Case Study: a leading apparel retailer achieves end-to-end spend visibility with GEP SMART

Global Apparel Retailer manages $3 billion in indirect spend with GEP

A leading global apparel retailer, with thousands of stores and over $19 billion in annual revenue, faced challenges with spend visibility and procurement processes. The company's existing ERP system offered limited transparency, making it difficult to manage its fragmented supplier base and complex product cycles. To gain control, it turned to vendor GEP for its AI-powered GEP SMART procurement software.

GEP implemented its SMART platform to automate data collection and process high volumes of information. This solution provided the retailer with complete visibility into its spending, including tail spend. Using GEP's software, the company successfully managed more than $3 billion in annual indirect spend across 45,000 suppliers, leading to improved spend, category, and supplier management.