PlayPower
World's largest commercial playground and recreational equipment manufacturer.
The use case
PlayPower runs its bidding through Alinor. Rounds are automated end to end, suppliers compete across rounds, and savings are captured and calculated on every line item — with supplier adoption and engagement going up, not down.
Buyers are involved where it matters — at creation and award. Everything else is automated, with cycle times down and transparency up, internally and externally.
“Alinor allowed us to achieve 3% savings consistently in our steel category.”
Zoltan Aranyos,
Director, Strategic Sourcing,
PlayPower
Before
Bidding ran on email and spreadsheets
One round per request — no time for a second
Manual follow-ups on every request
Savings hard to show per award
After
Bidding rounds automated end to end
More competition between suppliers on every award
Follow-ups eliminated — 80% less manual work
Savings captured and calculated per award
3%
savings in steel
40 h
saved per month, per buyer
