TimeFlow & Sopra Steria: bringing full transparency and data-driven control to the IT supply chain
Sopra Steria is one of Europe’s leading players in IT consulting and digital transformation, with over 50,000 professionals and projects across all major markets. A trusted partner for large enterprises and public institutions, the company has built its success on the ability to tackle complex challenges in cybersecurity, compliance, and digital process governance.
As Sopra Steria’s IT supplier network expanded and diversified, managing external skills and vendor relationships became increasingly strategic. This need marked the beginning of the collaboration with TimeFlow, with one clear goal: to rethink the IT supply chain model by moving beyond manual procedures and achieving transparency, speed, and control through an advanced digital platform.
The result has been a shared transformation journey that redefined Sopra Steria’s procurement operations, introducing new standards of efficiency and security in IT vendor management and enabling truly data-driven decision-making aligned with the company’s forward-thinking vision.
The challenges
As Sopra Steria grew, its network of IT suppliers became broader and more diverse, but also harder to manage. Traditional processes based on manual workflows, emails, and scattered files made it difficult to maintain control over supplier skills, requirements, and compliance.
The risk of errors, delays, and non-compliance was constant, while finding the right expertise for high-priority projects required significant time and effort.
The solution
Adopting the TimeFlow platform represented a real turning point.
Every stage of Sopra Steria’s IT supply chain — from accreditation and selection to performance tracking — is now fully digitalized and centralized within a single solution.
Each workflow has been redesigned to ensure operational efficiency, information security, and cross-departmental collaboration. Supplier onboarding is now digital, compliance checks are automated based on both internal policies and EU regulations, and thanks to AI Matching, Procurement teams can instantly identify the most compatible partners with real-time insights.
The results achieved
Today, Sopra Steria benefits from complete and transparent governance of its entire IT supply chain.
TimeFlow has transformed the company’s procurement processes, making every phase traceable, measurable, and fully optimized.
The impact is tangible and data-driven across the board:
- 70% reduction in supplier selection time
- 50% faster partner onboarding
- 99% lower risk of non-compliance and documentation errors
Every decision is now based on real data, not assumptions.
Procurement, HR, and Business teams collaborate seamlessly, freeing up time and resources for high-value projects.
Confirming the value of the partnership is the voice of Federico Patrioli, COO & Co-Founder of TimeFlow:
"The collaboration was born to solve a concrete challenge: to centralize and digitize all supplier management, respecting stringent policies on compliance, cybersecurity and data governance. Together we built a tailored solution that brings transparency, speed and control."
A look ahead
The collaboration between Sopra Steria and TimeFlow continues to evolve.
New modules are already being tested for advanced supplier management and AI-driven project-to-talent matchmaking.
The shared goal is to make the IT supply chain even more efficient, transparent, and resilient, supporting growth and innovation on every level.
Over the next 12 months, Sopra Steria aims to fully digitalize 100% of its supplier selection and onboarding processes, reduce the time-to-market for critical projects to under two weeks, and increase the share of ESG-certified vendors by at least 30%.
"With TimeFlow, we finally have full visibility and control over supplier compliance and performance. Every decision is now based on data, not assumptions."