Case Study: Bekaert achieves procurement efficiency and global compliance with delaware BeLux RPA

How Bekaert and robots (RPA) procure better together

Bekaert, a global leader in steel wire transformation and coating technologies, was spending significant time on the administrative side of procurement, with 3,500 supplier contracts renewed each year. delaware BeLux helped the company explore robotic process automation (RPA) to reduce manual effort in contract lifecycle management and sourcing, so buyers could focus more on negotiation and sourcing instead of preparation work.

delaware BeLux implemented an RPA-based approach that automatically checks contracts in SAP, gathers vendor and contract data, compiles reports into Excel, and prepares tender events in the e-sourcing platform, while also updating awarded contract details back into SAP. The result is greater procurement efficiency, better global process compliance, improved data accuracy, and support for first-time-right POs and invoices, along with cost savings and higher-quality negotiations.

Bekaert

Bert De Bock

Global Business Architect Procurement