Case Study: EDF Group achieves 88% faster contract validation and secure, paperless procurement with Adobe Acrobat Sign

Digital transformation for procurement and contract process efficiency

Électricité de France’s DIPDE division in Marseille, responsible for nuclear plant engineering and decommissioning, set out to eliminate paper-based procurement bottlenecks while protecting sensitive information. The team faced slow, inefficient order validation (only ~50% returned and up to 16 days to sign), high follow-up effort, and a need to reduce costs and its carbon footprint without compromising security.

By adopting Adobe Document Cloud—including Adobe Sign and Acrobat Pro DC—to automate e-signatures and document workflows, EDF‑DIPDE gained real‑time visibility, traceability, and ISO‑level security. The change cut validation time by up to 88% (from 16 days to 16 hours), enabled 100% order validation and processing of more than 2,500 orders per year, and delivered tangible savings (≈€64,000 and 30,000 pages), while improving efficiency and supplier responsiveness.

EDF Group

Thierry Belloeil

Purchasing Policy Coordinator, Contractual Performance Department