WUCATO MAGAZINE - THE BLOG FOR THE DIGITAL B2B PROCUREMENT MARKET
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09-Sep-2021Out of coffee? You might be tempted to pick up a new jar at the store around the corner to get through the working day – but what sounds like an uncomplicated, quick solution often has unforeseen consequences for a company's procurement department. Predefined procurement processes help to prevent this sort of maverick buying.
26-Aug-2021Minimize idle time internally and simplify operational procurement processes – with a digital procurement platform, more efficient workflows are easy to implement.
19-Aug-2021Issues such as the Internet of Things (IoT), big data and automation are playing an increasingly important role in procurement, too. Automation, in particular, offers considerable potential for greater efficiency in procurement. What is important, however, is to get started in the first place – with an initial solution and at a pace that suits the company.
05-Aug-2021Digital procurement platforms have the potential to significantly simplify day-to-day business for operational procurement. They achieve the greatest added value when they are brought into line with the processes and needs of operational procurement.
27-Jul-2021Digitalization in procurement offers companies a whole host of advantages, especially when it covers the entire procurement process. This is why Wucato and Synertrade are collaborating with immediate effect.
28-Jun-2021The pressure to digitalize is also mounting in B2B sales. Companies that fail to switch to digital processes on time risk falling behind more digitally savvy competitors. When it comes to digitalization in sales, it is crucial to rely on a well thought-out concept and competent partners.
17-Jun-2021Procurement departments in Germany, especially in small and medium-sized enterprises, are still very reluctant to take advantage of the opportunities offered by digitalization. This is something we experience time and again in discussions with customers. But digital processes are advantageous to companies of all sizes. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can invest in their future by turning to subsidy programs such as “Digital Jetzt!” (Digital Now!) from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) or a loan from the German state-owned development bank KfW.
27-May-2021Long procurement periods, high process costs, limited transparency – procurement can counter all of these issues by standardizing its processes and making them efficient. The right division of roles between strategic and operational purchasing is a key factor in this regard.
12-May-2021Craft businesses often do not have a separate department with trained buyers and a long-term procurement strategy. Nevertheless, tradespeople can optimize their procurement process – even without expert knowledge or major IT investments.
26-Apr-2021Is it possible to buy C parts and operating materials offered from different suppliers directly from your enterprise resource planning system without having to change access? System integration makes precisely this scenario possible: Wucato allows the procurement ordering process to be easily integrated into the enterprise resource planning system. The result: an optimum flow of information and automated ordering process.
29-Mar-2021Less operational business, more time for strategic development: procurement can reap huge benefits from automation and digital processes. As an interface to many other areas of the company and an expert in central corporate processes, procurement even has the potential to become an internal driving force for digitalization.
11-Mar-2021When a department needs a number of products as soon as possible, it often ends up placing free text orders. Although they seem to make sense at first glance, they often end up causing more coordination effort in retrospect and also drive the product costs up. But companies that establish a strategy to back up their purchasing processes, plan ahead, and use digital tools to support their strategy can more or less eliminate free text orders.
24-Feb-2021Taking stock on a regular basis and checking what is going well and where there is still "room for improvement" is of fundamental importance. In procurement, too, regular reporting – often for each quarter and for the entire fiscal year – forms the basis for efficient processes and low costs.
11-Feb-2021Strategic and operational buyers have a whole number of different tasks that are becoming increasingly complex due to digitalization and international supply chains. Ensuring that the two areas work together in a structured, efficient and goal-oriented manner requires more than just good communication, but also a procurement organization in which roles are divided clearly and individually.
01-Feb-2021The entire economy is affected by the current lockdown. In particular, the new regulations on working from home imposed on companies by the German government are a challenge for many businesses and employees. Especially in times of crisis, reliable partners and powerful and adaptable IT are worth their weight in gold.
13-Jan-2021Procurement is like a team sport: every player is responsible for specific tasks. And what works for one person does not necessarily suit everyone. That’s why smart procurement platforms offer individual setting options to optimize procurement processes.
14-Dec-2020The German Association for Small and Medium-sized Businesses (BVMW), with its 900,000 members, is Germany's leading network of SMEs. In the future, the association will create a network among its members to address matters relating to digital procurement using the expert knowledge that Wucato has to offer.
23-Nov-2020Countless guidelines, extensive expert knowledge and what is often a high risk that needs to be managed: purchasing hazardous materials and chemicals is challenging and difficult to compare with the procurement of C parts and operating materials. What do buyers need to be aware of? And how can Wucato make their work easier?
06-Nov-2020Activities are shifting from operational tasks to flexible risk management and market monitoring: hardly any other industry is as reliant on agile and forward-looking procurement as the chemicals and pharmaceutical industries when it comes to buying chemicals and raw materials.
15-Oct-2020With central and customizable supplier selection and summarized invoices, buyers can keep track of their orders and save time on administrative work.
17-Sep-2020A thriving industrial B2B platform ecosystem is currently developing in Europe and Germany. The European Digital Services Act, a new legal basis that is intended to redefine the central rules of play for the digital economy, now poses a threat to this positive development. The Federation of German Industries (BDI), of which Wucato is also a member, has now published a position paper to defend itself against the EU's plans.
18-Aug-2020The rapid digitalization of procurement processes is leading more and more buyers to B2B platforms, which offer huge potential for wholesalers, manufacturers and suppliers. But how can I tell if a platform is right for me? And how do I market my products particularly successfully? Read the answers to these questions in our five tips.
30-Jun-2020Digital processes take the burden of unproductive routine jobs off procurement departments. However, personal contact between the buyer and the supplier remains crucial. As is so often the case in life, it all comes down to the right mix in procurement matters, too.
23-Jun-2020The future is digital, also in the B2B business. In 2019 alone, industry and wholesalers generated around EUR 180 billion in revenue online. Many suppliers and distributors are still undecided when it comes to digitalizing their sales –meaning that they are missing out on a whole number of opportunities. Find out what these opportunities are in this blog post.
09-Jun-2020Since March 2020, around 500 pick-up shops of Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG have been connected to our central procurement platform Wucato. This creates greater efficiency and transparency for procurement throughout the companies in the Group.
After activating this functionality, your login data (customer number and partner number) is saved as a so called Cookie on your local file system. We recommend to use this function only if no other users are working with this computer, tablet or smartphone. In generally we suggest: Log out after your purchase. More information about Cookies can be found in our data privacy statement.
You will find your customer number on a Würth invoice, a delivery note or an order confirmation. It will be displayed on the first page, in the top right hand corner. If you do not have any of these Würth documents, please call our service hotline on +49 7940 15-2400. You can reach us from Mondays to Fridays from 6:00 am to 12:00 midnight (not on public holidays).
You are still not a Würth customer? You can register online in a few simple steps. Once you have successfully registered, you will have access to all prices and can then place an order. Click on "Register now".
To log in with your mobile phone number please enter your mobile phone number, verified during the registration process. If you didn’t verify your mobile phone number yet please use the Partner Number login and verify your mobile phone number after login in ‘My Account’ Settings.
You are not yet a Würth customer? You can register online in a few simple steps. Once you have successfully registered, you will have access to all prices and can then place an order. Click on "Register now"
You will receive your partner number together with your login details once you have successfully registered on the Würth Online Shop via an email to the email address you specified on the registration form. Alternatively you can contact your sales representative. If you do not have this data, please call our service hotline on +49 7940 15-2400.
You will receive your username together with your login details once you have successfully registered on the Wucato Online Shop via an email to the email address you specified on the registration form. Alternatively you can contact your sales representative. If you do not have this data, please call our service hotline on +49 711 4599769-200.
The password for the Wucato Online Shop is either the password you entered during the initial registration, or the password given to you by your company.
The password must be at least 10 characters long. The longer the chosen string, the harder a password is to crack. We recommend 16- or even 20-character passwords. All available characters can be used, for example upper and lower case letters, numbers or special characters. If you also use umlauts, please bear in mind that they may not be entered on keyboards for other languages. Names of pets or relatives, dates of birth, etc. are not suitable passwords. In addition, the complete password should preferably not appear in dictionaries and should avoid common variants and repetition or keyboard patterns such as "qwertz" or "1234abcd".Your customer number can not be used as password.
After activating this functionality, your login data (customer number and partner number) is saved as a so called Cookie on your local file system. We recommend to use this function only if no other users are working with this computer, tablet or smartphone. In generally we suggest: Log out after your purchase. More information about Cookies can be found in our data privacy statement.
You will find your customer number on a Würth invoice, a delivery note or an order confirmation. It will be displayed on the first page, in the top right hand corner. If you do not have any of these Würth documents, please call our service hotline on +49 7940 15-2400. You can reach us from Mondays to Fridays from 6:00 am to 12:00 midnight (not on public holidays).
You are still not a Würth customer? You can register online in a few simple steps. Once you have successfully registered, you will have access to all prices and can then place an order. Click on "Register now".
To log in with your mobile phone number please enter your mobile phone number, verified during the registration process. If you didn’t verify your mobile phone number yet please use the Partner Number login and verify your mobile phone number after login in ‘My Account’ Settings.
You are not yet a Würth customer? You can register online in a few simple steps. Once you have successfully registered, you will have access to all prices and can then place an order. Click on "Register now"
You will receive your partner number together with your login details once you have successfully registered on the Würth Online Shop via an email to the email address you specified on the registration form. Alternatively you can contact your sales representative. If you do not have this data, please call our service hotline on +49 7940 15-2400.
You will receive your username together with your login details once you have successfully registered on the Wucato Online Shop via an email to the email address you specified on the registration form. Alternatively you can contact your sales representative. If you do not have this data, please call our service hotline on +49 711 4599769-200.
The password for the Wucato Online Shop is either the password you entered during the initial registration, or the password given to you by your company.
The password must be at least 10 characters long. The longer the chosen string, the harder a password is to crack. We recommend 16- or even 20-character passwords. All available characters can be used, for example upper and lower case letters, numbers or special characters. If you also use umlauts, please bear in mind that they may not be entered on keyboards for other languages. Names of pets or relatives, dates of birth, etc. are not suitable passwords. In addition, the complete password should preferably not appear in dictionaries and should avoid common variants and repetition or keyboard patterns such as "qwertz" or "1234abcd".Your customer number can not be used as password.