Thyssenkrupp systematically continues its digitalisation offensive
Published on : Friday 18-10-2019
Thyssenkrupp systematically continues its digitalisation offensive
By cooperating with a specialised service provider, more than 350 customers for electricity and 200 jobs for natural gas can now be supplied digitally.
Essen, October 2019 (PresseBox) – Materials Services is systematically continuing its digitalisation initiative: The materials distributor & services experts of the thyssenkrupp Group have digitalised their energy procurement of electricity and gas and can thus offer more services and greater transparency. Traditional energy procurement requires a great deal of experience and, above all, time for tenders and price comparisons. By cooperating with a specialised service provider, more than 350 customers for electricity and 200 jobs for natural gas can now be supplied digitally.
Dirk Lieske, Head of Energy Purchasing at thyssenkrupp Materials Trading: "By digitising all data relevant to the energy industry from the Group, we are now in a position to issue tenders at short notice. By pooling all requirements, our small team has succeeded in achieving significant cost savings for the Group as a whole." In addition to the savings potential, digitalised purchasing offers further opportunities for thyssenkrupp's materials experts. What used to mean extensive research into suppliers and prices can now be viewed centrally on a single platform. "Our service provider enPORTAL offers us a transparent comparison with exchange-traded electricity and gas prices with the possibility of addressing over 600 audited energy suppliers digitally," says Lieske.
With around 480 locations – 271 of them warehousing locations - in over 40 countries, thyssenkrupp Materials Services is the biggest materials distributor & service provider in the western world. The wide-ranging capabilities offered by the materials experts enable customers to concentrate more on their individual core business and span two strategic areas: global materials distribution as a one-stopshop – from steel, tubes and pipes, nonferrous metals and specialty materials to plastics and raw materials – and tailored services in the areas of materials management and supply chain management. An extensive omnichannel architecture offers 250,000 customers worldwide round-the-clock access to more than 150,000 products and services. A high-performance logistics system ensures that all deliveries are integrated smoothly into customer production processes on a just-in-time or justin- sequence basis.