An electronic procurement system on trial at Caerphilly County
Council, is expected to pay for itself in six months.
Richard AdamsCaerphilly council had a history of stock problems across the
borough, and turned to e-procurement as a way of streamlining the
purchase and movement of stock.
Before the e-procurement system was installed by Get Real
Systems (GRS), the council was already using GRS's procurement and
stock management system.
GRS has taken the unusual step of going into partnership with
the council and working closely to integrate the system.
Council head of procurement Andrew Maisey, who is instigating
the council's transition into e-commerce, said, "The system has
been on trial for four weeks and, based on its performance and our
experience with GRS, we intend to be operating with e-procurement
fully in the new year."
The new purchasing system is integrated with a warehouse system
and a QST financial system, which is multi-layered. On the
client-side, requirements are Microsoft Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000 or
Millennium edition and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.00.
