Best in Class Supplier Management at SWM with Xcitec®
(08/27/2009)

The Stadtwerke München GmbH (Munich City Utilities - SWM), a public service company, is optimizing its strategic purchasing with the Xcitec® software solution. Together, SWM and Xcitec® will implement category and supplier management, as well as e-sourcing. Efficient processes, automated workflows, best practice models and a mature business solution enable the SWM to realize a best in class solution with a leading system.

Together with Xcitec® the SWM is implementing several strategic and tactical purchasing processes. In the first step, both categories and SWM suppliers will be systematically analyzed. The combination of both analyses will form a single portfolio from which the SWM will derive its sourcing strategy. The relevant purchasing volumes will be consolidated in the Xcitec® software to create transparency regarding purchasing activities. This evaluation and classification of its suppliers enables the SWM to identify improvement potential for its suppliers and thereby optimize its supplier portfolio.

SWM will continue to select its suppliers, expand its supplier database and carry out tenders using its current Xcitec® software solution. The execution of these processes is simple and standardized due to the Xcitec® software’s integrated workflows and best practice methods.

The Xcitec® purchasing cockpit provides purchasers with a 360° view of their suppliers with a visually compelling an at a glance presentation of the most important information.

All this provides SWM with an innovative purchasing platform, and they profit from the comprehensive and thorough Xcitec® standard software solution. ”Following an intensive selection process, the Xcitec® supplier management solution was the clear choice. The functional and business-related depth of the Xcitec® solution as well as their extensive experience in the energy provider branch were compelling,” says Dr. Peter Weiss, Head of Corporate Purchasing & Material Management. “We have found the right partner in Xcitec®. With them, we can implement our extensive process requirements in supplier and demand management. “