SUEZ Signs a Two-year Agreement for Eutilia e-Sourcing Services
Eutilia, the leading pan-European marketplace for the Utility sector, bringing suppliers and buyers together online, announced today that SUEZ Group has selected Eutilia’s technology and services to support its e-Sourcing initiatives in Europe for the next 2 years.
(PRWEB) February 13, 2005 -- By using Eutilia’s “Sourcing Optimisation
Services”, SUEZ aims to develop the usage of e-Sourcing within its entire buying
organisation. The two-years agreement signed with Eutilia will enable SUEZ and
its European and Northern African affiliated entities to benefit from Eutilia’s
support services and from eSourceTM, its e-tendering and e-auction platform.
SUEZ will also improve its “Sourcing and Call for competition” process by using
Eutilia’s supplier commercial assessment (SCA) service. SCA service provides a
buyer with all information required from suppliers to pre-qualify them and
select the ones to invite (or not) to tender.
Jean-Philippe Massin, CEO
of Eutilia, said: “Suez was looking for a technology partner able to provide
buyers with technical and tactical assistance for running their first projects
online and acquiring knowledge enough in order to execute electronic
reverse-auctions and tenders on their own afterwards. Suez has selected Eutilia
for her experience track record since 2001, her approach with buyers and sellers
and thanks to Electrabel full satisfaction about us. It’s a privilege to have
acquired the trust of this international and demanding Group”.
About
Eutilia ( www.eutilia.com )
Eutilia is the European
supply-marketplace for Utility companies (Electricity, Water, Gas, Telecom and
Railway). Eutilia is working jointly with buyers and sellers to ensure quicker,
deeper and more reliable business relationships.
Founded by Europe’s 11
largest electric utilities, Eutilia is:
- An online meeting point for
purchasers and for their international supply base,
- A tool enabling buyers
to select right vendors faster,
- A sales and marketing channel for sellers
to increase their business with Utilities and to reduce their administrative
work.
To date, 1000 buyers from 130 different buying-entities and 7000
suppliers joined Eutilia marketplace, generating €1,0 Billion deal flow online
per year through 100's purchasing events.
Eutilia shareholders are EDF,
Endesa, Iberdrola, Enel, Electrabel, and Vattenfall.
Headquartered in the
Amsterdam area, with offices in Leiden, Eutilia can be reached at Eutilia can be
reached at +31 71 53 53 100 or at www.eutilia.com.
About Suez ( www.suez.com )
SUEZ is an
international industrial and services Group, active in sustainable development
that provides businesses, public authorities and individuals with innovative
solutions in Energy and the Environment.
Its business is to imagine,
design, implement and operate systems and networks in the fields of electricity,
gas, water and waste services.
With 165,000 employees in more than 100
countries, it generated in 2004 revenues of EUR 40.7 billion. SUEZ (SZE) is
listed on Euronext Paris and Euronext Brussels, as well as on the Luxembourg,
Zurich and New York Stock Exchanges. For more information visit www.suez.com.
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