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How can you make your purchases a source of savings?

Backed by its experience of numerous projects in e-procurement, Bull has the necessary expertise to support you at each stage of your IT procurement systems.

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Functional expertise

Business and/or technical experts who get involved in projects as necessary.

Through better information sharing and control of the purchasing process, e-procurement leads to financial savings, as much in terms of internal profitability as return on investment.

Increase productivity of purchasers
Automate sourcing, consultation and contract drafting processes
Improve purchasing performance and your supplier relationship

Automate and make your supply chain processes paperless
Rationalise processes and improve security
Improve control of expenditure

Take control of expenditure commitments
Improve budgetary control
Supply accurate financial information in real time
Accelerate and secure the invoice reconciliation process

With its consulting teams made up of business experts, Bulls offers a complete or modular solution to meet your needs, supporting you throughout the design, review and selection process for your e-procurement. Bull offers its services as integrator and its technical knowledge to deploy your IS Purchase successfully and to maintain it.

Support To Systems Consultant (SSC)

The SSC assists customers in steps to review their business processes and helps them align their IS with the needs dictated by their business activities.
Its mission is to support the customer as it changes its information system: from flattening to approval of the new tool, including training users.

Missions :

Functional business consulting
Carry out opportunity studies
Benchmark and lessons learned
Study of existing system
Help selecting solutions
Writing the functional specification
Estimating project duration
Approving functional tests
Supporting and training users
Supporting project steering
Change management

Support To Design Consultant (SDC)

The SDC helps customers to design their IS and in technical execution of the solutions. When the product is complex, it may be necessary to involve several suppliers. The SDC coordinates them; it ensures consistency and compatibility of supplies goods and services. It coordinates supplier activities by checking technical quality, ensuring deadlines set by the SSC are met and minimising risks.

Missions :

Technical consulting
Study existing system and choice of solutions
Carry out technical impact studies
Writing the technical specification
Technical project management
Tracking delivery of applications and patches
Supervising technical acceptance and commissioning phases
Validation of technical tests (factory acceptance)

Integration, our expertise

The integration mission consists of integrating applications into the existing data processing environment.

Missions :

Business, functional and technical consulting
Gap analysis
General and detailed design workshops
Writing technical and functional specifications
Modelling and configuration
Specifying interfaces and additional functions
Interfacing with the IS
Supervising functional acceptance and test phases
Preparing and assisting deployment

Third-Party Applications Maintenance (TAM)

TAM is the operational implementation phase for the application: correcting remaining bugs, developing the application to meet the company’s needs, adapting it to changes and upgrades in the technical environment.

Bull / TAM ensures software availability and maintenance, making results-based commitments as part of the agreed budget package. However, the user remains responsible for using the software and the results obtained.

TAM can involve upgrades (purchase order) or corrections (package).

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