JAGGAER is pleased to announce that Knorr-Bremse, the world market and technology leader for braking systems and a leading supplier of other safety-critical systems for rail and commercial vehicles, has chosen JAGGAER’s software to support its comprehensive project to digitalize supplier communication. Knorr-Bremse’s goal is to make collaboration with suppliers even more transparent and efficient, as well as to further optimise compliance in lieu of increasing requirements and regulations. Knorr-Bremse plans a phased implementation, introducing and verifying numerous functionalities in the areas of purchasing, quality, and supply chain at defined pilot locations before rolling them out globally to all sites. The challenge for Knorr-Bremse during the implementation project lies in migrating several thousand suppliers worldwide and harmonizing many heterogeneous processes.
JAGGAER awarded contract after comprehensive vendor comparison
During the selection process involving several vendors, the decision fell on JAGGAER, which impressed with its Source-to-Pay suite. Andreas Piehl, Specialist for Tools & Processes Procurement at Knorr-Bremse Rail Division, says, “One of the main challenges of software solutions for direct procurement is reliably and comprehensively mapping the complex needs of this area. Due to its tailored and end-user-friendly solutions, the Source-to-Pay suite from JAGGAER finally prevailed among the competitors and won our contract.” In the final selection stages, JAGGAER not only convinced functionally but also through its collaboration with aneon solutions, a subsidiary of the h&z Group. “We quickly realized that JAGGAER and aneon had the right expertise. Our requirements were immediately understood, and the team offered us both technological and professional alignment with what we needed,” says Andreas Piehl. Building on this, an extensive test run was conducted in the final decision round, where over 40 users from all Knorr-Bremse locations worldwide – from dispatchers to directors – tested the practicality of the last two solutions within a test environment. The user feedback was one of the primary decision factors in favour of JAGGAER. In addition to the focus on direct procurement and the extensive functional coverage, the clear and easy-to-understand test environment was decisive. Furthermore, JAGGAER convinced Knorr-Bremse with the global and functional scalability of its solutions.
Global platform for transparent supplier communication
In the future, the JAGGAER ONE suite will be used at Knorr-Bremse Rail Division, including modules such as Direct Supplier Management, Direct Supplier Performance, Direct Document Management, Direct Sourcing, Spend Analytics, and Multi ERP for seamless integration of all globally used ERP systems. Additionally, Christian Keck, Vice President Global Supply Chain Management at Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH, states: “The commercial vehicle division will implement further modules in the areas of Quality and Supply Chain Management to enhance digitalization.” The JAGGAER customer’s goal is to implement an advanced platform that ensures global transparent communication and strategic collaboration with suppliers. JAGGAER will contribute to standardizing numerous supplier management processes while driving efficiency through automation. This includes creating a Single Source of Truth for the central provision and transmission of all important data, documentation, and certifications. This enables Knorr-Bremse to eliminate previous redundancies and optimize daily and campaign-based communication across locations, starting with processes like supplier onboarding, sharing performance data such as delivery reliability, to standard templates for tendering processes and seamless audit-proof documentation for procurement decisions. Moreover, JAGGAER solutions significantly improve collaboration with suppliers, allowing them to manage their master data independently, providing a central platform for exchanging and approving documents like material drawings, or directly viewing certificates regarding compliance with legal regulations. “From now on, everything will run uniformly worldwide through one system, creating great added value for all parties involved. Among other things, key processes will be accelerated, and communication between us and suppliers will become even more efficient,” summarizes Andreas Piehl.
“We are very pleased that, after such an intensive selection process, we were awarded the contract by a global player like Knorr-Bremse and that user feedback supported our solutions. This also confirms that our tools have convinced not only technologically but also in handling. Direct procurement brings specific challenges, so it is all the more gratifying to know that the Knorr-Bremse team and users trust our expertise,” says Justin Sadler-Smith, Senior Vice President Europe at JAGGAER.
About JAGGAER JAGGAER is a global leader in enterprise procurement and supplier collaboration and the catalyst for enhancing human decision-making to accelerate business outcomes. We enable organizations to manage their complex, responsible, highly resilient, and efficient supplier bases. Backed by 30 years of expertise, our proven AI-powered industry-specific solutions, services, and partnerships form JAGGAER One, serving direct and indirect, upstream and downstream, in settings demanding a comprehensive solution. Our 1,200 global employees are obsessed with helping customers create value, transform their businesses, and accelerate their journey to Autonomous Commerce.
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