Last Updated 24 July 2025
The following is a Case Study of a US based Automotive Parts Company with a global presence. The Company operates across US, EU and Asia
Problem: Dwindling trust of vendors due to non-payment and / or delayed payment for goods or services rendered. Even though the company was expanding through M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions) process, acquiring smaller business operating in the field of auto parts. However, there seemed to be a consistent -ve VOC. Though the Senior Management Team had an inkling of the problem, yet they could not define the quantum of the same and / or exactly pinpoint the issue.
Solution: Perform a detailed Data Analytics of their AP Ledger spanning a year for all their entities and identify problem areas.
Quick Kickoff Process: Discussions with the P2P Head, CFO and the CEO ensued to understand the level of detail the Management was looking for and the various parameters they would like to view in the form of analytics.
Understanding the Bigger Picture, Not Just the "Ask": A few discussions with the respective Business Head helped us to understand what the Management was looking for. The objective was to identify the different challenges the company was having in different entities. What further could be done to bridge this gap and alleviate the challenges in the overall P2P process and also do a comparative of the company’s performance vis-à-vis the benchmark and best-in-class.
Detailed Analysis and multiple perspectives: In-depth detailed data analytics was done involving substantial slicing and dicing of data to provide multi-dimensional view of the organisation’s performance to the Management. While analysing we not only looked at the overall organisational performance but delved into entity and vendor level performance. This gave a well-rounded view to the Management about the ground reality and problem areas.