AgroTerra Automates Procurement with Norbit SRM

2023: Implementation of Norbit SRM

Agroterra"," the Russian a group of companies engaged in crop production and seed production, implements a solution (Norbitol part of the group) LANIT to manage procurement activities -. Its Norbit SRM use will unify and consolidate processes, improve interaction with key suppliers, and reduce the procurement cycle by 50%. LANIT announced this on March 15, 2023.

To improve the efficiency of the procurement process, AgroTerra has chosen a boxed version of SRM without significant functionality improvements. The system is deployed on the Russian low-code BPM platform, which guarantees additional flexibility in tuning business processes and ease integration of use with the external and internal - IT landschaft.

Norbit SRM is located in the same framework as the existing CRM system and has access to the already deployed reference books and database, which significantly reduces the complexity of accounting and integration setup. Employees of the procurement department now conduct all key activities in the general information space. Norbit SRM provides end-to-end automation of key procurement processes, such as demand management, sourcing, and sourcing. This eliminates the duplication of functions and re-entry of data, and also increases the transparency of the purchasing process, since all user actions are unified and standardized.

AgroTerra Group of Companies is one of the representatives of the crop sector for the implementation of technologies and process management methods. We use digital solutions for strategic and operational planning, develop special improvements to control technology compliance, and automate other processes as part of the implementation of a complex of automation and enterprise management systems. And, of course, for maximum effect, we automate our procurement processes with Norbit SRM. We expect that with the implementation of this solution, the procurement cycle in the company will decrease significantly, said Mikhail Belchik, head of procurement at AgroTerra Group of Companies.

The selection of the Norbit SRM boxed solution made it possible to launch the project into productive operation at AgroTerra in a month and a half. The necessary services work, and the system already generates business benefits. Our SRM meets all the requirements of the market. It integrates functionality and provides end-to-end procurement automation. The decision also takes into account industry and legislative specifics, which is especially important for maintaining high rates of development of the agro-industrial complex in the current conditions, noted Roman Gnatko, Director of Business Development at NORBIT.