Intershop Communications, an established provider of e-commerce solutions for global enterprises, today announced that the MAN Group, one of the leading European manufacturers of commercial vehicles, machinery and industrial installations, is integrating its ordering and purchasing transactions within a single online platform powered by Intershop`s Enfinity technology.
The online centralisation of its entire procurement processes will enable the MAN Group and its suppliers to streamline their administrative procedures, using this new MAN2B gateway. The enhanced procurement functionality will also enable increased transparency of content, volume and price of purchases.
"Using the Intershop Procurement Solution will lead to significant reductions in the time and costs involved in purchasing and, in addition, lead to higher data quality," emphasised Robert Bertram, the MAN Group`s head of information technology.
For the development of the procurement gateway, the MAN Group installed the Intershop Enfinity Procurement Solution, enabling the MAN Group to bundle catalogues and material groupings from different sectors. The MAN2B initiative focuses on the development of a powerful and functional catalogue system, transaction system and a platform to build future Web services.
The Intershop Enfinity Procurement Solution enables enterprises to significantly reduce procurement costs by streamlining and automating purchasing processes for goods and services. With this comprehensive solution, enterprises can integrate multiple suppliers, implement strategic sourcing, and leverage greater buying power. In addition, Intershop provides a flexible, extensible solution, which assures a simple integration of the existing system within the MAN Group as well as the functional and scalable administration of the catalogue.
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Intershop Communications (Nasdaq: ISHP, Neuer Markt: ISH) is a leading provider of e-commerce solutions for enterprises that want to automate marketing, procurement and sales using Internet technology. The Intershop Enfinity commerce platform, combined with proven, flexible industry and cross-industry solutions, enables companies to manage multiple business units from a single commerce platform, optimise their business relationships, improve business efficiencies and cut costs to increase profit margins. By streamlining business processes, companies can achieve a higher return on investment at a lower total cost of ownership, increasing the lifetime value of customers and partners. Intershop has more than 300 enterprise customers worldwide in retail, hi-tech and manufacturing, media and telecommunications.
Customers including Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, Bosch, BMW, TRW, Bertelsmann, Otto and Homebase have selected Intershop`s Enfinity as the foundation for their global e-commerce strategies.