eProcurement allows organisations to purchase goods online securely and efficiently, using a centralised, controlled system. It provides you with instant access to a central marketplace and a list of approved supplier websites – plus it saves you time by authorising and sending purchase orders automatically.

CommerceConnect is the answer to a Finance Manager’s purchasing prayers. Working in conjunction with Symmetry’s bluQube software solution, CommerceConnect is an e-purchasing module that allows users to send and receive purchasing documents electronically from the core finance system, as well as the option of taking advantage of on-line market places such as UNITY; home to over 25,000 suppliers.

What are the key Elements?

PDF Connector enables you to order goods and services electronically by e-mailing PDF documents direct from your finance system. This approach reduces the paper trail and eliminates the traditional delays of other methods such as post or fax.

XML Connector provides the additional functionality of end–to-end electronic purchasing with on-line marketplaces, so the transaction can be carried out directly from the finance system, without any manual or paper-based processes. In the future, there will also be support for eInvoicing completing the loop to BACS payment and an end to end paperless transaction.

Key benefits:

• Save time using a quicker and more efficient ordering process – you can move seamlessly between bluQube and your suppliers’ websites.
• Reduce administration costs for you and your suppliers by ordering online, giving you the opportunity to negotiate better prices.
• Avoid manually handling paper purchase orders and invoices – do the whole process electronically while adhering to the controls you’ve already defined in bluQube.
• Reduce maverick or unauthorised purchases by controlling which suppliers can be used and on what terms.
• It uses BASDA’s eBIS-XML standard ensuring it’s a sound long-term investment.
• Reduce errors produced by re-keying information from suppliers’ literature making life easier for your employees.