With support from HGS's tender management, the tender process becomes a competitive advantage: Complex product groups are digitally structured, scenarios intuitively simulated and negotiation strategies are specifically supported — for maximum negotiation success.
For many years, we are relying on the comprehensive services of HGS. Tender management, procurement services and HGS research offer our purchasers competent support and transparency in the market.
Our purchasing department uses HGS's expertise in tender management to generate savings in tenders and provide costing support after the tender has been completed. When it comes to pallets and load securing, we benefit from HGS's attractive procurement conditions resulting from economies of scale and from reliable and lean processes. For us, HGS is the “extended workbench” of the purchasing team. This enables us to process product groups efficiently and effectively.
The support provided to strategic buyers by the HGS Category Teams is exemplary, data-based, personal, targeted, competent and customer-oriented. This not only applies to pure tender management. The service goes far beyond the actual support for tenders. The focus on data, the ability to create benchmarks and the expertise in the category teams make it possible to directly identify and implement potential for improvement.
The cooperation with HGS is a real benefit for our purchasing team. We particularly appreciate the data-based market transparency, the structured tender management and the partnership-based cooperation in the areas of packaging, films, energy and pallets. HGS works competently, pragmatically and service-oriented - a partnership-based support that optimizes processes and saves us time.
We value HGS as a long-standing, reliable and competent partner that always acts with a high level of professionalism and commitment. Particularly noteworthy is the open and constructive cooperation, in which our concerns are taken seriously and sustainable solutions are found together. HGS not only meets our requirements, our partner also makes a tangible contribution to optimizing our processes/price agreements.
We use the HGS Research platform as an important component of our market research. The market prices module offers us a data-based, fast and reliable source of information with simple and high-performance operation to secure the best possible procurement prices. The Human Rights module helps us to identify human rights risks for countries, sectors, products and services and to prioritize risks based on data using a pragmatic tool approach.
The market prices module of the HGS platform has made our work much easier. Thanks to the data-based and clear functions, it provides us with competent support in purchasing decisions and in negotiations with suppliers. The personal contacts respond quickly, which makes it very easy to add data relevant to our own company. The standardized form of presentation also enables quick and easy internal reporting.
The market prices module in the HGS Research platform offers the option of individually compiling extensive data from a wide range of (pre)market sources at the touch of a button and being informed about news and changes with the help of an alert function. In this way, a quick overview of current events in the relevant markets can be obtained daily in a targeted and time-saving manner, on the basis of which purchasing decisions can then be derived if necessary.
THANKS to HGS's comprehensive market intelligence, we are able to recognize key developments in the markets in a timely manner and thus sustainably increase our purchasing success.
I am absolutely delighted with HGS Research. The platform not only provides me with the necessary market information, it also provides me with many useful functionalities to enable me to process the information very quickly. This allows me to create meaningful dashboards in just a few minutes. Questions about HGS Research are answered by the HGS team within a very short time. Suggestions for further development are listened to and implemented immediately at the next opportunity.
With the market prices module of the HGS Research platform, we have a tool at hand that allows us to closely monitor the market and keep an eye on the most relevant cost factors in a transparent manner in order to support market-relevant purchasing decisions in day-to-day purchasing. It is a helpful and regular companion for strategic purchasing. We would also like to emphasize the very pleasant usability on the front end.
The HGS platforms support us efficiently in our day-to-day business and at the same time provide strategically relevant insights. The services are targeted, practical and reliable — ideal for well-founded decisions and structured product group management.
Since I started using the market price platfor my work has become much easier. It provides a comprehensive overview of the historical price development of commodities and enables well-founded decisions. Particularly impressive is the ability to make price predictions by analyzing correlations between commodities and end products. This feature has helped me to better anticipate future price developments and adjust my strategies accordingly.
The human rights module supports us in fulfilling human rights due diligence obligations in our supply chains. It enables us to carry out a quick, clear and data-based abstract risk analysis by country and industry, identify risk materials with the help of tools and prioritize suppliers based on risk. This allows resources to be deployed in a targeted manner. No supplier data needs to be uploaded to a cloud. You remain in control of your data.
The human rights module is a highlight! We use the country, sector and product group risks before business trips and when searching for new suppliers and business areas. Particularly powerful: we use it to analyze our entire group purchasing portfolio internally in our own system - without external data transfer. The Tier N supply chain analysis provides transparency on statistical flows of goods at the click of a mouse. I haven't found anything like it anywhere else. Simply brilliant!
The Human Rights Module in the HGS Research Platform enables us to classify the human rights risks of our suppliers and materials both by country and sector. Data-based, easy to understand and adaptable — that's not often available on the market.
Using the Human Rights module from HGS in some of our Bachelor's and Master's lectures at Mainz University of Applied Sciences enables our students to practice a data-based approach with an efficient tool at an early stage. They can gain insights from an abstract risk analysis directly on the pulse of practice. Human rights risks in international supply chains become visible and tangible through visualization.
We have a very positive experience of HGS's services in the areas of pallet and load securing, research and energy procurement. The advice is effective, personal and reliable. The HGS team is competent, organized and works in a structured manner. Highly recommended!
As Lead Buyer Indirects, I have had the pleasure of working with HGS for our pallet sourcing needs. Their exceptional service combined with their expertise has made the entire process seamless and efficient. I highly recommend HGS as a reliable and professional partner for pallet purchasing.
HGS is a competent and reliable partner with whom we have been able to make our packaging purchasing processes much more transparent. Tools such as HGS Research give us up-to-date insights into raw material price trends. The team also supports us in negotiations, which regularly enables us to make significant savings.
