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POET’s argumentation is based i.a. on the results of the "mood barometer Electronic Procurement 2010" published by the BME (Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik e.V., an association for Materials Management, Purchasing and Logistics). The study shows that 63 percent of companies using e-procurement for more than three years transact less than 50 percent of their catalog compatible materials through electronic catalogs. Even more disappointing is the balance of the lower usage segment. Accordingly, currently every second company uses the e-procurement platform not even 25 percent.

Service as e-procurement driver
Already today there is a greater need for services than for goods. At the same time, the importance of services for the economy grows. With this background, the issue of „service purchasing“ is predestined not only to raise the utilization and therefore the return on investment of today's procurement platforms, as Dr. Jakob Karszt, CEO of POET AG, said. It’s also possible to eliminate inefficiencies of the existing procurement practice caused by e.g. long lead times, high resource and coordination requirements at essential users and suppliers, media breaks, duplications and delayed payment.

So far the implementation and launch of a procurement solution for services was barred by the missing standardization. In addition, there was a lack of practical insights, recommendations and quantified benefits.

Services procurement project: eBusInstand
With the objective to change this, two years ago the project eBusInstand started under the direction of the FZI Karlsruhe, research center of computer science. The participating development partners developed accompanied by the standardization partner eCl@ss until 2010 verified and applicable processes and results based on two software solutions. These is for one thing the Internet platform DLA-Online developed by BASF IT Services, Ludwigshafen, which supports the overall process of settlement of external services including functions for tendering, contracting, handling and accounting of the service performed by the service provider. For another thing it is the Interactive Shopping Cart developed by POET which enables i.a. the search and composing of shopping carts as well as a flexible interactive and communication-based configuration and transaction process for the service purchasing.

The project results achieved are applicable beyond the field of maintenance to many applications of the services procurement. „The project has a special icebreaker function with initial spark for other areas“ says POET Head of eProcurement Gregor Goebel. For a quick market acceptance the needs and requirements of suppliers, very often SME companies with less pronounced "e-skills“, were considered in the developed technologies. The goal of all eBusInstand partners is to get many large enterprises in business and industry and a large number of their suppliers on board of the electronic procurement of services.

Further information:

POET AG       
Nadine Sterner
Karl-Friedrich-Str. 14-18
D-76133 Karlsruhe
Fon:  +49 (0)721-60280-0
Fax: + 49 (0) 721-60280-111
info@poet.de
www.poet.de

Dr. Manfred Schumacher PR
Mainzer Straße 7
55278 Mommenheim
Dr. Manfred Schumacher
Fon:  +49 (0) 61 38-94 19 95
Fax: +49 (0) 61 38-94 19 96
m.schumacher@msch-pr.de
www.msch-pr.de

Learn about challenges and trends in e-Business.

IIn focus is the field of industrial maintenance and there especially the standardization of service processes with eCl@ss. You will also receive information to the project eBusInstand, a project sponsored by the BMWi, which develops uniform systematic e-Business procedures and interfaces.

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The program in detail.

Karlsruhe: 22. April, 2010 – The POET AG, a provider of eBusiness solutions, and KNO logistics, logistics service provider for industrial and commercial companies, announces their partnership to provide a complete E-commerce solution. From a single source companies can get a efficient shop solution inluding PIM (Product Infomtion Management) as well as the corresponding logistics-fulfillment. The partnership established in early February this year, also includes marketing and sales campaigns. E.g. the joint appearance at the German Mail Order Congress on 28th September in Wiesbaden .

POET KNO and logistics, working together in the framework of cooperation as complementary partners, are already in the first acquisition of joint customer projects. „By acting with KNO logistics in the we can offer customers for their e-commerce activities at the same time a competent logistics partner with whom we also integrate the system“, describes Daniel Schmälzle, Head of eCommerce at POET, the advantage for his company.

The higher sales potential by offering an enlarged confirms Ste-fan Christinger, Head of Sales & Development at KNO Logistik. „Thus we are able to go with a total supply to the market, that contains additional to the pure logistics a shop and makes both partners for companies who enter into e-commerce or improve their existing solutions even more attractive. “

About KNO Logistik

KNO Logistics (www.kno-logistik.de) is a division of the Koch, Neff & Volckmar GmbH and Koch, Neff & Oetinger Verlagsauslieferung GmbH. The company has its roots in the book industry, which has traditionally been characterized by high logistical standards. The experience and know-how from more than 175 years as a wholesaler of books and other media products as well as a leading service provider in the book trade logistics are provided through KNO logistics and provides also various logistics services to other industries.

About POET AG

The POET AG (www.poet.de) is nationally and internationally known as a reliable provider for e-procurement and e-commerce and acts under the maxime: Achieve Customer success in e-Business.". The POET ePROCURE Suite enables leading enterprise successful e-Procurement, whereas the eCOMMERCE Suite enables the integrated and automated supply of distribution channels in online trading. Established in 1993, POET AG, in addition to its headquarters in Karlsruhe has offices in Hamburg and Alexandria (Egypt), employed in the business year 2009 approximately 80 employees.

Further information:
 

POET AG                    

Nadine Sterner
Karl-Friedrich-Str. 14-18
D-76133 Karlsruhe
Tel:  +49 (0)721-60280-0
Fax: + 49 (0) 721-60280-111
info@poet.de

www.poet.de

KNO Logistik

Koch, Neff & Volckmar GmbH

Stefan Christinger
Schockenriedstraße 37
70565 Stuttgart
Tel: +49 (0)711 7892-700
Fax: +49 (0)711 7892 560
kontakt@kno-logistik.de
www.kno-logistik.de

Dr. Manfred Schumacher PR

Mainzer Straße 7
55278 Mommenheim
Dr. Manfred Schumacher
Tel:  +49 (0) 61 38-94 19 95
Fax: +49 (0) 61 38-94 19 96
m.schumacher@msch-pr.de
www.msch-pr.de

Purchase, Supplier-Management and Logistic are the topics of the e_procure & supply. The Trade Fair and Congress for Purchasing and Supplier Management takes place from 28 th to 29 th April at NürnbergMesse.

Visit POET (Stand 12.0-302) at the trade fair and discover the interactive Shopping Cart, basis for electronic purchasing of services.

The one-day conference ecommerce conference is aimed at e-commerce leader and Online shop operators and provides a current overview of the relevant issues
in e-commerce.
Visit us at the eCommerce conference in Frankfurt and get informed about trends, shop software, Conversion Rate Optimization and a lot more.

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The program details at a glance:

1. Dr. Nagi von POET Egypt :
   "Nearshore development and services with agile methods"
2. Dr. Mevius / Herr Stephan vom FZI, Mitglied im Team ZIKS: 
   "Project experience with international, collaborative software projects"
3. Ashant Chalasani, Vertreter des Indo-German Software Competence Network: 
   "Cooperation between Indian and German companies in the IT industry: Not just a one-way model!"

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