MS Market has had a dramatic impact on the way employees deal with requisitions and on the company's resource allocations, as exemplified by the number of people in CPG who have been reassigned to more strategic tasks. Financial controls in MS Market protect the company from fraud so that unauthorized people can’t order goods. Orders are automatically routed for management approval in minutes. Once orders are approved, P.O.s are automatically generated by the SAP accounting system and sent to the supplier or are routed directly to the supplier for non-P.O. purchases.
MS Market’s success has prompted Microsoft to add a scaled-down version of the solution to future releases of Site Server Commerce Edition, along with other Sample Sites templates that businesses can use to set up custom commerce-enabled Web sites.
“The biggest boon from this kind of application is that it removes the rules, paperwork, hidden procedures, and other obstacles that keep our employees from doing their jobs,” says Fleming. “Instead of dealing with this process, they can focus on making and selling Microsoft products.”
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