ASTRAS is the integrated supplier portal and e-rfx-system for your purchasing department. ASTRAS improves productivity all along the purchasing chain and measurably reduces direct and indirect spend. ASTRAS can be embedded into your company website and your IT infrastructure.

Module Supplier Marketing: attract and keep the best of class suppliers

• Potential and existing suppliers receive information about your purchasing strategies and the requested materialgroups
• Your suppliers can download e.g. contracts, purchasing conditions or NDAs
• One database consolidates all information regarding the data of your suppliers
• Classification of all suppliers based on your own commodity code or industry standards (e.g. UNSPSC)
• Supplier Registration - potential suppliers apply online - you decide if you accept the application
• Boarding of your existing supplier base into the database
• Supplier database, searchable by commodity and all master data fields - worldwide.
• Document management ... R&D data, contracts, and other documents are managed in a shared folder environment

Modul E-RFx and Reverse Auction: efficiently nominate the most suitable supplier

• Structured e-rfx-system with detailed cost-break-downs and quotation analysis forms build to fit your specifications
• Document management- and communication module
• Optional transfer of e-rfqs to suitable auction formats (dynamic / ticker auctions)
• e-Auctions
• e-Sourcing