Data Consolidation And Grouping With POOL4TOOL

POOL4TOOL's demand grouping answers the question "Who in my organization purchases what, at what price, and from which supplier?" Because our clients operate at multiple locations with heterogeneous IT infrastructures, we have developed sophisticated tools to map suppliers, commodity groups and materials. This procedure guarantees that the strategic purchasing division is able to identify the must important supplier in each commodity group.

The grouping module makes all of your company's purchasing transparent, and enables the consolidation and evaluation of purchasing and order volumes across all ERP systems.

Master Data Management With POOL4TOOL

Suppliers from different ERP systems are referenced, and similar materials with different keys are harmonized with mapping tables or company-specific commodity group catalogs. In addition, matching results from the Master Data Management (MDM) can be viewed.

The transparency that results from this, about suppliers, commodity groups and purchasing organizations, enables the identification of demand grouping potentials. This results in lower material costs due to positive economies of scale and lower administrative costs due to reductions in suppliers and parts.

Easy-to-use mapping tables combine several POOL4TOOL clients for reporting purposes to one group.

This data is available for you in comprehensive supplier, commodity group and material reports. The analysis of this data may be helpful for future supplier negotiations or sourcing events.