Supply-Line Reliable supply chain information at your fingertips. Services for professional procurement. Be better informed, make better decisions. Achilles Supply-Line - The cost effective supplier management solution for buyers in Ireland www.achilles.com
Achilles works to qualify, evaluate and monitor suppliers Companies view their suppliers as an integral extension of their organisations and strive for a transparent and efficient collaboration with best-in-class suppliers. The Achilles Supply-Line community helps compliance to industry standards and reduces risk across the supply chain for buying organisations, whilst creating real business opportunities for suppliers. Today s procurement and supply chain management professionals are faced with a range of complex challenges relating to: Supplier Sourcing Risk Management Value for Money Compliance Supplier Options Corporate Governance Corporate Social Responsibility Globalisation Achilles can assist buying organisations with all of these challenges. We have extensive and proven experience in managing online supplier management solutions for both buyers and suppliers, including supplier management systems, risk-assessment tools, second stage qualification tools, health and safety assessment certifications, and EU legislation, ensuring compliance with EU, national and sector/industry specific legislation. Achilles Supplier Management Solution provides buyers with: Supplier data consolidation on a single platform - for key vendors or your total supply base Systematic risk management and compliance - qualification requirements for suppliers can be tiered based on their criticality to your business Fully managed supplier data capture and validation - via our contact & support teams, qualified auditors and trusted thirdparty data feeds Online supplier management - tools for your buyers to view performance and risk, prioritise suppliers and manage sourcing activities across the supply base Accurate and consistent supplier data across your systems - the data we capture, validate and maintain can interface with ERP and epurchasing systems to improve data quality across your organisation Risk management information for stakeholders - tools for your buyers to view performance and risk, prioritise suppliers and manage sourcing activities across the supply base 02
What is Achilles Supply-Line? Achilles Supply-Line is our supplier management community for public and private sectors operating in regulated and deregulated environments. Achilles Supply-Line enables buyers to choose suppliers best suited to their business needs, in a fair and transparent way via a web based solution thus saving time, money, resources and effort. With thousands of supplier records across supplies, services and works, Achilles Supply-Line provides a single source for the collection and sharing of supplier qualification information. The supplier is required to input and update their data at least once a year. Benefits of Achilles Supply-Line: Ensures a consistent approach to qualification across the company with a clear audit trail of the selection process, thus reducing risk Provides a single source of clean accurate supplier data Replaces manual expression of interest process saving time, duplication and effort for regulated buyers Potential to reduce time and costs for regulated buyers by up to 60% Implementing Achilles Supply-Line Deciding to implement Achilles Supply-Line as the supplier management solution is easy. Achilles will issue a company-wide license and arrange access to the platform to all the relevant people within the organisation. Achilles provides training and support on the Achilles Supply-Line service and operation, and compliance with EU, National and Industry procurement best practice. A critical success factor is the development of a partnership approach, access to procurement plans and alignment of key suppliers with Achilles Supply-Line. A customised Implementation Plan can provide: 1. Supplier data cleansing 2. Contract identification and category management 3. Risk profiling of suppliers 4. Prioritisation of suppliers and contracts 5. Supplier communication campaigns 6. Progress reporting 7. Go-live launch Additional external resource to support procurement process releasing internal resources for more strategic activities Enables collaboration with other procurement professionals via Steering Group membership Independent assessment and validation of key suppliers
Value Added Services Achilles offers a portfolio of supplier information and supplier management modules to complement our core supplier management solution for Irish industry sectors. Additional options include: e-qual e-qual (Electronic Qualification) is a Request For Information (RFI) tool that enables the buyers to screen and differentiate suppliers by asking additional questions related to a tender or a contract. The supplier can provide their answers directly online, giving the buyer an easy way of monitoring and managing the replies. This helps the buyer to further narrow the shortlist of suppliers to relevant, compliant and interested suppliers only. EU Services Achilles EU Services team offer a range of services to the market via THEMiS, an online service which gives you the ability to ask EU questions to one of the advisors. Training is delivered by one of our experienced team members which helps keep you up-todate with changes to the legislation as well as training from first principles to masterclass levels. Consultancy services on all aspects of procurement can be provided. Any of these service options can be added to your membership at any time, subject to agreement on fees. Verify Audit Achilles Supply-Line Verify is an independent audit service providing buyers with access to: Suppliers with proven Safety, Health, Environment & Quality (SHEQ) capabilities Credible suppliers in the market place Where supplier verification and assessment is deemed a requirement, Achilles Supply-Line Verify can be applied. Verify allows buying organisations to request suppliers to demonstrate supplier compliance with health, safety, environmental and quality requirements. Organisations use the Verify system to qualify their supply chain, through a standard assessment of their management systems and site performance. This leads to a significant reduction in the time and effort required to prequalify for high risk contracts. A Supply-Line Verify audit can be implemented as an enhanced level of validation. Collaborative Procurement Achilles can also support collaborative procurement solutions aimed at developing significant savings by offering a single point of contact for multiple buying agencies to source common supplies and services. By combining our consultancy expertise with our supplier community, we have achieved significant savings on contracts when compared with historic costs of the following orders: Telecoms 30% Energy 17% Stationery 40% Collaborative procurement is particularly successful at securing significant savings for smaller under-resourced procurement functions, by giving access to economies of scale and professional support. 04
About Achilles Achilles is one of the world s largest service providers of global supply chain risk management solutions with more than 950 people working in 22 countries. We work on behalf of over 790 buying organisations, from 11 industry sectors, to collect, validate and maintain essential data about more than 90,000 suppliers. This allows buying organisations to gain visibility of their suppliers capabilities and compliance before making important sourcing decisions. With an understanding of their supply chains, buying organisations can proactively identify and mitigate potential risks to protect people, planet and profit. We operate unique supply chain communities where steering groups, comprising leading buyers from each industry, work collaboratively to agree the common standards suppliers need to meet in order to be eligible to do business with them. With one standardised approach per industry, buying organisations can raise standards consistently in any geographic location in which they operate, and easily connect with credible and qualified suppliers worldwide. Suppliers gain a dedicated shop window through which they can promote their services to some of the biggest buying organisations in the world. They also gain a clear understanding of the steps they must take in order to qualify for work. Our solutions enable businesses to make informed, strategic decisions to minimise cost and turn common industry challenges into sources of competitive advantage. We have been using Supply-Line since 2002 and it is an essential part of our procurement process. Supply-Line allows us to create our tender lists in a speedy and efficient manner, while ensuring compliance and transparency. Conal O Flanagan, Procurement Manager Dublin Port Company We have chosen Supply-Line as our sourcing tool because it affords Providence Resources the ability to maximise access to highly qualified local and global suppliers. Tony O Reilly CEO Providence Resources Achilles through its Supply-Line collaborative procurement service and expertise has delivered savings of between 15% and 50% for our members on a diverse range of products and services. Hugh O Reilly, Business Development Executive The Wheel How to join the Achilles Supply-Line community Visit www.achilles.com/supply-line and click on Join as a Buyer, contact us on +353 (0)1 4020111 or email slbuyers@achilles.com. 05
Achilles Procurement Services Limited 1 Harmsworth, Greenmount Office Park, Harolds Cross, Dublin 6W T: +353 (0)1 4020111 F: +353 (0)1 4020110 E: slbuyers@achilles.com www.achilles.com 05 03/2014