4C Associates and BizRes launch transatlantic partnership
4C Associates has announced a new partnership with BizRes, designed to help organisations accelerate the organisation’s intake-to-pay transformation journeys. The move particularly aims to help clients realise value from the Zip procurement platform faster.
Conor Mullaney, CEO of BizRes, said, “Procurement transformations too often stall because integration isn’t given the attention it deserves. The alliance will mean we’re able to offer customers a truly joined-up delivery team that accelerates time to value and reduces programme risk.”
Intake-to-pay transformation - the process of modernising how organisations initiate, approve and manage spend – is one of the most actively pursued priorities for procurement, finance and technology leaders across Europe and North America. Yet despite growing investment in platforms to that end, many organisations find that the gap between a successful implementation and a fully integrated, enterprise-grade solution is where programmes slow, timelines extend and anticipated benefits begin to erode.
Zip is a digital intake and orchestration platform for procurement. Sitting in front of SAP Ariba to give businesses a simple, guided way to interact with procurement, the platform is also designed to ensure items flow correctly into the backend.
Launched in 2000, based in the UK, 4C Associates partners with organisations looking to build resilience across procurement, supply chain, and operations. Combining its expertise with practical support, the firm designs and delivers solutions for public and private sector clients around the world.
Meanwhile, BizRes is an AI-native procurement, supply chain and finance transformation partner, from offices in the US. By bringing together 4C’s expertise in delivering Zip implementations and BizRes’s deep experience integrating SAP Ariba, SAP ERP and wider procurement technologies, the two firms now how to aid clients in accelerating their intake-to-pay transformation journeys and realise value from Zip faster, with less risk.
4C Associates notes that is has “successfully delivered some of the most advanced Zip implementations globally”, with its release saying it has built “a reputation for transformations that go beyond technical deployment to deliver measurable improvements in user adoption, procurement compliance and commercial outcomes”. BizRes meanwhile says it “brings proven integration capabilities developed across hundreds of procurement technology projects, with particular depth in connecting modern intake platforms to the complex SAP landscapes that underpin many large enterprises”.
Joe Gibson, associate partner at 4C Associates, added, “4C recognised the potential of intake and orchestration technology early and has been at the forefront of helping organisations simplify and modernise their procurement experience through platforms such as Zip. As demand for intake-to-pay transformation continues to grow, our partnership with BizRes strengthens our ability to deliver seamless implementations and integrations at scale, while significantly expanding our capability to support customers across North America.”
