This significant change empowered the team at CarParts to have more control over their spend. On the supplier front, vendors were onboarded onto the platform, which enabled them to manage their catalogs themselves. Every time a supplier was onboarded, RFQ, RFI, and RFP were captured against each of them along with the contracts. The supplier portal also had access to supplier scorecard functionality that made it easier to evaluate suppliers based on timely delivery, product quality, and other KPIs. 

To offer a seamless buying experience, Kissflow Procurement Cloud implemented Amazon and Staples punch out in CarParts. Approved users can now purchase on behalf of CarParts directly on Amazon and Staples. The process is simple. Users just have to add products to the cart and submit them for approval. Orders were then relayed to the procurement system for authentication and verification before they were shipped. Default parameters like shipping method, payment type, cost, and shipping tolerance are defined when the organization adds the punch-out option. For every order, a PO is created for tracking and is displayed on the shipping label and in the order history report. Punch-out users and administrators can also check the order status by logging onto the website. With this functionality, buyers at CarParts gained easy access to a wide selection of products, improved their cost savings by 22-25 percent, and were able to drive compliance with eInvoice reconciliation.