J6 creates Next Generation e-procurement site for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber of Commerce
Monday, 13 September 2010 00:00
DNCC launches unique e-procurement service for members to help cut costs on office supplies, stationery and computer consumables
The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber of Commerce (DNCC) is the first Chamber in the country to introduce an innovative Next Generation e-procurement website which uses price comparison technology to help members save money on over 20,000 every day office supplies and stationery items.
“e-procurement technology is the future for helping businesses to buy better”, explains DNCC’s Director of Business Services, Steve Charles. “Most companies spend significant amounts of money on office supplies every year and it is a budget that is notoriously hard to control. “We have partnered with e-procurement specialists, Newcastle-based J6 Ltd to offer our members a state of the art web site, which will save them at least 20% on all their stationery and office supplies requirements. The new site is called dnccshop.co.uk and it has over 20,000 office supplies items, so it is easy to find pretty much anything you require from seven categories:
- Stationery & office supplies
- ink cartridges and toners
- copier paper
- furniture
- technology
- catering supplies
- cleaning materials
“The really clever part of this website is that the site is linked to several high quality local suppliers who compete “live” for every order placed”, continues Steve, “that means that every time a customer places an order, the dnccshop price comparison engine shows you the cheapest supplier – and that’s how you continually save at least 20% off your current costs.
“It is like having an instant competitive quotation from several suppliers, every time you place an order. And because each supplier prices each item differently, you don’t know which supplier can give you the best price on your basket until you get to the checkout.
“The site is ideal for all sizes of businesses and you can easily test it – just enter your last couple of months’ stationery orders into the site and see what you would have paid if you ordered at dnccshop.co.uk. You’ll be amazed at the savings. We’re now using the site ourselves and making substantial annual savings, so I would recommend it to any business looking to use a modern service to save time and cut unnecessary costs”.
The benefits of this unique new service to DNCC members are:
- Save money - search for the best price every time you buy(typical savings are from 20% up to 65%)
- Save time – over 20,000 products in one web site, so no need to shop around with multiple suppliers
- Buy locally - from quality suppliers who are also DNCC members
- Improve visibility - of expenditure on all office supplies
- Compliance – get everyone in the business using the same system, regardless of location
- Control – decide what staff can order by setting “favourites”
- Analysis – access real time reports showing what you are buying and who buys it
- Rapid implementation – anyone with a browser can use the web site
- No expertise required – the web sitedoes all the hard work, you just enter the orders
- Maintain quality - no reduction in product or service standards
If you would like to talk to someone at J6 about creating your own brand stationery supplies site, please click here and complete the enquiry form or call Nigel Hudson on 0845 130 3012.
