ibs Referential provides the complete set of information dedicated to supplier management for the retail. It particularly manages information to allow negotiation, costs and logistics simulation.

Depending on the retailer needs, suppliers and related information can be managed at the appropriate level.

TYPOLOGY & HIERARCHY

ibs Referential handles various typologies and activities of suppliers with their specificities.

• Supplier typologies
  • Merchandise supplier
  • Fixture supplier
  • Publisher
  • Distributor
  • Services provider
• Activities
  • Manufacturer
  • Wholesaler
  • Internal supplier
  • Broker
  • Hauler

ibs Referential also handles supplier complex hierarchy and organizations, where one international supplier (holding) can be the owner of local suppliers and be connected to tier wholesalers.

From this organization and related activities (billing, delivering, ordering), ibs Referential maps the supplier activities to the right levels of the internal organization. As a result, whatever the activity the user or the supplier, the right address, contact and additional information (banking for example) are automatically filtered and available to perform the business processes.

SUPPLIER CARD

ibs Referential provides a dedicated card for supplier management. It offers an access specific by business area (Referential, Purchase, and Logistics) to retrieve quickly the information and arrange it depending on user access rights.

• Main attributes (description…)
• Brands
• Information of Supplier code change
• Hierarchy
• Activities & sites