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TRIGO Group: "With Exact we speak the same language all around the world"

With 10,000 employees in almost 30 countries, TRIGO is the global leader in quality management services for the automotive, aerospace, railway, and heavy transportation industries. Maureen Déflubé, Finance digital solutions Product Owner at TRIGO, talks in this interview about the challenges TRIGO faced as a fast-growing big international company and how the complete ERP Finance solution of Exact helps solving them  

Can you tell something about yourself and your role at TRIGO?
"I’m Maureen Déflubé and I’m Finance digital solutions Product Owner at TRIGO, based near Paris. My role is to act as the link between users and the technical teams in charge of developing the systems. I ensure that TRIGO group Finance digital systems meet the business needs and efficiency targets."
Maureen Déflubé, Product Owner Finance digital solutions bij TRIGO

What is TRIGO Group? 
TRIGO is the global leader in quality management services for the automotive, aerospace, railway, and heavy transportation industries. With 10,000 employees in almost 30 countries, we offer a comprehensive portfolio of services throughout the supply chain, from production inspection to audit, consulting, engineering, and training. TRIGO develops technological solutions based on artificial intelligence, virtual reality, battery management, and data analysis. 

All our information was spread across different sources, which made it very difficult to find the right information. On top of that, figuring out local laws and regulations for each country was very time-consuming.

What challenges did TRIGO and specifically the financial administration run into before using Exact?
"We grew both organically and through acquisitions, which brought the complexity of a big group and the means of a smaller one. We had to deal with a lot of different back-office tools. All our information was spread across different sources, which made it very difficult to find the right information. On top of that, figuring out local laws and regulations for each country was very time-consuming."

What kind of solution were you looking for?
"In the search for a financial solution, three things were important to us: 

  1. Standardizing and streamline rigorous processes for certain key company processes.
  2. Selecting best of breed software for key areas in our company.
  3. Finding a solution that fits our company and culture, considering local constraints and limited resources."
The result is that we are all now speaking the same financial language all around the world.
What concrete benefits has TRIGO group experienced since using Exact? 
"To address a discrepancy of back-office tools, procedures, and manual interventions, we implemented 4 best of breeds specialized solutions with the corresponding efficient processes. As the local accounting and invoicing solution, EXACT is the heart of our financial processes and TRIGO’s digital strategy.    Exact was one of the best of breed solutions that was available on the market. It answers many group requirements, but also local tax requirements. The result is that we are all now speaking the same financial language all around the world."
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 Why would you recommend Exact to other companies? 
"Exact provides a complete ERP Finance solution, that brings agility to international companies like TRIGO. The main success factor in the deployment process was the teamwork. Our operations, Finance and Exact teams around the world framed the solution, enabling us to reduce our back-office costs and improve our Days Sales Outstanding. We appreciated the dedicated professionals of Exact available anytime to ease the deployment process.
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We appreciated the dedicated professionals of Exact available anytime to ease the deployment process.

What future plans or ambitions does TRIGO have?
"TRIGO will keep growing and thriving to make the manufacturing industry more sustainable and efficient. Thanks to Exact, we have a finance solution ready to support this growth.

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