( 12 months to 30 June 2016 ) no lighter than when 58 people were needed to handle it , despite the market downturn he points out . The quest for technology-based solution was clearly essential , though arriving at the right one took some effort . The industry has a number of incumbent solutions including Ariba , Quadrem and Basware – Ashley Carey and the team embarked on a two year project to identify the best partner for Ausdrill , visiting government , private , finance sector and of course mining users to analyse exactly how these solutions integrated with their core systems and how easy they were to use . In the end , it was a bold decision to pioneer a system that had not previously been adopted by any Australian company . There was a risk to choosing a cloudbased solution when Ausdrill ’ s existing Pronto ERP system had not been asked to integrate with any external software , but in the end the US based Coupa ‘ value-as-a-service ’ platform ticked all the boxes including scalability , flexibility , ease of use and return on investment . “ Coupa is probably the most cost effective software available on the market ,” says Renée Harrold . “ Since we adopted Coupa , more of the majors in Australia are looking at it . It is a cloud based solution that works .” She and Carey have been jointly project managing the phased implementation and have found it infinitely adaptable . It delivers on the original requirements – for example it took only 18 months to roll out to some 1,300 users in 18 diverse businesses , and since it takes up little bandwidth it ’ s ideal for field use over tablets and handheld devices – but like a mining resource ‘ open at depth ’ it can be expanded by its users . Phased implementation helped

AUD

$ 744 Million

Ausdrill annual revenue

( 12 months to 30 June 2016 ) no lighter than when 58 people were needed to handle it , despite the market downturn he points out . The quest for technology-based solution was clearly essential , though arriving at the right one took some effort . The industry has a number of incumbent solutions including Ariba , Quadrem and Basware – Ashley Carey and the team embarked on a two year project to identify the best partner for Ausdrill , visiting government , private , finance sector and of course mining users to analyse exactly how these solutions integrated with their core systems and how easy they were to use . In the end , it was a bold decision to pioneer a system that had not previously been adopted by any Australian company . There was a risk to choosing a cloudbased solution when Ausdrill ’ s existing Pronto ERP system had not been asked to integrate with any external software , but in the end the US based Coupa ‘ value-as-a-service ’ platform ticked all the boxes including scalability , flexibility , ease of use and return on investment . “ Coupa is probably the most cost effective software available on the market ,” says Renée Harrold . “ Since we adopted Coupa , more of the majors in Australia are looking at it . It is a cloud based solution that works .” She and Carey have been jointly project managing the phased implementation and have found it infinitely adaptable . It delivers on the original requirements – for example it took only 18 months to roll out to some 1,300 users in 18 diverse businesses , and since it takes up little bandwidth it ’ s ideal for field use over tablets and handheld devices – but like a mining resource ‘ open at depth ’ it can be expanded by its users . Phased implementation helped