Transforming steel buying
Transforming steel buying
Keywords sellbuysteel.com, Steel, Internet
A new, independent Internet-based service, called sellbuysteel.com, has recently been launched. According to CEO John West it will transform the way the engineering industry sources its steel.
John explains that sellbuysteel.com is an interactive information database of steel producers, stockists, traders and users. It has been designed with the assistance of steel buyers to help them find their supplies more cost-effectively by:
sourcing on a wider basis;
requesting quotes more quickly and easily;
being alerted to special offers; and
where desired, consolidating orders with sister companies to secure better prices.
Unlike other e-commerce tools on the market, sellbuysteel.com is said to be a stand-alone system, so it does not demand technology changes. Any company, no matter what current IT system they have in place, can start using sellbuysteel.com immediately.
It not only provides instant access to the latest price and stock information for all suppliers registered on the system, but also buyers can use the service to perform searches for suppliers on a local, national or global basis. Through sellbuysteel.com a buyer can enter their specific requirements, find all sellers who match these criteria and seek formal quotes using an easy to complete on-screen form. The request for a quote form, which needs to be completed only once, can then be sent electronically to as many matching companies as the buyer wants. After this point sellbuysteel.com plays no further part in the transaction.
