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Bidding for Dollars - Turn Your Procurement Model Around

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Have you taken advantage of Ebay.com or another online auction site to get the best deal possible on a product? Well the web has revolutionized procurement and purchasing much in the same way.  Freedom of information We are living in world which allows small to medium enterprise businesses to compete on exactly the same footing as huge conglomerates. No longer do you have to go through a formal leveraged buying exercise to deliver the best possible combination of price and service when buying products. Creating competition with the web Utilizing the web and your MDS software, you are able to essentially create competition on each individual order and procurement is a very different, much better process, because you can create fundamental competition and a broader supply chain. Using the MDS Tender and Bid Systems a user can interact with suppliers and actually review information provided easier because they all deliver it in standardized format. This allows you to compare appl...

How distributors can compete against Amazon.com

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Distributors looking to fend off Amazon need to make sure to have an e-commerce plan that offers sufficient products and excel at customer service, by ensuring that your e-commerce solution is deeply integrated to inventory, pricing and customer data you can offer a completely personalized online shopping experience that will surpass anything Amazon can provide.  To succeed you need the right tools Our Remotenet B2B Ecommerce Suite gives you the tools to compete. Amazon recently announced a new branch called Amazon Supply that aims to take on the role that distributors have been doing for decades.  It’s an intriguing new possibility, with the site being built with many of the same consumer-facing features, such as detailed product information and ease of use, and online ordering that have driven Amazon's success.  Amazon Supply’s stated goal is “to provide earth’s largest, easiest-to-research, discover, and access selection of professional products required to support the...