procurement · manufacturing · workflow
Avnet delivers €10-15M in annual value with Celonis across Procurement, Sales, and Finance
Avnet needed full transparency into its own processes and fast real-time reactions amid supply chain disruption and component shortages. It also discovered its EDI electronic transaction adoption was far lower than assumed.
How it works
Common implementation structure
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Stage 1 · Process mining reveals performance gap
Celonis revealed that Avnet's actual EDI transaction rate was approximately 70%, not the 100% the team had assumed.
Tools used
CelonisEMS
Outcome
Avnet delivers €10-15M in value annually combining working capital impact, productivity gains, and revenue increases. EDI electronic transaction adoption was improved from approximately 70% to above 90%, and over €6M in working capital was previously freed through process improvements.
Results
Volumecloser to 70%
Cost replaced€10-15M
Grounding & classification
Source type: vendor customer story
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