Business Chief USA August 2020

WORLD VISION
“We are probably more on the other end of the spectrum
where we are intentionally not cutting edge. Instead we are
looking to be frugal, using technology that has the highest
return on investment (ROI), as well as applications that
provide the most effective impact”
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Tim Covell,
Supply Chain Director, World Vision
distribution, I would say that we are still
on a journey about how we can build
global solutions. Here in the US, we
had a big win several years ago when
we introduced a common ERP system
for both managing donations as well
as ministry executions for serving
our communities. Now that we’re on
a common platform, the ability to move
products around to maintain control
has really been bolstered,” adds Covell.
He adds that, “Envista has been
our partner for a little over four years
and they have played an important
role in allowing us to utilise our ERP
for nonprofit application. A lot of what
we do is non-standard, we are using
an ERP built for profit in a nonprofit
organisation, so being able to manage
that efficiently and effectively we are
really thankful for Envista for providing
the expertise.” Other technology
World Vision has adopted to digitally
transform its operations include the
adoption of a new TMS system about
a year ago, “and so we are still going
through the learning curves of the system
and looking to be as effective as
AUGUST 2020