“ A lot of the effort that goes into procurement is effort that most of our workforce would rather not expend ”
— Mark Smith , Head of Procurement Strategy , Performance and Transformation , BP Downstream
Since the implementation of Compass , our teams have seen innumerable benefits , including : the effective distribution of work , improved management of team activity backlogs and the balance of resources . Compass has created a better experience for all those working in and around procurement . The fresh degree of visibility and comparability that BP gains between its vendors and suppliers affords it opportunities to optimise costs and quality through partner selection , while simultaneously illuminating more sustainable options . “ We have been working specifically with some of our IT suppliers on reducing their carbon impacts ,” says Smith . “ Some of our cloud providers , for example , are big power users , and so we can work with them to understand the source of that power and whether renewable is an option .” Thomson echoes this sentiment , adding that growing data demands from all industries will see data centre power consumption continue to rise .
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