e -Procurement

DCS e-procurement solutions help streamline the procurement to pay process.

According to a latest Forrester research, implementing e-invoicingand e-procurement solutions together doubles the probability of straight through procurement to pay processing.

What is e-procurement?

Electronic procurement, sometimes also known as supplier exchange is the business-to-business, business-to-consumer or Business-to-government purchase and sale of supplies, work and services through the Internet

E-procurement is an invaluable tool in streamlining the procurement process ensuring that the process of procurement is as efficient and reliable as possible.

DCS e-procurement key features

DCS offers e-procurement solutions that automate the 4-step process of raising a purchase order -

  • Allow staff to search authorised supplier catalogues
  • Minimise rogue purchasing from unauthorised suppliers
  • Create requisitions electronically
  • Route them for approval
  • Raise a purchase order
  • Place order with the right supplier with the right T+Cs
  • Preferred vendor options or  option to choose from popular items order historically
  • Ability to monitor progress of requisition request
  • Manage multilevel approval workflow
  • Organisation wide view of purchase trends
  • Monitor and control purchase limits through effective reporting and dashboards
  • Retains records for audit purposes with complete details of all transactions
  • Benefit from volume purchasing power
  • Leverage more negotiation power
  • Evaluate performance of suppliers by comparing details like time taken for delivery and discounts offered.
  • Immediate availability of information on funds tied to purchases
  • Better financial cash management

Simplifying purchase requisition

  • Preferred vendor options or  option to choose from popular items order historically
  • Ability to monitor progress of requisition request

Monitoring purchasing activities

  • Manage multilevel approval workflow
  • Organisation wide view of purchase trends
  • Monitor and control purchase limits through effective reporting and dashboards
  • Retains records for audit purposes with complete details of all transactions

Managing vendor portfolio

  • Benefit from volume purchasing power
  • Leverage more negotiation power
  • Evaluate performance of suppliers by comparing details like time taken for delivery and discounts offered.

Enabling real time budgeting

  • Immediate availability of information on funds tied to purchases
  • Better financial cash management

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For more information on our e-procurement solutions call us 01753 616720 or complete our contact form for a fast, tailored response.

DCS provide business process solutions for:

Business Process Management Sales Order Processing Business Compliance  Business Outsource Document Scanning

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