Advantages of eRelation PROCUREMENT at a glance:

• lower costs than with an in-house solution (staff, processes, HW, SW, ancillary expenditure on the project)
• transparent and predictable costs
• transfer of administrative work to DIG
• no administrative work for changes or developments to catalogues
• no administrative work in the area of catalogue/complaints management
  
  
• reduction in reserve resources kept for staff and equipment
• less investment on the part of purchasing companies
• capacity to be adapted to fit economic and structural changes in market conditions
• no need to accumulate specialist know-how
• availability of expertise
• one channel of communication to the services provider
  
• no administrative work in the event of changes to interface
• no administrative work for changes relating to communications
  
  
• concentration on the core business
• DIG responsible for overall project management
• high degree of flexibility – rapid implementation of customer requirements
• high level of service
• access to new technologies and use of new technologies
• benefit from the experience of other businesses
  
  
• less workload for purchasing department
• clearly defined arrangements for release and approval
• reduction in process costs and administrative expenses
• Group-wide aggregation of volume:
• better prices
• application of article standards
  
  
• targeted vendor development
• stock minimisation with high reliability of supply
• more time for purchasing department to concentrate on core competence
• overrunning of budgets avoided