Process and Controls Improvements with the Right Supplier MDM Strategy

Lennox International launched an extensive data governance project to determine supplier master data requirements, whether to build or buy a solution, and which solution to implement. In this webinar, Chantel Arnett explains how apexportal’s supplier registration and master data management ensured policy compliance, process discipline, spend reduction, and supplier risk mitigation.

You’ll walk away with an understanding of:

• Why the needs assessment included a high standard for “out of the box” best practices and templates and helped make the buy vs. build decision
• Fraud prevention and compliance issues that the supplier master data project set out to address
• Ways the MDM project is driving payment terms compliance, consolidation of vendor records and procurement compliance
• How their supplier master data management solution with built-in best practices is driving change in the procure-to-pay processes at Lennox International

Mark Brousseau
President, Brousseau & Associates 

Over the past 26 years, Mark Brousseau has established himself as a thought leader on accounts payable, accounts receivable, payments and document automation.   A popular speaker at industry conferences and on webinars and podcasts, Brousseau advises prominent end-users and solutions and services providers on how to use automation to improve document- and payments-driven business processes.  Brousseau has chaired numerous educational conferences and has served on several industry committees and boards.  He resides in Center City Philadelphia with his wife and three sons.

Chantel Arnett
Senior Manager, MDM and Data Governance, Lennox International

Chantel is Senior Manager, MDM and Data Governance. She has been with Lennox for 18 years and currently oversees Master Data Management strategy and execution for the company. The implementation of apexportal solutions is within the scope of the enterprise program for managing data as an asset. Her team is working on an MDM roadmap that includes customer, supplier, material, finance and employee master data.

Chantel is experienced in business relationship management, SAP implementation, business process improvement, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and program and project management. Prior to Lennox, Chantel was a Principal Consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Akhilesh Agarwal
Senior Vice President, Global Business Partner Technology Solutions, apexanalytix

Akhilesh Agarwal leads the APEX Analytix solutions practice responsible for APEX Portal, the industry’s only 100 percent touchless solution for global supplier information management and working capital optimization. He leads the development of new client-focused software innovations, and oversees pre-sales, product management, project planning and reviews, risk mitigation, and the delivery of seamless solutions to large global clients across country borders.

Before joining APEX Analytix, he was vice president of technology for iQor, a provider of intelligent customer interaction solution. He also is a former associate director of software development for Receivable Management Services and a former project manager for Aditya International.