b'In August 2019, a new business spend management system, Coupa, was introduced to streamline our supplier purchase process, pay invoices and reduce financial risks across the organisation. This new digitised solution has improved time management and boosted our order tracking efficiency.Key highlights: Successful tenders, direct offers and funding Manual processes replaced by a simplifiedUniting successfully secured over $55 million in online system tenders, direct offers and funding variations in theCreating electronic purchase orders via web2019/20 financial year.and mobile devices Some of these include: Greater visibility of supplier invoices through to $7.7m from 22 new submissions and direct payment. offers (out of 43 submitted for $32m) $41.5m from 18 submissions in FY18-19 (awarded in the FY19-20 year) $5.6m from 42 funding variations and extensions.Our Child, Youth and Families and Community Wellbeing and Capacity Building services were awarded the highest number of tenders with 30 and 15 respectively. Carer services were awarded the highest value tender for delivery of services as part of the Carer Gateway initiative.Uniting Vic.Tas Annual Report 2019-2020 55'