PC World Business E-Procurement Guide
The increased momentum in the B2B on-line market is being driven by
the emergence of e-procurement systems, which aim to improve the effiiency
and effectiveness of the procurement functions in larger organisations.
These efficiencies are driven from a number of key factors;
Consolidation of suppliers - by product specialisation
Access to consistent, contract pricing
De-centralisation of product selection and low value purchasing
Maintaining central control of budgets and supplier selection
Reduction of "off-contract" rogue spend
PC World Business is leading the IT market in partnering with each of the
leading e-procurement solution providers - Ariba, Oracle, Biomni, Elcom
etc. - ensuring that our customers can select their provider, confident
that PC World can integrate with their choice.
We work closely with our customers and their e-procurement providers
to develop the most effective solution for each scenario. This usually involves
a series of project workshops, ensuring that we deliver product supply solutions
appropriate to each customer.
Support of these solutions requires suppliers to provide product content
for the procurement systems and this can be provided in a number of ways,
which varies from system to system.
We provide the richest product content through the use of "punch-out"
technology that allows users to leave their e-procurement system, enter
our web environment to select products, and then return to their system
with all product data, ready for the internal approval process.
We can also provide product data via static data files using XML or other
formats. This data can be enhanced by enabling users to "deep-link" to our
product data, and so get the enhanced technical data required to select
products.
Whether you are selecting an e-procurement partner or already have a solution,
the e-commerce team at PC World Business will be able to support you with
practical help in resolving tactical content issues or more complex integration
solutions.
Please give either myself or the e-commerce team a call and we'll be happy
to help.
Steve Reeves
Office: 0161 447 3914
