E-sourcing
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About DFDS
Responsibility
News and media
Investor relations
Jobs
Group Procurement in DFDS uses e-sourcing to optimize the sourcing process. The e-sourcing tool allows suppliers to participate in a fair, efficient and structured bidding process.
- What are the benefits of e-sourcing?
- Structured, streamlined process
- Transparency and fairness
- Time savings – an eAuction does not have to take longer than ½ hour
- Clear requirements made available
- Easily accessible from anywhere
- Suppliers can participate at no costs
- Faster evaluation of submitted bids
- Secure, user-friendly web-based platform with simple submission formats
- One key contact – most communication channeled through one system
Different parts of E-sourcing
E-RFx
- Tool used for RFI, RFP and RFQ
- Can include both pricing as well as qualitative evaluation parameters
E-auctions
- Before an e-auction, the pre-qualification of suppliers takes place
- Higher level of market transparency, as participants will receive real-time market information
- Option for suppliers to submit as many bids as they like
- E-auctions can include both pricing as well as qualitative evaluation parameters
- Time savings – an eAuction does not have to take longer than ½ hour
Important information to participants of an e-sourcing process
The tool used by DFDS is Scanmarket (www.scanmarket.com). See examples on how to use the system as a supplier:
Reports
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Procurement
Get information about DFDS’s Group Procurement such as strategic sourcing, operational procurement and suppliers.
Sourcing Process
Read about DFDS' sourcing process from supplier qualification to supplier relationship management.
