Case Study: NIWA achieves streamlined, transparent procurement and 99% PO compliance with Unimarket

NIWA’s 10 years of procurement success with Unimarket

Niwa, New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, employs about 730 people across 14 sites and needed a simple, flexible procurement solution to manage complex, project-based approvals and specialist off‑catalog purchases. Before adopting Unimarket’s eProcurement solution in 2012, purchasing was clunky, lacked visibility and relied on paper requisitions and finance‑system workarounds.

Unimarket implemented its eProcurement platform to provide easy buying for decentralized users, project-centric approval workflows and end‑to‑end digital records. As a result, Niwa now matches 99% of invoices to purchase orders, has clear visibility into committed spend and faster invoice processing; after ten years the collaborative Unimarket–Niwa partnership has continued to drive improvements through system transitions.

Niwa

Janine Alliston

Senior Finance Manager