Purchasing System

Effective cost control is critical to every business to allow it remain competitive. Many businesses loose sight of the relative costs of the raw materials and consumables as the relationships with suppliers develop over the years. This usually results in the supplier raising their margin as they believe they provide a superior service. Often it is the time taken to carry out comparative pricing (on what are seen as low value purchases) that prevent effective purchasing management. In addition a distributed business often means that various offices purchase from local suppliers, irrespective of price.

We have developed a system which allows a company track prices for numerous products from various suppliers. The purchasing manager simply exports a spreadsheet for each sector sectors. This is then sent to suppliers who fill out their prices for these products and return the spreadsheet. These prices are then imported into the database and a "Preferred Supplier List" is issued to all offices, detailing where items should be purchased and at what price.

The system significantly reduced the workload associated with managing the purchasing process and has brought tangible benefits to companies. If you would like to achieve such benefits for your business, or have other ideas on how your business can become more effective, then talk to us and we can help make it a reality.