InterGenHow the Barclaycard Commercial Purchasing Card system helped streamline InterGen’s global purchasing processes.

Case study

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– Working closely with InterGen’s procurement team, we introduced the purchasing cards and associated online spend management tool helping develop new policies and procedures.

– ThefirstcardholdersweretrainedinMarch2012with the entire implementation process taking just three months to complete.

A new payment solution InterGen engaged the Barclaycard team to help provide additional information about how purchasing cards and other business-to-business payment solutions can add value to large organisations.

– In partnership with the Barclaycard team, InterGen successfully implemented the Barclaycard Commercial Purchasing Card system across six sites in the UK and Netherlands.

Efficient and effectiveSince setting up their new procurement department and introducing the new Purchasing Card, InterGen has witnessed a marked improvement in efficiency savings and employee satisfaction.

Benefits for InterGen:– anoverviewofallfinancialinformation– control and visibility of spend maintained– processefficiencydeliveredacrossthebusiness– employee satisfaction improved.

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The Barclaycard team was so helpful from the outset. They supported us by looking at spend analysis, identifying the right suppliers to purchase from and helping us to form a business case for migrating fromourtraditionalPOprocess.

Gary Bloom RegionalProcurementManager InterGen Global Procurement

Generating efficiency InterGen is a global power generation business with 10 power stations worldwide. Its procurement can vary from very small but high-volume purchases to the purchasing of the expensive machinery required to run the power generating sites.

While InterGen’s existing purchase order process was well controlled,itwasclearthatthe‘onesizefitsall’approachwasnotthemostefficientwaytodealwithlow-cost, high-volumepurchases.

Project objectives:– simplify the buying process – empower employees – retain control over purchases to ensure compliance – improve visibility of procurement spend.

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40% time savings since launching the Purchasing Card.

50%reduction involumeofPOsprocessed.

Planning for the futureAgainstatargetof50%,InterGenhasalreadymigratedaround47%ofitstransactionstothePurchasingCardandexpectsthisfiguretorisestillfurther.Thebusinesshas also increased the number of suppliers they use since introducing the programme, leading to improved sourcing.

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