Opinions
»A good sourcing service team constitutes the basis for a successful roll-out. Equally important are the levels of organisation and communication.«

-Philipp Hofmann,
Manager Purchasing Services, Linde Gas
Benefits
Increased Leverage by using IBX staff
Higher Scalability for Roll-out
Time savings in supplier research
Optimised decision-making and improved time to market
Enhanced market transparency (process, products, suppliers)
Comparable quotations through flexible criteria reflecting both price and non-price criteria
SOURCING

Support for the eSourcing agenda


In many sourcing programs, support services are often overlooked or underdeveloped. Capgemini Procurement Services has developed a set of managed services that can kick-start eSourcing initiatives and enable the sourcing teams to focus on the core issues.

Capgemini Procurement Services provides managed services that ease the burdens of sourcing and purchasing transformation, with expertise and processes that generate sustainable year-to-year savings in areas that were previously overlooked or inefficiently managed.


IBX Service Desk Source

IBX Service Desk Source allows buying organisations to focus their resources on strategic sourcing by allowing us to take care of the tedious and laborious set-up and supplier training. The service is developed to accelerate the deployment and usage of eSourcing in the organisation by offering a support function with high availability.

IBX Service Desk Source includes:

  • Leveraged best practices
  • Event quality check 
  • Supplier training
  • Buyer training
  • Auction monitoring
  • Surrogate bidding
  • Event results summary