Skanska Civil USA
Procurement Cloud combined with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.2 means Skanska knows its suppliers are qualified and they can keep building at no risk.
Skanska has a lot of suppliers and if they didn’t abide by strict regulations and compliance when qualifying those suppliers, they could face fines in the millions. Procurement Cloud made it possible for them to incorporate sophisticated supplier qualification management and integrate it into JDE.
The Challenges
Skanska didn’t have visibility to their supplier community, and lacked a sophisticated procurement solution, putting them at risk for fines and non-compliance – potentially in the millions of dollars. Skanska also had a need to modernize its HCM solution. In addition, their current solution didn’t support supplier qualification management and their social commitments to diversity, sustainability and small business partnerships, and overall business growth. They needed a solution that would provide shared value and address all their current areas of risk and scale globally as they wanted to incorporate Cloud functionality.
The ArganoCSS Approach
By taking a holistic view of Skanska’s business, ArganoCSS implemented a hybrid solution of Procurement Cloud and JD Edwards that supports their corporate mission and social commitments, addresses compliance issues, and improves daily business operations in procurement and human resources—while also integrating with and upgrading their JD Edwards ERP solution to 9.2. Skanska is using Oracle Integration Tools to perform the important task of global integration to Cloud HCM. Skanska also leverages application Managed Services from ArganoCSS for 24/7 support of JD Edwards.
The Results
Skanska’s internal notion of “Cloud: Why Not Now?” helped drive the project to success. The Cloud Procurement / hybrid JD Edwards 9.2 implementation at Skanska has provided a significant impact on vendor qualification and sourcing. And with integration engines for Cloud HCM, they were able to eliminate old school point to point integration and prepare for their European roll-out. In addition, CSS:
- Built a customer Project Management tool for tracking small, minority-owned subcontractor contracts and payments
- Built a process for vetting vendors including tracking onsite visits
- Built a process for DBE vendor project status tracking, evaluation, and periodical audits for prevention of fraud The implementation of the solution also helps the organization with its ongoing commitment to diversity and sustainability and provides modern integration to JD Edwards.
What our client says
“ArganoCSS’s knowledge base in the construction industry is unlike any other business partner we’ve encountered. Implementing Strategic Cloud Procurement and Cloud HCM will help us achieve our corporate objectives and modernize our solutions. ”
– David Spaker, Former Vice President Business Applications