Background
E-commerce
is one of the leading
business technologies and clearly the wave of the future, and with it,
e-procurement
and MRO (maintenence, repair, and operations) supply management. The earliest and biggest trend in e-procurement is
the
purchasing of indirect goods, such as office supplies and MRO items. A
customer
can contract with one web-based supplier to manage all of its MRO
warehouse
items, including maintenance spare parts, located in many areas of the
country
or of the world. The key is the use of internet-enabled systems
provided
by the supplier. Substantial benefits can be realized that begin with
eliminating
the need for MRO parts and supplies management by company personnel,
freeing
their time to focus on critical-support items.
An
entire MRO management system
with automated replenishment that can be accessed via the internet
provides
this capability, thus a customer does not need to be encumbered with
software
or systems selection and implementation. All that is needed is a
personal
computer with a modem and internet access. The rest is done by the
e-procurement
and MRO inventory management supplier.
Material
related costs are reduced
by reducing the number of suppliers a company deals with to one,
eliminating
the need to process purchase orders, count individual parts, reducing
order
scheduling, eliminating expediting, simplifying receiving systems,
eliminating
receiving inspection, eliminating most unpacking, eliminating the
stocking
of inventory, and eliminating excess material spoilage.
Why
Consider MRO e-Procurement and Inventory Management?
E-procurement technology offers the potential for real and measurable benefits to business. Companies are realizing substantial benefits through the implementation of e-procurement products including lower purchase prices, faster purchase cycles, simplified processes, reduced administrative overhead, and better control.
Think
about it. With e-procurement,
our staff acts as an extension of your company resources as though they
were
members of your purchasing department. All you need to do is to place
requisitions
via the internet, and we do the rest. No software or systems purchases
or
installations are required avoiding the tieing up of your resources.
Our
system is available to you with our established catalog, and we can
tailor
it to your specific needs or for your preferred suppliers. In essence,
we
perform the role of a virtual distributor.
With
MRO e-Procurement and Inventory
Management, our staff acts as an extension of your company resources as
though
they were members of your materials and purchasing department. A full
inventory
management replenishment system with custom order rules automatically
tells
us when to reorder parts and supplies for you, creates a requisition
for
the reorder, and we do the rest. No software or systems purchases or
installations
are required avoiding the tieing up of your resources. Our system is
available
to you with our established catalog, and we can tailor it to your
specific
needs or for your preferred suppliers. In essence, we perform the role
of
a virtual distributor.
MRO e-Procurement and Inventory Management Features
Here
are the features of our MRO e-Procurement & Inventory Management
Services and system: Product Categories Benefits There
are great opportunities for cost savings for all companies from small
business
to large ones. If you are a small to medium-sized company, by using our
MRO e-Procurement & Inventory Management Services, you gain the
purchase
volume leverage that large companies and distributors have with
suppliers,
and with that, lower costs. Here are some expected benefits: Our Approach When
you contact us, we will begin the process of evaluating your needs with
an
initial visit to your facility. Once we have assessed your
requirements,
we will develop and present a proposal that describes how we will
provide
effective e-Procurement services to your company. Once you have an
opportunity
to review the proposal, we will engage in questions and answers until
you
have all the information you need to make a decision. Once you approve
the
proposal, we will begin developing your custom-tailored product catalog
on
our website. There is no cost to you. Why Us? Rockford
Consulting Group can provide long-term services and consulting
assistance
to many companies in a variety of industries. The firm has a cadre of
the
best supply chain consultants in the world today, providing high
quality
professionalism through the use of experience and innovation. We
understand
the technical idiosynchracies of manufacturing and distribution
companies. A benefit of hiring us as consultants or
systems integrators is we can help business leaders understand which
internal
processes need to be addressed before automation begins. Paying for the
perspective of disinterested, outside experts can help enterprises cut
through the internal politics that tend to protect "old ways" of doing
business and move on to more effective
processes. Without this change the business is simply automating a bad
process. By partnering with an outstanding MRO
e-Procurement
and Inventory Management service provider, we can assess your
individual
needs, build the specific catalog of items to purchase, and provide a
cost-effective
means of purchasing all your materials. This allows us to offer a duel-service: How To Proceed You can begin the journey to MRO
e-Procurement and Inventory Management by simply contacting us via this
website "Contact Us", or by
the following: ©2001 Rockford Consulting Group, Ltd.
If you are a large company, you achieve
the above, but also eliminate the often-found bureaucracy with
requisitioning
materials and the time it takes to place an order, and instead you
receive
immediate responsiveness with a 24 hour, seven days per week service by
an
experienced buying staff. We manage your inventories for you.
There will be no need to install software at your location. Everything
will be implemented using the Internet. When the catalog is complete,
we
will provide you with access to the website and a password to begin
direct
usage of our MRO e-Procurement and Inventory Management services. This
is
when the cost savings in purchased materials and supplies will
materialize immediately.
If you wish to engage consultation services prior to engaging an MRO
e-Procurement
and Inventory Management solution, we can provide this service to you
at
our standard fees. Otherwise, there is no cost to you.
Your
company will benefit directly from this relationship through reduced
costs
of purchased and inventoried materials and supplies.
Telephone: 1-800-667-7495 or 815-229-2900
Telefax: 1-815-229-2612
e-mail: rligus@RockfordConsulting.com
If you wish to write:
Mr. Richard G. Ligus CMC CPCM
President
Rockford Consulting Group
7210 East State Street
Century Plaza Suite 206
Rockford, IL 61108
USA