According to an article in the Harvard Business Review, "the performance of many supply chains has never been worse. In some cases, costs have risen to unprecedented levels because of adversarial relations between supply chain partners, as well as dysfunctional industry practices such as an over-reliance on price promotions." Could another of these dysfunctional practices be that various people in different departments are using varying processes to order supplies from different suppliers? There are just too many people trying to do the same thing, and they are using inefficient technology to do so. Part of this could be due to poor communications within the company; part, to lack of automation in the ordering process; part, to lack of control over the technology; part, to missing accountability; part, to insufficient reporting; and, part, to stubborn habits. But, whatever the reasons, it all comes down to the absence of an effective system within which everyone can order, and it's costing hundreds of billions annually. How can order be brought from this chaos? By a simple, online program called Your Supply Center. Your Supply Center organizes all your suppliers and their products into a single, customized web site for centralized ordering, as well as user, product, supplier and data management. It automates most of the processes involved in procurement, saving everyone time and money. It separates the technology that runs your supply channel from the vendors who supply the products, giving you more control. It increases accountability, eliminating maverick spending and waste. And, it increases the visibility of your system through up-to-the-minute reports, affording fresh insight and increased productivity. Your Supply Center will eliminate the chaos in your supply channel by making the system simpler and easier to use. Your Supply Center simplifies the product procurement process by organizing all your suppliers and their products into a single, customized web site. This online marketplace will give you centralized ordering, as well as user, product, supplier and data management. You'll have one source for everything you need, and it will be right at your fingertips. Instead of having to go to your suppliers to order, they will be brought to you in your online marketplace. Instead of looking through thousands of products to find the right one, you will only be presented with choices that reflect your purchasing history. Instead of using many different interfaces to make a purchase, the process will be made uniform for all suppliers. Best of all, Your Supply Center requires little to no effort on your part. We provide the tool and the experienced team to do the job. Going hand in hand with simplification for saving time and money is automation. Your Supply Center automates most processes involved in procurement, including order requisitions, requests for approval, e-mail confirmations, status reports and inventory levels. A bi-product of this is the elimination of paper invoices, paper requisition forms and all the other paper trails you've created in the past. Everything is done electronically and instantaneously. Your Supply Center also interconnects your data systems, streamlining the flow of information from one system to the next. It interconnects Accounting with Operations, updates Warehouse inventory and order information, punches out to various procurement systems, and performs other operations. Your Supply Center gives you more control over the procurement process by separating the technology that runs your supply channel from the vendors who supply the products. This allows you to change your vendors without changing your system. Eliminating the varying and often incompatible technologies of multiple vendors also eliminates varying interfaces. Both interface and process are uniform for all suppliers. Your Supply Center also allows you to set authorization, viewing and pricing filters that control what users see and access, as well as their spending levels and budgets. By establishing and setting these controls, you will be able to curb maverick spending, reduce errors and avoid costly mistakes. Industry studies have shown that companies with spending controls in place save as much as 15% on their total budgets. Your Supply Center increases your visibility by showing the entire supply chain in a single view. You'll have access to reports that track, measure and improve the way you spend money, as well as how resources move through the system. You will know, up to the minute, where people, information and products are in the chain, thereby increasing your effectiveness at delivering on time and within budget. Through all its many processes and features, Your Supply Center will save you time and money in procuring supplies, and end the chaos that may be plaguing your supply channel. By simplifying, automating, and increasing the control and visibility of your product procurement system, Your Supply Center will increase its effectiveness and eliminate the waste. Your Supply Center is offered by CoreXpand, the industry leader in online catalog marketing. Founded in 1999 in Atlanta, GA, CoreXpand has over 13 years of previous experience in the distribution industry. We understand how chaotic the procurement process has become, and the needs that must be met in order to become a company's one source. Our desire is not to sell our customers technology, but to be their technology partner, in order to help them expand their core business capabilities and achieve the results they need. Currently our Channel DRIVER tool is running over 2,000 online programs for small businesses as well as global corporations–many of them Fortune 500's. We've built a solid record of success that validates the business community's acceptance and use of Channel DRIVER–as our growth figures indicate. Last year, CoreXpand processed almost $800 million in online sales transactions. We did this by providing our customers with an online tool that increased their sales, contained their costs and efficiently managed their channel programs. We can do the same for you. To get started with Your Supply Center, contact CoreXpand's sales department at 1-800-226-0834 or bizdev@corexpand.com. Call today for a free webinar by one of our experienced business analysts. back to YOUR SUPPLY CENTER home