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The right balance  of consistent  organisation‑  wide policies and processes with appropriate levels of local 

autonomy when it comes to daily operations.  

  

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The right combination  of centralised, decentralised and virtual business functions.  

  

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The ability to leverage your full buying power  without losing the advantages of local sources where they 

best fit the need.  

  

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Rapid, incremental performance improvement  at the pace that works best for your particular 

environment.  

  

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The ability to evolve  smoothly as your organisation responds to market changes, and as it experiences 

mergers, acquisitions and restructuring that may occur over time.   

 One of the examples Proactis gives of a customer it assists is the Boehringer Ingelheim group, which is one 

of the world’s 20 leading pharmaceutical companies. Headquartered in Ingelheim, Germany, it operates 

globally with 137 affiliates in 47 countries and more than 38,000 employees. Jack Smith, Head of Purchasing 

at Boehringer Ingelheim UK, was looking for a solution that would automate and streamline the complete 

purchase‑to‑pay cycle while supporting the company’s existing policies and procedures. 

  Not only did we want to eliminate the paper chase and improve efficiencies, we also needed a system that 

would help us to enforce our policies and procedures to give us the level of financial control and visibility 

of spend we needed.  

 Reasons for adopting the new e‑procurement system included: 

   

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