| Bayer Business Services’ Procurement & Logistics core area offers innovative solutions for all aspects of merchandise purchasing and merchandise management. The wide range of offerings from Bayer Business Services in the field of Health, Safety & Environment also help to ensure compliance with statutory regulations such as REACh and GHS – with the focus firmly on maximizing value for the customer. |
Bayer Business Services…
- negotiates purchase agreements with suppliers;
- populates and maintains electronic catalogues;
- manages orders directly in the customer’s system;
- researches suitable supply sources and orders the merchandise;
- supplements customer systems with tools that simplify processes;
- makes available complete order systems;
- assumes the entire procurement function for the customer;
- supports logistics procedures and legally compliant waste management processes with powerful IT systems;
- offers solutions for the safe, legally compliant transport of (hazardous) goods (including customs formalities and compilation of safety documentation).
Competence through experience
Bayer Business Services is specialized in procurement in non-production areas. This includes office, workshop and laboratory supplies, safety equipment and hardware and software. Bayer Business Services also provides fleet management and brokers consulting services.Bayer Business Services handles all procurement (with the exception of raw materials needed for production) for the Bayer Group. More than 700,000 purchase order items with a total value of more than one billion euros are handled each year.
Advantage through innovation
A particular strength of Bayer Business Services is the high degree of automation in the procurement system. Automation eliminates sources of error, relieves staff of time-consuming routine work and accelerates the ordering process.At Bayer, more than 80 percent of orders are now placed electronically. Modern E-procurement solutions offer a choice of more than one million articles from over one hundred selected suppliers. Payment in most cases is via the simple credit memo procedure. Smaller suppliers can even use “web invoicing”: They enter the invoice in a web page and automatically initiate payment.
Price advantages for the customers
Bayer Business Services is able to achieve significant purchase price advantages for its customers. There are four reasons for this:- Coordinated procedure leads to large order quantities, which in turn can be used to obtain good prices.
- Specialized buyers are always up-to-date on the latest market developments.
- Bayer Business Services works with a global network so that it can also take advantage of international market differences.
- Procurement processes can be handled flexibly and efficiently using innovative software solutions developed by Bayer Business Services.
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