Case Study: Fortune 500 Heavy Equipment Manufacturer achieves centralized source-to-contract, improved supplier management and 90% spend accuracy with GEP SMART

Heavy Equipment Manufacturer Streamlines Source-to-Contract Operations with GEP SMART

A Fortune 500 heavy equipment manufacturer with more than $30 billion in annual revenue and operations in over 30 countries needed to centralize and digitize its complex source-to-contract (S2C) processes for indirect materials and services. Multiple ERPs and disparate tools limited procurement’s role in vendor selection, reduced spend visibility, and hindered policy compliance, so the company wanted a single platform to standardize sourcing, improve supplier management and control tail spend.

The company deployed GEP SMART in nine months for about 3,000 users, integrating it with existing ERPs, embedding approval rules and taxonomies, and providing extensive user training to digitize end-to-end S2C workflows. The platform delivered more than 90% spend-data accuracy, a centralized RFX database, automated approvals that increased procurement engagement in high‑value decisions, faster invoice matching, and onboarding of over 1,800 suppliers—improving visibility, compliance and control over indirect spend.