E-procurement for numerous suppliers from a uniform user-interface
Our client:
Manufacturer of plastic packaging
The client is an internationally active family-owned company with head office in Germany and branches in China, Indonesia, India, Hungary and the USA. The company develops and manufactures high-quality plastic packaging and components for pharmaceutical, medical and household products. Their effervescent-tablet closures are to be found on every chemist‘s and supermarket shelf. In fact more than two billion plastic items are produced and sold worldwide by the company every year
The commission
The company was seeking a new partner for its electronic procurement business, the aim being to streamline both its electronic and its commercial procedures. This meant integrating numerous different suppliers into the procurement system using a single interface. The system went online in November 2012.
Contract scope
- several preparatory meetings with the client’s purchasing department
- definition of articles needed by the client
- compilation of an individual product catalogue
- creation of a catalogue and cost-centre structure
- workflow and controlling
- just-in-time delivery
- back-up service