More than 300 purchasing managers and decision-makers in the purchasing process made their way to London for the eWorld Procurement & Supply on 3 March 2015 to obtain information about the latest trends and technologies in purchasing. Mercateo was once again one of the sponsors and also present with its own exhibition stand. One of the highlights of the event was the best practice presentation by André Lückert, Manager Catalogue & Master Data Management at RWE Group Business Services GmbH. The 48 participants were curious to find out how the energy supplier uses the procurement solution from Mercateo to optimise its own indirect purchasing and create international uniform structures in purchasing. At the end, Lückert answered questions from the very interested auditorium and gave insight, among other things, into the background as to why RWE chose to collaborate with Mercateo, how the connection took place and what advantages the integration of the Mercateo solution provides in purchasing indirect materials.
However, it wasn’t just André Lückert’s presentation that was incredibly well received. The Mercateo stand was also extremely well attended the whole time. Representatives from companies such as Volkswagen Financial Services, KFC, Thames Water Utilities, Barclays, easyJet and many more wanted to find out about the procurement solution by Mercateo. Caroline Brzezek, Country Manager UK, and Roland Svennberg, Senior Key Account Manager, took time to answer the congress participants’ questions and explained on the one hand how the open platform generally works and specific e-procurement functions like Mercateo ApproveNow or Mercateo exclusive catalogues on the other hand. As a result of the great interest and limited time on site, the first follow-up talks have already been arranged. Therefore, the eWorld was once again a very successful event for Mercateo.
Detailed information about the event is available here.
André Lückert
Head of Catalogues & Master Data at RWE Group Business Services GmbH
RWE is one of the five leading electricity and gas suppliers in Europe and with RWE npower also one of the industry leaders in the UK. With its expertise in lignite mining, producing energy from gas, lignite, nuclear power and regenerative sources as well as in the energy market and the distribution and sales of electricity and gas, the Group participates in all stages of the energy value chain. RWE npower supplies 5.4 million private households and companies with electricity and energy services in the UK and produces more than ten percent of Great Britain’s energy requirement.
Event details:
| What: | eWorld Procurement & Supply March 2015 |
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| When: | 03.03.2015 |
| Where: | Queen Elisabeth II Conference Centre London, Broad Sanctuary, SW1P 3EE London, UK, Westminster |
| Topics: | Strategic purchasing, supplier management, procure-to-pay |