Buyers

Buyers of raw materials, MRO, and indirects in the process industries are often constrained by antiquated business transaction processes and IT infrastructures that prevent them from benefiting from the efficiency advantages of more modern technologies. Elemica provides a single, integrated network for buyers of such materials to work with existing and new suppliers, and realize new efficiencies through:

• A single point of access to all your suppliers of chemicals, MRO, and indirects
• An industry-endorsed network standardized for many-to-many connections
• The most secure, efficient and cost-effective way to transact the repeat order processing for your ongoing contract buying of chemicals
• The ability to streamline contract negotiation, approvals and management
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) integration to facilitate global inventory reduction between you and your trading partners
• Sharing demand and production planning information with your suppliers
• Transportation optimization through carrier integration
• Lower lifecycle connection costs versus single point-to-point connections
• New opportunities to outsource non-core competencies through the Elemica network
• Support for all settlement types including purchase orders and PCards