Source2Sea and RINA Digital Solutions partner up on Punch-Out integrated catalog unprecedented in the maritime supply industry
For years, shipping companies have been asking for a connection between their procurement system and supplier catalogs – and now it is finally here! Source2Sea and RINA Digital Solu?ons have built a Punch-Out catalog that allows shipping companies to access Source2Sea’s online marketplace without leaving SERTICA.
Building and maintaining a catalog has typically been the responsibility of the buyer. With Source2Sea’s customer tailored product catalog pla?orm, all that work is no longer required for the buyers. This solu?on brings together the best of both worlds of the SERTICA Fleet Management System and the Source2Sea Marketplace.
Michael Paarup, COO at RINA Digital Solu?ons explains: “With this integra?on, our customers get easy access to online catalogs directly from SERTICA. This not only saves them a lot of work, but also ensures purchase orders of high quality. Source2Sea is now bringing this to the market, and we are very pleased to be the first Fleet Management System offering this to our customers”.
Mikael Weis, CEO at Source2Sea supports: “In this industry, the value-add of the integrated Punch-Out catalog is quite unique. All combined in one flow and with a shared source of data, removing the need to copy data or login to multiple systems. This means full transparency in all steps and the end of inquiries and quotes. This is a steep value-add to both the end user on board the vessel, the buyers ashore, and their suppliers”.
Business as usual – with all the new value-add
When crea?ng the order in SERTICA, the user automa?cally gets logged onto Source2Sea. With pre-agreed customer specific catalogs incl. images, product descrip?ons, and buyer specific prices, building the order is simple and very transparent for vessel crew.
After order comple?on, all transac?on details are saved in SERTICA. Vessel crew and purchasers maintain the control and func?onality in SERTICA, but now benefit from a speedier ordering process.