Vinci Energies

VINCI Energies streamlines and digitizes the process of sending and receiving invoices and orders (for both customers and suppliers) for its 1,900 business units. In 2023, no fewer than 5.5 million incoming and outgoing documents will be digitized in the same solution on a global scale.

VINCI Energies, a subsidiary of the VINCI Group, is a major global player in digital transformation and energy transition. With a presence in more than 50 countries, its 1,900 business units optimize efficiency, reliability, and safety in buildings and energy, transportation, and communication infrastructures.

Over the past decade, the company has experienced considerable growth, accelerated by over 200 acquisitions. This led to the company recording a turnover of 16.7 billion Euros in 2022, a 185% increase over the last ten years.

Basware’s expertise is vital in these areas, supporting us and helping us to manage internal changes as well as those concerning our customers and suppliers.” Dominique Tessaro, CIO, VINCI Energies

Vinci's Challenges

Decentralization, intensified by the group's external growth strategy, has given rise to a marked increase in the use of IT tools. As a result, the CIO decided to launch a major process optimization project to increase efficiency, productivity, and visibility in each VINCI Energies’ business units.

This is reflected by the decision taken in January 2015 to roll out a single ERP system per country by 2020 in addition to a single platform to centralize processes for invoicing and for client and supplier orders worldwide.

This transformation was particularly urgent given that the digital solution the company was using in France for a portion of its outgoing invoices was no longer supported by the provider. Furthermore, as a government supplier, they are obliged to send their invoices electronically via the Chorus Pro portal and have been doing so since January 2017.

Vinci Energies centralizes invoice and order flow worldwide with Basware

For both the CIO and VINCI’s internal teams, the priority was to quickly replace the obsolete electronic invoicing process with an innovative and long-term solution.

One of the challenges with such a major decentralization project as ours is the necessity to take into consideration the unique constraints and requirements of each stakeholder.” Dominique Tessaro, CIO, VINCI Energies

The second phase involved extending the digitization process to cover intra-group invoices (between VINCI Energies and the VINCI Group), internal VINCI Energies invoices (between different VINCI Energies business units), and supplier invoices.

In late 2016, with support from Mazars and Accenture, the CIO quickly mobilized a project team, including the CIO, the finance department, and the purchasing and trade department to select a provider.

After reviewing proposals from eight providers, the VINCI Energies’ selection committee chose Basware based on its international presence and functional coverage of its proposed solutions, that went beyond the requirements established in the specifications.

The exceptional interpersonal qualities exhibited by the Basware team during the bidding process truly set them apart and underscored their remarkable value.