase Order app. CONTAX proposed and implemented SAP PO release strategies with PO workflow and deployed the Fiori Approve Purchase Order app for indirect and direct purchases.

The Results

• More accurate purchase orders, with proper quantities and prices
• Better control of unnecessary spend, and sourcing from appropriate vendors
• Easier review and approval for the management team, and a quicker turnaround in purchasing
• Simpler vendor invoice reconciliation and processing, helped by more accurate POs

What's Next

Dare will continue to roll out the approval process to other plants and to its direct procurement process across all plants. With a taste of what Fiori can do, other Fiori apps may follow.