Sustainable Cost Reduction.
"We really did not know what to expect from
Vendigital, but were delighted with not only the
level of savings achieved and new suppliers
identified, but also the high standard of
communication levels and expert co-operation."
Mathijs Verlaek, Bredel Hose Pumps BV
The Müller Group gets sourcing with Vendigital.
"Vendigital’s team enabled us to cast our net
over a much larger market and helped us to
identify a host of new suppliers. Whilst we
maintained full control of the project, Vendigital
took over the management of the processes,
overseeing the tender and providing the eRFx
systems for the auction.”
Herr Joachim Tietz, Head of Purchasing,
Müller Group
Northgate halves mobile phone bill.
"The auction delivered headline savings
of over 50%, which was well above our
expectations. We chose T-Mobile and agreed
considerable improvements in the level of
service including a technology profile to meet
current requirements with room for expansion
and a provision for replacement hardware..."
Paul McGinnes, Procurement Director, Northgate Information Solutions
Saving on stainless steel costs.
"This is the first time we’ve worked
with a company like Vendigital and the
experience has been extremely positive.
Vendigital became an extension of our
own procurement department and helped
us to adopt a more strategic approach to
the way we source our materials."
Matthew Jewitt, Marketing Manager, Newburgh Engineering Ltd
AL-KO adopts new Strategic Approach to Purchasing with Vendigital
"We were surprised at the positive effect of combining systematic
sourcing and supplier negotiation through online auctions. As an instrument
to reduce costs and identify supply options we will certainly work with
Vendigital again."
Ulrich Pilhofer, Purchasing Director, AL-KO
Transforming Cheshire
"The online auctions have been a huge
success. We’ve created a new framework
to transform how we procure our services
and supplies so that savings can be
sustained in the longer term."
Alistair Jeffs, County Policy Development Officer, Cheshire County Council
Linx Printing Technologies
"The auction presented us with a choice of
potential suppliers. We have subsequently
been able to evaluate these alternatives
knowing that the benefits were worth the
effort. It has been very time efficient for us."
Brian Cattmull, Purchasing & Logistics Manager, Linx
saving over £2.5 million p.a.
"Initially, there was some scepticism that online auctions could deliver
such huge savings. Now with three projects under our belts, we are convinced
that this approach is extremely valuable. As a ‘not for profit’ organisation,
we must ensure our costs are managed as tightly as possible so that the
maximum funds are spent on our research into fighting cancer. We are
delighted with these results."
Belinda Turner, Procurement Director, Cancer Research UK
Combining the latest sourcing techniques with sustainable business ethics
"As a progressive business, we’ve utilised the latest technology
offered by Vendigital to help us improve the way we purchase. We have
also sourced our boxes at the right price and found a new supplier that
complements our position on business sustainability."
Stefanie Sahmel, Warehouse manager, Abel & Cole
£300k p.a saving on Transport and IT costs
"By working with Vendigital, we’ve
made some dramatic improvements in
our procurement processes. In addition,
the online auctions managed by Vendigital
resulted in a significant 15% saving
worth over £300,000 per year."
Brian McCarthy, Finance Director, Archant Regional
A whole new approach
"Since our Buyers actually use the materials,
they understand the high levels of service and
quality that are required from our suppliers.
However, our Buyers simply don’t have time
to become experts in purchasing or to research
supply markets. By engaging Vendigital to
provide the market knowledge, purchasing
skills and the latest techniques to complement
our Buyers, we think we will have created the
optimum purchasing function."
Jim Dickinson, Owner and Managing Partner, Longley Farm
Market price confidence
"The interesting thing is we have lots of different items that typically
we would not invest the time and effort to achieve Vendigital's level
of knowledge in each market. I am now keen to find out how much benefit
we can gain in total, across similar categories, by ‘buying in’ the market
experience and tendering resources."
Bernd Wolf, Head of Purchasing, E&H GmbH
The greatest improvements
“I invited Vendigital to analyse our entire spend portfolio and
to identify the categories where we could achieve the greatest improvements.
I was keen to see what Vendigital’s savings optimiser analysis
could offer our business...”
Peter Morgan, Quality and Materials Manager, Watson-Marlow Bredel
Deep sea sourcing
“Identifying and then approving a new supplier to make components
like this requires a considerable amount of time and resource. Outsourcing
enabled us to access Vendigital’s best practice research and market
pricing techniques.”
Neil Robinson, Vice President of Supply Chain Management, Vetco Gray
Online Auction saves Northumbria University 35% on Stationery Purchases
“We are delighted with the results ...The online Auction generated
savings of £212,000 per year, a 35% saving on the University’s
original stationery expenditure.”
Trevor Gabriele, Deputy Finance Director, University of Northumbria
Against the tide
“Some people in our organisation were very concerned. The incumbent
supplier was reliable, their quality was good and their prices were historically
better than a few other known suppliers. The fear was that a good supplier
was going to be replaced with a cheap, unknown supplier. Vendigital’s
approach obviously ensured that these concerns were unfounded. The end
result was that we achieved a cost saving against a rising market from
a supplier that is probably even better than the previous one.”
Bob Morrow Purchasing Manager at Bonar Floors
Collaborative commerce
“The degree of rigour and the robustness of the processes that
were used in this project were much greater than one normally associates
with a purchasing exercise. It’s no wonder the results were so impressive.”
Mr Schempp, Purchasing Manager, Forschner
Better projects
“Vendigital gave us a lot of help and guidance in constructing
better contracts with clearer responsibilities. They have also introduced
us to a lot of very competent, qualified suppliers.”
Martyn Goodwin, Project Engineer, Hepworth Drainage
Global markets
“We thought we already knew a lot of suppliers around the world,
but this level of market research was much more extensive and thorough
than anything we would have undertaken. During the online negotiation,
the power of approaching the markets in such a way as well as the benefit
of this rigorous approach to procurement was evident for all to see.
We are now in the process of assessing the suppliers identified by the
project.”
Kelly Sloan, VP of manufacturing at Micropump, an IDEX group company
Size matters
“What really impressed us was that these techniques gave such
a good return on such small contract values. Once we’ve become familiar
with the processes this is something we could ultimately do ourselves
as part of our everyday purchasing process to guarantee competitive pricing
everytime we go to market.”
Herr Roger Herrmann, member of the Management Board, KWL
Environmetally friendly
“We were really pleased with the prices the exercise produced,
and because so many companies had been approached we also had confidence
that the prices were definitive. This enabled us to make the ‘make v’s
buy’ decision for the unit with confidence. At this point we are very
positive about the outcome”
Paul Hales, Manufacturing Director, Palmer
"The results were great and Vendigital did a really good job. We managed to cut our costs by 15%, which is far more than we thought possible. "
Brian McCarthy
Finance Director
Archant
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