Case Study: Brookfield achieves faster, SOX-compliant procurement with Automation Centre Purchase Tracker

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Brookfield Properties, a major real estate management corporation, was hindered by a slow, paper-based procurement and financial approval process across its North American offices. This manual system created significant delays, required data to be hand-keyed into their accounting system, and limited their reporting capabilities. To address this challenge and improve security for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, they turned to vendor Automation Centre and implemented its Purchase Tracker solution.

The solution from Automation Centre automated the workflow, allowing managers to submit purchase requests electronically through Lotus Notes or the web. Purchase Tracker automated approval routing, integrated with their existing accounting system, and created a secure audit trail. This reduced the procurement cycle from 3-4 days to mere hours, ensured compliance, and provided managers with on-demand reporting capabilities through an integrated data warehouse.

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