Optimizing on-line purchasing
BSL's new Genius b2b (business-to-business) is a 'next-generation', internet-based e-commerce system that simplifies the supply chain and optimizes transactions through paperless trading.
Genius b2b guides engineers and buyers through product selection and then suggests the ideal product to be used. The system provides access to a range of technical and dimensional information held in the Genius database. Its fully parametric search engine means that it can be searched by part number or via several product attributes. The buyer just clicks the selected product into the shopping basket and allows the Genius b2b system to communicate the product selection to the organization's existing requisition system.
Genius b2b is a result of 18 months' development which involved interviews with 300 customers who were picked at random to assess what their needs and capabilities were in terms of trading on-line, in particular their facilities for achieving full 'system-to-system' integration between supplier and customer IT systems.
