Benefit from Equanet's eCommerce Capabilities
In these times of economic uncertainty, it is more important than ever to control the cost of procurement. According to a study undertaken by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, the cost of processing a purchase order from start to finish can vary from £30 to £70. This cost can be reduced significantly by improving your efficiency using eCommerce.
Using Equanet's eCommerce systems is more than just buying through a website. Our customers are significantly improving their productivity, control and performance by looking at our ingenious, but simple ways of managing their procurement online.
Purchasing directly online through our site at www.equanet.co.uk opens a window to 24/7 store where you can view our extensive catalogue, with over 30,000 great value products and also have live access to stock quantity information, order status and delivery tracking and you get full access to account information including statements, invoices and credit notes. Flexible workflow controls allow you to set spend limits and multi-level authorisation controls to maintain a tight grip on what your company buys.
What makes Equanet different is our ability to integrate our systems with yours, and to work with you to develop tailored web portals designed specifically to match your needs, whether it be a one off project or an ongoing requirement.
Integration
Many of our clients already take advantage of the considerable efficiency savings generated by integrating systems. This can be as simple as a regular delivery of our product catalogue in an agreed format so that you can store our product information in your systems, through to live and seamless links between your procurement system and ours.
Tailored Web Portals
Many of our clients have taken advantage of having a personalised web portal developed. We can brand the portal in line with your own corporate identity and you have complete control of which products are visible and available to buy.
We have also developed portals to help with the execution of short-term projects, for example, we have recently made a portal for a client to roll out a significant laptop replacement programme. Each user was able to log onto the portal and arrange for the delivery of their upgrade, and order various accessories. This meant that the procurement team did not have to raise thousands of orders, but still retained control of their buying.
Read our Case Study on eProcurement and PunchOut systems with Surrey County Council.
Equanet have for many years been at the forefront of using PunchOut technology, a method of connecting your system to ours making the Equanet website available from your procurement system. Depending upon the systems you use we can create a paperless and highly efficient procurement process which means you lose none of the control but gain all of the efficiency savings of working this way.
Equanet also have extensive experience of working with many of the electronic trading hubs, such as Ariba and Hubwoo, and we can work with you to trade with you electronically if you use one.
Why Integrate?
- EFFICIENCY - Simple automated process, no need to re-enter order information and invoice order matching is automated. You can also manage orders by exception rather than authorising every transaction.
- ACCURACY - Manual data entry requirements are removed, eliminating the possibility of data entry errors and minimising risk of incorrect orders being placed – saving time and reducing potential problems.
- SPEED - All transactions are electronic and actioned at the click of a button so there are no delays in order processing and despatch.
- COMPLIANCE/CONTROL - Our integrated approach removes the potential for maverick buying and gives you control over who you work with – improving your supplier management. Plus all orders are fully auditable.
- VALUE - Pricing is continually monitored and adjusted so you see our latest prices and significantly reduce your transactional costs with efficiency savings.
To receive a live no-obligation demonstration, just ask your Account Manager or read our Guide to eProcurement.(pdf)
Benefit from Equanet's eCommerce Capabilities
Customers who shop on the internet look for convenience, enhanced search facilities and security. These are the mainstays of Equanet's eCommerce capability.
