GAZ Group, automobile plant

The largest producer of commercial automotive vehicles in Russia – GAZ Group – passes to electronic procurement in the B2B-Center electronic trading system. Especially for the company the corporate electronic platform B2B-GAZ which enters a single system of B2B-Center company is developed.

The basic principles of purchasing activity of GAZ Group are openness for new partners, equal opportunities of potential suppliers and also formation of network of the partners connected with the enterprises of holding a uniform technology chain and the standardized requirements. GAZ Group already held the first auction in the system of B2B-Center. Among the purchased goods: specialized technology equipment, electrotechnical equipment, office equipment, supplies, etc.

Presence at the System of a large number of big customers allows to use electronic marketplace as an additional channel of distribution of the made products. The B2B-GAZ electronic platform can be used also as the tool of the analysis and statistics.

"Creation of B2B-GAZ is aimed at increase in efficiency of business processes of the enterprises of Group and also at cost reduction in procurement process, – the Director of the department of cost engineering and the external prices of GAZ Group Alfred Nabiullin says. – We are going to use all advantages which the electronic marketplace – big and qualitative base of participants provides, a possibility of control of subsidiaries and affiliates and automation of all types of the reporting"

Transition of Group to electronic biddings was commented by the commercial director of B2B-Center Boyko Andrey: "We are very glad that one of the largest carmakers of Russia, GAZ Group, selected the B2B-Center electronic trading system. It is especially pleasant that the additional functionality and marketing opportunities which are given by our System estimated at the companies".