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Speed & agility

meet contracts acquisition

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• Long evaluation and award periods. Claims processing was conducted by manually verifying the negotiated status against the purchase order. Many requests took more than a year to be reviewed with no ability to manage priority or correct sequencing of claims.
• Poor resource allocation, confusion and low processing rates. There was no visibility into turnover rate or workflow of the contract approval process. Speed and order of approvals suffered, with many claims becoming lost in the system.
• Increased workload for contract specialists. In addition to missing metrics, basic processes for vendor submissions had never been established, increasing the workload for the contract specialists.

[/vc_column_text][divider line_type="No Line" custom_height="60"][vc_custom_heading text="Innovate along the way" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%239a112e" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_column_text]The Approach. CSA’s initial task was to help manage the contracting process. After understanding the day-to-day requirements to keep the program office running smoothly, we were able to gain greater visibility into the overall process.

• Leverage existing tools and platforms to expose bottlenecks. We created a historical database of monthly claims. We implemented a comparative analysis technique to baseline standard turnover time and track a simple moving average. The reporting exposed where bottlenecks occurred so we could work efficiently and effectively.
• Supplemental tools to standardize processing. Unstandardized vendor forms lengthened preprocessing of contract data. We developed a supplemental tool to plug into the existing platform to expedite the claim process—utilizing data from the original tool to automate metric reporting for further analysis.

[/vc_column_text][divider line_type="No Line" custom_height="20"][vc_custom_heading text="The new everyday" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%239a112e" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_column_text]The Results. The client experienced seamless implementation and integration. After one year of use, the tool will have enough data to provide predictive data analytics.

• Senior leadership has visibility into the contracting process from end-to-end, enabling continuous improvement.
• By tracking documents to ensure a first-in, first-out policy, the issues of lost claims and poor priority were eliminated. These simple metrics empowered the contracting officers to shift resources and workload balance appropriately, increasing workflow and performance in excess of 400%.
• Within the first nine months post launch, 1,700+ case records have been created and processed in the tool. It has led to the consolidation of several full-time equivalents resulting in cost savings and increased productivity.
• Overall, the client saw more than $75 million in contracts awarded from end-to-end.

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