Case Study: Air Liquide cuts supplier onboarding time with Graphite Connect

Air Liquide cuts supplier onboarding time to 10 days with Graphite Connect

Air Liquide, a global leader in gases and technology, faced significant operational hurdles due to a fragmented tech stack with nearly 40 different ERP systems following multiple acquisitions. This decentralization led to manual, email-heavy supplier onboarding processes that took months, creating bottlenecks, data fragmentation, and security risks. To address this, Air Liquide partnered with Graphite Connect to implement its Supplier Information Management (SIM) platform as a centralized solution.

Graphite Connect provided a unified portal for global supplier onboarding, creating a single "Golden Record" for all supplier data with a unique Supplier Key. The implementation resulted in onboarding times being reduced to an average of 10 days, enhanced security that prevented fraud attempts, and high adoption from over 1,200 global users. Graphite enabled Air Liquide to unify its dozens of ERPs, turning a data chaos challenge into a strategic advantage.

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