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Subcontract Solutions
Subcontract Solutions is an independent platform using both
Internet technologies and industry experts services to bring
greater efficiency in the procurement as well as the marketing
of castings and forgings.
Subcontract Solutions mission is to:
- Increase market transparency
- optimise workflow to lower transaction costs
- Facilitate collaboration and communication between
buyers and suppliers
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The vision behind Subcontract Solutions:
Long years experience in the Foundry & Forge industry have
enabled Subcontract Solutions' founders to develop hands-on
solutions:
- to overcome traditional market inefficiencies
- to benefit from the e-business potentialities
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Traditional market inefficiencies:
At present, the market processes are too costly, too long and
too inefficients:
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1. Highly fragmented market |
- Over 10 000 buyers in western Europe
- Over 2000 foundries (> 20 employees)
- Over 500 forges (> 20 employees)
- Thousands of suppliers to the foundry and forge industry
- Wide range of buyer and supplier profiles
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2. Low transparency and High information cost |
- Identification of new suppliers / buyers is a long and
costly process
- Information availability is not satisfactory
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3. High workflow cost |
- Preparing and dispatching of documents is too time consuming
- The procurement / marketing processes can be further optimised
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e-business potentialities
Industrial subcontracting of made to order parts has been
identified as high beneficiary of e-commerce solutions. This
is particularly true for subcontracting of castings and forgings
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- automate and accelerate your business process
- optimise your supplier / customer base
- collaborate faster and better
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Subcontract Solutions: use smart tools, get
smart results.
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