As a procurement specialist, handling complex tender processes for commodity purchases often comes with significant challenges, especially when it comes to specifying delivery conditions. Imagine you're ready to purchase a specific commodity, but you have multiple potential delivery locations—say, different ports or warehouses. In most procurement systems, you may be forced to choose just one preferred port for the tender, even if you’d prefer to leave the delivery location open to multiple nearby options, each with their own transportation costs.
What if you could specify multiple delivery locations in a single tender and account for the different transport costs associated with each? Even better, imagine being able to draw on a global database of official trade locations, ensuring accuracy and efficiency.
With Shopery’s SaaS Procurement solution, all of this complexity can be managed effortlessly within a single procurement event.
Shopery's SaaS Procurement solution introduces an innovative approach to managing delivery conditions in your tender process. Procurement specialists can now:
Specify Multiple Delivery Options Using the LOCODE Database: When creating a tender, you can choose from an official list of international trade and transport locations, thanks to the integration of the UN/LOCODE database. This database includes ports, airports, and other logistics hubs worldwide. In addition to these recognized locations, you can also specify custom delivery addresses, such as specific warehouses that might not appear in the LOCODE database.
Input Associated Transportation Costs for Each Location: For every delivery option listed, you can add transportation costs specific to each location. These costs remain confidential to you as the buyer, ensuring that your team can make decisions based on the true total cost of the transaction, rather than just supplier bids.
Supplier Flexibility with Multiple Delivery Options: When suppliers participate in your tender, they will see all the available delivery options (e.g., multiple ports) and can select the option that best suits their logistical network or transportation agreements. This flexibility empowers suppliers to provide their best price for the delivery location that minimizes their cost.
Comparative Visualization of Quotations: Once the quotations are in, Shopery’s platform generates a comparative visualization that factors in the supplier’s bid and your internal transportation costs for each port. This comprehensive view helps you quickly compare all offers and make data-driven decisions about the best value for your company.
Shopery’s innovative approach to handling delivery options is a game-changer for procurement specialists dealing with complex sourcing events. By integrating the official LOCODE database and allowing for flexible delivery conditions, the platform ensures that procurement teams can manage even the most complicated sourcing events with ease.
If you’re ready to streamline your procurement process and take advantage of this functionality, contact Shopery today to schedule a demo and see how our platform can revolutionize your procurement workflows.
This guide will enable new marketplace businesses to minimise the risks involved with launching their projects and will boost the chances of success for your new marketplace. It’s crafted by the Customer Success team at Shopery, made up of e-commerce experts that have supported dozens of clients on the journey to the success of their marketplaces.
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