Deutsche Post World Net incorporates Xcitec® Supplier Rating

Deutsche Post World Net (DPWN) is the leading logistics group worldwide, whose brands include Deutsch Post, DHL and Postbank. Following the successful pilot phase of the „Corporate Supplier Management Models (CoSMo)”, the Xcitec® Supplier Rating module will be implemented globally throughout the entire group.

DPWN benefited from the short duration of the Xcitec® software solution’s implementation-to-operation phase. The entire pilot realization – from the infrastructure set-up to the complete integration of the rating criteria and suppliers – was accomplished in only a few weeks. Afterwards, the worldwide roll-out for almost all commodity groups occurred took only 3 month. Due to the worldwide integration of the supplier rating module, the support concept is divided into three time zones.

Deutsche Post World Net uses the Xcitec® software solution worldwide to increase its own competitiveness through high performing and innovative suppliers.

Every year, 4,000 evaluators in ca. 100 countries carry out over 700 rating initiatives. Therefore, it is very important to take account of the system landscape and a multi-cultural and multi-lingual environment. Xcitec® provides an HTML-based evaluation procedure – with rating via a regular mail client – as well as a multi-lingual option for every user.

Strategically important suppliers are integrated into the evaluation process using reverse rating. Suppliers rate themselves and their self-assessments are compared with the DPWN rating.