Metalloinvest together with B2B-Center opened an online store

2022: Launch of a corporate online store

The company Metalloinvest together electronic trading platform B2B-Center with launched a corporate online store for internal purchases of low-value catalog materials from large federal networks. This was reported by B2B-Center on March 21, 2022.

All suppliers are pre-qualified by Metalloinvest's procurement service and deliver in a short time. The online store is organized on the principle of a marketplace in which suppliers compete online, which helps to maintain high competition, ensuring the availability of a wide range, the quality of materials and market prices. You can order tools,, to the electrician building materials, -. The ITequipment catalogue contains descriptions, technical characteristics and photographs of goods, created functionality for selecting analogues in terms of cost and quality. The checkout process, including communication with the supplier, takes place completely online. The procurement of catalogs does not require a tender of suppliers and the formation of a competitive list, allows you to select goods that meet the requirements of the buyer, reduces the time for approval of the order. The turnover for 2021 year amounted to more than 500 million rubles, including orders for 30 million rubles were placed directly by customers without the participation of the supply service. The item of items available for the order has been extended. Orders are delivered to customers in the workshops of Metalloinvest enterprises, bypassing central warehouses.

2020: Creation of procurement ACS based on B2B-Center platform

Metalloinvest has created an automated procurement management system based on the B2B-Center electronic bidding platform. The implementation of the system will allow the Company to manage the life cycle of suppliers and contracts, conduct purchases on the electronic site and through Internet catalogs. This was announced by B2B-Center on July 9, 2020.

We are creating a single information space on the basis of the B2B-Center site for interaction with suppliers, which will be integrated with ours, "said account system SAP ERP S4/HANAMaria Kovalenko, supply director of Metalloinvest Management Company. - This will increase the efficiency and transparency of procurement. On the site for July 2020, 480 thousand suppliers were registered, which create the necessary competitive environment.

In the first two months of work at the electronic site, Metalloinvest conducted more than 100 competitive procedures for 400 million rubles. By the end of 2020, the Company plans to transfer to B2B-Center most purchases, including raw materials, materials and purchases of standard products through catalogs.

{{quote 'For Metalloinvest, we are developing a flexible service for supplier lifecycle management. The customer will be able to collect and process counterparty data, use the scoring model to qualify suppliers for procurement groups and track the effectiveness of interaction. The service will allow you to electronically translate the entire business process: to form and coordinate documents on the side of the customer, conduct all types of purchases and sign contracts with suppliers, "said Andrey Boyko, commercial director of B2B-Center. }}

5 thousand supplier companies registered at B2B-Center have already received Metalloinvest accreditation. The company checks the reliability and legitimacy of the statutory documents of potential counterparties, as well as the absence of tax arrears, lawsuits, decisions on suspension of activities and conflicts of interest.

Our supply service is open to all market participants, everyone can declare themselves as part of accreditation. At the same time, Metalloinvest is aimed at cooperation with the best suppliers. Therefore, in an increasing number of purchases we use additional qualification selections - we check suppliers for compliance with specific requirements for a specific group of materials, "said Maria Kovalenko.