e-Procurement

Buck & Hickman is an established B2B supplier, with a proven track record of successful eimplementations for many leading UK companies. Over the years Buck & Hickman have built and maintained strategic relationships with many B2B eprocurement solution providers including Ariba, cc-Hubwoo, Exostar, Science Warehouse, Procserve…and more.

The types of solutions Buck & Hickman offer, fall within the following groups:

• Search & Select

• Order

• Pay

Customers can build their own bespoke implementation package from both our traditional methods and the solutions below, with assistance from the Buck & Hickman Value Added Services Team.

Examples of current customer implementations.

Customer 1 = Direct Buy (punchout) Website & XML ordering & eInvoicing
Customer 2 = Procure Manager Website & XML ordering & Paper invoicing
Customer 3 = Static eCatalogue & eMail ordering & Paper invoicing
Customer 4 = Paper Catalogue & Telephone Ordering & eInvoicing

Search & Select Solutions

Static eCatalogue:

What is it?

A static ecatalogue is Buck & Hickman product data hosted on our customers own or 3rd party system.

Content:
Pricing is set to the agreed contracted terms
Content can be restricted to sub sets of Buck & Hickmans complete range

Procure Manager Website:

What is it?

A Procure Manager Website is a bespoke website which allows customer's with more than one buyer to manage the requisition process, by using company administrator(s) and designated company approver(s).

Content:
Pricing is set to the agreed contracted terms
The product ranges that are visible on the website can be adapted easily, by the customers company administrator contacting a member of the B&H Value Added Services team.

Users:
The customers company administrator has full access to create and amend each users profile

Requisitions/Orders:
When a requisition is submitted it is first sent to the assigned approver(s), which allows for complete visibility and traceability of any orders sent. It also allows for recommendations where an order may need to be modified. Once approved the requisition is converted to an order.

Direct Buy Website (equivalent to a Punchout/Roundtrip website):

What is it?

A B&H Direct Buy Website is a bespoke website which integrates seamlessly into the customers own system eg SAP, Oracle or chosen B2B portal provider

Content:
Pricing is set to the agreed contracted terms
The product ranges that are visible on the site can be adapted easily, by the customer’s company administrator contacting the B&H Value Added Services team.

Users:
User information is passed directly from the customers own system/B2B portal provider, so users don’t need to remember login details.

Requisitions/Orders:
When a requisition is submitted, it is sent back into the customers own system/B2B portal where addition information and any approval processes can take place. This allows for complete traceability from within the customers own setup. Once approved, the requisition is converted and the order is sent to Buck & Hickman.

Product Rationalisation Management
Transparency of the customers spend (commodity groups)

What are the benefits of these solutions?

Easy to use
No manual login, just click on a link from your own system/B2B portal (Direct Buy)
Quick and simple checkout processes (Procure Manager/Direct Buy).

Cost control
Simple to a more complex multi tier (depending on your chosen provider/requirements) approval workflow to mimic the purchasing structure already setup within the customers company. Plus, the added benefit of numerous reporting tools (depending on your chosen provider/requirements)

Slicker processes
Reduction in errors/purchasing time
Fantastic for the environment as ordering online, greatly reduces or even eliminates the need for paper

Order Solutions

IOS

What is it?

This system allows Buck & Hickman to receive purchase orders from our customers in various formats including XML (all variants), xCBL. The orders are automatically routed to our branch network to process.

Email

What is it?

Buck & Hickman can receive purchase orders from our customers either as attachments or in the body of an email via our chosen email client

What are the benefits?

Process cost savings
Reduction in paper
Instant notification if an order has failed to reach the supplier (cXML, xCBL)

Pay Solutions

eInvoicing

What is it?

Data which is usually contained within the customers paper invoice is sent electronically to the customers own system or chosen B2B portal provider.

Buck & Hickman support a vast amount of formats including:

EDI (Tradacoms), FTP, GXS TradaNet,  XML (all variants), Email, CSV, TXT

What are the benefits?

Process cost savings
Reduction in paper
Prompt payment of invoices which leads to improved supplier relations

For further information about the range of e-Procurement solutions available from Buck & Hickman please e-mail: eprocurement@buckandhickman.com