German Auto Supplier Bardusch Selects POET eCatalog Suite
18 July 2000
Selects POET eCatalog Suite for Rapid Custom Creation of E-Catalogs for the Covisint eMarketplace
SAN MATEO, Calif. - POET Software, a pioneer in enabling suppliers for B2B
eCommerce, announced today that Bardusch GmbH & Co, a leading supplier of goods
and services for the automotive industry, is using POET's eCatalog Suite
software to rapidly generate custom electronic product catalogs for the Covisint
eMarketplace created by General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Renault/Nissan
and Toyota. Bardusch offers a broad range of products and services such as
protective clothing, safety gear, laundering and cleaning services serving
over 60,000 customers worldwide, including BASF, German Railways, the
Frankfurt Airport, and Merck.
Bardusch, which has been named multiple times as GM's "Supplier of the
Year," intends to leverage its superior electronic catalog to further tighten
its relationship with GM, and to grow its business with other automotive
manufacturers. In addition to GM, Bardusch is currently providing electronic
catalogs to Siemens for safety gear. While three suppliers attempted to
provide Siemens with electronic catalogs to meet their exact needs, Bardusch
was the only company that suceeded, by leveraging the POET eCatalog Suite.
"The fact that we were the only company able to meet the very short deadline
has boosted our image enormously in Siemens' estimation," says Uwe Borsig,
account manager at Bardusch. "And this will, of course, have a positive effect
on our core business as well." Word of Bardusch's expertise in working with
various eProcurement systems is quickly spreading throughout many industries.
This, coupled with their excellent product reputation, have led to additional
projects with the German Railways and the Frankfurt Airport.
Targeted specifically for the emerging class of eSuppliers, POET eCatalog
Suite is a comprehensive supply-side solution for creating, managing, and
distributing custom eCatalogs to buyers, eProcurement networks and
eMarketplaces. POET eCS enables suppliers to manage a single collection of
product data. A set of business rules transform this product data into an
electronic catalog that is completely customized for each customer, reflecting
their contract pricing, unique product selection, commodity codification
scheme, data format, delivery mechanism and more. By simply focusing on
assembling their product data using POET eCS, suppliers can work with any
buyer using any eProcurement system or eMarketplace.
"In our opinion, the main advantage of POET eCS is that it automatically
converts the data to a format that our customers' ordering systems can use,"
added Uwe Borsig. "It converts the data to any XML dialect or mainframe format
practically at the touch of a button and provides it on the Internet so that
people can use the catalog with an ordinary browser."
The proliferation of buy-side eProcurement solutions has created an
enourmous need for electronic catalogs to populate these systems. Early
adopters like Bardusch are finding their electronic catalogs, and hence their
products, in great demand. As a result, they have been able to grow their
business with existing accounts and to win new business.
About POET Software
POET Software, a fast growing international software company with offices
in San Mateo, throughout the US, and Western Europe, is a major player in the
emerging B2B Internet eCommerce market. POET eCatalog Suite (eCS) is a
self-service software solution that empowers supplier organizations to
efficiently create, manage, and distribute customized electronic catalog data
in order to participate in the Internet eProcurement process. POET eCS also
enables Net Marketplaces to assemble high-quality content and build direct
relationships with suppliers. Publicly traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange,
POET Software has partnerships with leading technology companies such as
Adobe, Ariba, Commerce One, Ericsson LM, General Dynamics, Microsoft and SAP.