Achilles has over a decade of experience of providing supplier management services to the transport industry with over 100 privatised and state-operated clients:
- Rail:
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Mainline rail infrastructure companies
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Mainline rail passenger and freight operators
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Underground metro & light rail companies;
- Bus
- Airport
- Port
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Achilles clients include the rail and transport companies in the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia and Spain.
Achilles Supplier Management Services
- Supplier Sourcing
- Supplier Pre-Qualification
- Supplier Audits
- Supplier Performance
- Supplier Benchmarking
Supplier Sourcing
Achilles has recently launched a unique directory of global suppliers, taken from each of Achilles national pre-qualification systems across the globe, giving instant access to suppliers of key products and services to the transport industry. The global transport business directory benefits from Achilles supplier data validation processes including refreshing of supplier data on a regular basis.
Supplier Pre-Qualification
Achilles offers an advanced flexible and modular supplier pre-qualification system that can be configured to complement or replace any existing supplier pre-qualification process - either on an individual client basis or more typically for an entire national industry sector. From simple yet comprehensive supplier registration to supplier scoring and qualification, all Achilles pre-qualification systems are built on years of operational experience in dealing with supplier enquiries, processing pre-qualification questionnaires and validation of supplier data. The latest online technologies are used to ensure suppliers can be pre-qualified in a very fast and effective manner, clients can access supplier data quickly and efficiently as well as being alerted to changes in supplier prequalification details. All Achilles systems are compliant with European Procurement Legislation and many comply with relevant national transport legislation.
Supplier Audits
Achilles conducts supplier audits on behalf of clients as part of or in addition to the supplier pre-qualification process. Audits are typically against the supplier's management systems in accordance with specific client or industry standard protocols. Achilles utilises its own highly experienced auditors, a network of partner audit service providers or often works with existing client auditor resources to manage and coordinate a fast and effective audit programme of all risk-related suppliers.
Supplier Performance
Achilles offers the latest online technology to measure, record and monitor performance of suppliers against client-specific or industry-agreed criteria. Performance information can be appended to supplier pre-qualification and audit records to give a comprehensive supplier information package that is easily and instantly available throughout an organisation or shared across an industry.
Supplier Benchmarking
Information from supplier pre-qualification, audit and performance systems can be graphically represented to produce reports that enable a range of supplier benchmarking reports.
Summary of Benefits
- Consistent & coordinated approach to managing supplier prequalification
- Benchmarking of suppliers due to standardised, single & accurate data source
- Simplified tendering procedures and reduced timescales and administrative effort
- Improved risk management of suppliers
- Support Corporate Social Responsibility principles
- Instant 1st level pre-qualification and rationalised supplier-base
- Reduced duplication of effort for clients and suppliers Transport-sector expert knowledge
- EC procurement legislation expert knowledge
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