ENTERPRISE software provider SAP announced the implementation of its cloud-based business network and source-to-settle solution called SAP Ariba Snap for LapuLapu Leisure Inc., a member of the PH Resorts Group Holdings Inc. under the Udenna Group.
This system helps digitally
transform the developer’s purchasing process as it gears up to open the Emerald
Bay Resort and Casino on time and within the budget.
“Efficiency and excellence in
procurement are critical to business growth no matter the size or location of
the organization,” said Jason Wolf, senior vice president and general manager
of SAP Ariba Asia-Pacific Japan.
“With SAP Ariba Snap,
fast-growing enterprises like LapuLapu Leisure can move to a digital
procurement process and start realizing the benefits quickly to help power
further investment and innovation,” he added.
Deployed in less than 12
weeks, LapuLapu Leisure has replaced tedious manual processes with more
efficient digital ones that help increase the accuracy and speed of approvals,
payments and delivery.
“SAP Ariba Snap has met the
requirements for the procurement system we have in mind,” said Mean Bernal,
procurement manager at Udenna Corp. “It will help us ease the process by
automating the system so we can concentrate on doing what we do best—building
world-class resorts.”
According to LapuLapu Leisure
Information Technology Director Elvie Bantug, their partnership with the global
cloud business software firm for the Emerald Bay digitalization project has
also enabled them not to redo the integration development processes when they
rolled out the system to other departments.
Because the solution is
pre-loaded with content from SAP Ariba’s supplier marketplace, LapuLapu Leisure
is now connected to the 4.6 million companies on the digital network worldwide.
“SAP Ariba Snap provides us
with access to the same powerful solutions that Fortune 500 companies use for
simpler, smarter sourcing. We look forward to realizing the savings,
efficiencies and innovation we’ve seen so many others achieve with SAP Ariba,”
she said.
LapuLapu Leisure is the first
adopter of SAP Ariba Snap in the Philippines. In partnership with Deloitte, it
implemented such solution to support the “pre-operational” phase of the Emerald
Bay project.
Designed to be one of the
biggest business and leisure destinations in the Philippines, it will house 838
hotel rooms, 146 gaming tables, 1,186 electronic gaming machines, 35
high-fashion boutiques, 18 specialty restaurants, a 3,000-capacity ballroom,
and more.
Construction of the five-star
hotel and casino is now ongoing. It is scheduled to open this year in Mactan
Island.
Seeing the initial success of
the solution, SAP Ariba said the system will be used for future projects of the
PH Resorts Group, per Bernal.
“With the recent go-live, we believe that our procurement
processes, which were done manually previously, will be easier and more
intuitive. The success of this implementation project will benefit us with an
easy-to-use interface and attractive catalogs that will entice our suppliers to
adapt to the system seamlessly,” she stressed.
