WQ Group Unifies Procurement Across Three Manufacturing Bases with ZHENYUN SRM
ZHENYUN SRM helps food and beverage manufacturers gain control over supplier risk, cost & compliance
Headquarters: China
Manufacturing Footprint: Raoping, Sishui, Hubei
Overview
WQ Group selected ZHENYUN's cloud-native SRM platform to build a unified supplier relationship management system that connects procurement, finance, and operations across all sites.
The Challenge
WQ Group's procurement function faced three structural barriers to growth:
Procurement data was scattered across offline paperwork, Kingdee ERP, enterprise messaging apps, and OA systems. Without a single source of truth, spend visibility was limited, and month-end reconciliation required heavy manual effort.
Supplier onboarding, qualification, bidding, contract execution, and financial settlement were handled through disconnected channels. This made it difficult to enforce food safety and quality standards consistently across a dispersed supplier base.
With procurement teams operating across northern and southern China, regional processes varied. Standardizing sourcing strategies, pricing benchmarks, and compliance checks across three bases had become a significant operational burden.
The Solution
ZHENYUN deployed its SRM platform to create a single digital procurement layer integrated with WQ Group's existing ERP and internal systems. The solution was designed around three core objectives:
The platform digitizes supplier onboarding, qualification, risk assessment, and performance tracking. All supplier master data is centralized, enabling procurement and quality teams to enforce food safety and compliance standards from first contact to contract renewal.
From requisition to payment, the entire procurement workflow now runs on one platform. Key modules include:
- Sourcing & RFQ: Online bidding and quotation management with full audit trails
- Contract Management: Digital contract execution with milestone tracking
- Procurement Marketplace: Self-service purchasing for indirect materials and MRO
- Financial Reconciliation: Automated three-way matching and settlement workflows
A centralized data dashboard gives leadership real-time visibility into procurement spend, supplier performance, and contract compliance. Instead of waiting for month-end reports, managers can now identify cost leakage and supply risks as they emerge.
The Impact
By replacing fragmented, paper-based processes with a unified digital platform, WQ Group is transforming procurement from a transactional, back-office function into a strategic control tower for the business.
- Unified operations across three manufacturing bases with standardized workflows and shared supplier intelligence
- Improved compliance through automated supplier qualification and food safety documentation tracking
- Faster cycle times via online collaboration with suppliers, eliminating manual handoffs and email-based RFQs
- Data-driven decision making through real-time spend analytics and procurement dashboards
Looking Ahead
The SRM platform serves as WQ Group's digital procurement foundation. Future phases will introduce AI-powered analytics to automate spend classification, predict supplier risk, and further reduce the manual reporting workload on procurement teams—freeing them to focus on strategic sourcing and cost optimization.
About WQ Group
Founded in 1999, WQ Group is one of China's largest producers of premium meat-based snack foods. The company operates an integrated supply chain spanning poultry farming, R&D, manufacturing, and national distribution, with a product portfolio of over 50 SKUs across roasted, grilled, braised, and marinated categories.
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