SupplyChain Magazine May 2015 | Page 18

PROCUREMENT
expertise , systems and data we ’ ve got we feel we have a pretty unrivalled position in the market . So we go to them , understand how they currently operate , where opportunities for improve are and then pitch a price to them and quote them saying this is how much we think we can save you based on what it currently costs you . “ We have the size , scale , shared Tradeshift platform , good processes and this is of course our core businesswhereas it is nowhere near the hospital trusts core business ; theirs is of course saving lives and making people better . Instead of having hundreds of organisations trying to solve the same procurement and buying problems , we can solve it once and share that benefit out both in terms of the price but also the benefit of advanced systems and processes we have .”
“ Any organisation at any point can look around at the market , but we try and make them understand the benefits of a shares services platform .
Tradeshift Dashboard offers flexibility for use with mobile devices
18 May 2015