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Comdata Selects GEP SMART Procurement Software to Modernize and Unify Procurement

Focusing on the needs and opportunities of each industry, Comdata offers a full range of end-to-end customer management solutions (acquisition, retention, customer service, technical support, and credit collection).
Fremont, CA: GEP, a leading provider of procurement software and procurement services to Fortune 500 and Global 2000 enterprises worldwide, announced that Comdata, a leading innovative global service provider in customer management BPO, selected GEP SMART™, the industry's premier procurement software platform, after a thorough selection process.
Headquartered in Milan, with more than 50,000 employees across 21 countries and revenue of $1.2 billion in 2020, Comdata chose GEP SOFTWARE™ to support its transformation of procurement and manage its entire source-to-pay (S2P) process for direct and indirect spend globally. This includes a full range of functions encompassing spend analytics, sourcing, category management, contract and invoice management, and supplier and risk management, as well as purchase-to-order. The GEP SMART platform will support all the core languages utilized by Comdata, including English, Italian, French, and Spanish.
"We're excited to be implementing GEP software as an integral part of the program to modernize and unify procurement operations across our entire company, in order to drive efficiencies and deliver greater value to our clients," said Javier Baranda, Comdata's chief procurement officer.
GEP SMART is a unified, cloud-native source-to-pay platform built on a data-centric foundation with AI at its core and user-first design. GEP SMART enables Fortune 500 and Global 2000 clients to drive optimum efficiency, agility, visibility, and actionable intelligence into all procurement and purchasing functions while eliminating burdensome infrastructure and support costs to achieve maximum ROI.

