Tim Cole's February 08 contribution to the regular Construction News column "Cost Management" covers the areas of supplier and vendor management. Entitled "Know more about your suppliers - information is key to success", Causeway's Director of eBusiness Solutions gives an interesting insight into improving tender management through better capture of vendor information.

Interview with Richard Hetherington - Procurement Director of Alfred McAlpine on used of Causeway's Tradex

When electronic business is to be implemented as an integral part of day-to-day operations, there will inevitably be a powerful, sometime fractious, coupling between commercial reality and technology. The result of such a marriage can be either a disappointing shock to each side, or a synthesis that delivers real opportunities. Business managers understand their operational responsibilities and rightly demand highly flexible and technically competent solutions that have a similar depth of process awareness.

For most companies electronic trading can be a daunting prospect. With so many technologies, protocols and data standards, how do they meet the requirements of their trading partners? Who do they turn to for advice? Why not you? The Causeway Tradex Partner Programme empowers Application Software Vendors by providing the tools and expertise to help meet your customer’s eTrading requirements.

For companies looking to significantly reduce the cost of their procurement and buying processes, Causeway Tradex is a flexible and easy to deploy eTrading solution eliminating the inefficiencies associated with handling paper documents. Causeway Tradex enables supply chain partners to electronically send and receive trading documents, such as invoices and orders, between their existing back office systems, improving visibility, saving time and money.