Demands
In every company procurement needs arise, related to the pursued business activity. Different types of these needs and the methods of their approval require the utilization of flexible and professional IT tools.
On the procurement platform, internal clients can place demands, which are then forwarded to approvers, and after a positive verification, they are forwarded to traders responsible for their execution.
The Purchasing Platform has a workflow function which facilitates circulation and acceptance of documents associated with a company’s purchasing needs.
Benefits
Speeding up the execution time of demands
Monitoring the current execution statuses
Facilitation of communication within the demands
Inquiries (RFX)
Execution of business procurement in relation to selected categories requires obtaining commercial offers from co-operating or potential vendors.
The procurement platform enables the simple and intuitive creation of letters of inquiry (RFI, RFP, RFQ), and then their forwarding to vendors or publishing on the portal. The interested vendors have the possibility of placing commercial offers, which are analyzed by traders.
After collection of trade offers, the merchant may continue the proceedings in the form of negotiations, or at an electronic auction.
Benefits
Faster selection of vendor
Better commercial offers
Facilitation of communication with vendors
Electronic auctions
Electronic auctions are an efficient alternative to traditional commercial negotiations. E-auctioning supports procurement because suppliers can present their offering on-line.
Advanced auctioning methodology enables obtaining very good results in relation to price and other offer selection criteria.
The procurement platform offers i.a. English auctions, Japanese auctions, Dutch auctions, multi-object auctions and multi-criterion auctions.
Benefits
Shortening the time of negotiating with vendors
Better commercial offers
Simple and clear manner of offer selection
Catalogs and orders
An important process in co-operation with vendors is calling up deliveries by traders and internal clients. The catalog and order module allows easy execution of procurement.
Product visualization allows making the right choice. Tools for approval of baskets and orders allow controlling the executed process, which is without a doubt an advantage of procurement platforms.
Benefits
Shortening the order execution time
Visualization of products in catalogs
Facilitation of communication between internal clients, traders and vendors
Agreement management
Efficient co-operation with vendors results from the signed commercial agreements, forming important documentation in business procurements. Storage of agreements, as well as monitoring of their execution, should be organized in a manner allowing to reach the necessary information quickly.
The agreement module (e-Contract) ensures efficient, and at the same time simple and intuitive management of these documents.
Benefits
Easy access to key information
Monitoring of agreement execution
Archiving the documents associated with the agreements
Assessment of vendors
The quality of the products offered to clients depends on the vendor’s work. Evaluation of the co-operating companies is an important element within the procurement management and the broadly understood quality.
The procurement platform allows to conduct both simple and complex evaluation of vendors. The collected data allows effective management of the qualification process, as well as the vendor development process.
Benefits
Building the know-how of the co-operating vendors
Shortening the vendor evaluation process
Possibility of managing the vendor base
