Methods of reducing purchasing cost

To reduce the procurement cost, we must start with the source of procurement cost-supply chain (suppliers and service providers), and the precise optimization of supply chain will continuously reduce the cost of enterprises.

The concept of multi-supplier price comparison procurement is introduced here, that is, multiple suppliers are selected for the same commodity to compare prices, and the supplier with the lowest price is selected, so that the procurement cost can be effectively controlled.

One-product multi-supply price comparison purchase

As the saying goes, it doesn't hurt to shop around. However, under the traditional enterprise travel management mode, the "purchase day phenomenon" has been puzzling enterprises, that is, enterprises have made full comparisons in the travel bidding stage and their needs have been met on paper. However, due to the lack of effective follow-up means to control suppliers, once the bidding is over and the contract is fulfilled, the products and services of suppliers will be greatly discounted.

In particular, a single service provider will form a virtual monopoly, whether the commodity price is optimal, and whether there is big data killing, which becomes an invisible risk of enterprise expense management.

Combining cost control with the deep integration of consumption scenarios is one of the core design concepts of intelligent cost control 4.0 model. Based on scene fusion, an open supply chain and centralized procurement platform for enterprise consumption are created. The former provides the basic conditions for price comparison, while the latter provides the carrier for price comparison.

Minimum granularity, more accurate price comparison

An open supply chain allows enterprises to have access to more abundant channels and resources, or even establish direct contact with first-hand suppliers such as airlines and hotels, or optimize the supply chain according to consumption data and habits, thus virtually helping enterprises to complete a price comparison at the source of product supply.

It is not difficult to achieve multi-supplier aggregation in subsequent consumption, but the confirmation of "one product" is indeed an industry problem, especially for non-standardized products such as hotel accommodation.

Due to the lack of industry standards, different suppliers have their own standards for the same hotel in terms of hotel name, room type name and product classification. At the same time, the appearance of "Li Kui jy" and "Gui Li" will make the price comparison meaningless. Innovatively apply mapping technology to accurately identify wines from different suppliers from two dimensions: hotel data mapping and room type data mapping. In the 3.0 fee-controlled jump mode, because the consumption scene is realized by jumping to the platform of a third-party service provider, employees can only compare prices on multiple platforms themselves, and it takes time and energy to complete commodity selection and instant payment. Internal price control measures such as budget and consumption standard still cannot be put forward, and it is impossible to control the cost in real time from the source.

The intelligent fee control 4.0 model makes up for the shortage of enterprise fee control system consumption scenarios with the help of centralized purchasing platform. Whether it is traditional tourism products, such as air tickets, hotels, new generation products, or other consumer products such as welfare, office and labor insurance, we can intuitively check the quotations of different suppliers of the same product, supplemented by the use of many smart labels such as "monthly statement", "agreement" and "own", so that employees can quickly choose products that meet their needs, which is extremely convenient.

In the comprehensive expense control platform, after an employee selects a product, the expense control engine placed in the background will automatically match the expense control details that the employee should abide by in the current consumption scenario, such as budget quota, consumption standard, reservation standard, process specification, etc. And judge the rationality and compliance of consumption through real-time intelligent comparison, reserve tracks and data for subsequent reimbursement review, and realize the high integration of consumption as compliance and purchase as reimbursement.

20 18 built the first integrated platform of enterprise consumption and cost control in the industry under the mode of intelligent cost control 4.0. For the first time, the price comparison of a product with multiple suppliers has been recognized by the industry, which has set off a wave of learning and imitation.

Compared with a single supplier's quotation, the price comparison procurement model is more in line with the procurement process and norms, and can actively avoid possible corruption in procurement and improve the compliance of financial audit on the premise of ensuring product quality. What impresses the management of the enterprise is that the benign price comparison competition pushes the suppliers to continuously optimize the product structure and price, which can bring more than 15% savings in purchasing expenses for the enterprise.

Nowadays, the price comparison between a product and a number of suppliers has become the standard configuration of the industry fee control platform. On the one hand, demand determines the market, on the other hand, innovation leads change. We clearly see that from concept to practice, the intelligent fee control 4.0 model is profoundly affecting and transforming the fee control industry.

Extension:

Explain the open supply chain mentioned above.

The open mode of supply chain is relatively closed. Simply put, it is whether the supply chain supports other suppliers' access and whether a price comparison system can be established. From this dimension, the general OTA platform is biased towards closed supply chain.

An open supply chain is a prerequisite and there must be a supply chain. Building a supply chain is a "technical activity" with industry threshold. You can do it not by knowing the technology, but by mastering the industry and industry products. The underlying logic involved in various products is also relatively complex, which requires certain industry accumulation and precipitation. On the premise of this foundation, we must have the thinking of all rivers, so that the supply chain platform can have good expansibility. It can help enterprises to establish their own supply chain system from the bottom, land their own suppliers and agreement resources through the advantages of the bottom supply chain, and finally output the results of supply chain resources to the front-end system of enterprises in the form of a product multi-supply price comparison.

References:

1? Baidu knows what the open supply chain model means.

2? Interpretation of Yi Sheng Science and Technology Fee Control 4.0 | Price Comparison of One Product for More Supply, from the unique function of the intelligent fee control 4.0 model to the industry standard.