Question 1

How will the Sales Solution help me generate a bottom-line impact?

Accepted Answer

The Sales Solution offers sellers of raw materials with the right environment to optimise their sales books. By standardising and comparing enquiries among one another, companies can optimise netback as well as inventory allocation to improve profitability per transaction. Moreover, our vibrant ecosystem of buyers enables companies to discover new buyers, which may provide better netback. The efficient enquiry management process also enables companies to directly serve the long tail of buyers, which otherwise would be too inefficient to consider. Lastly, competitive bidding and auction events may also enable sellers to ensure a competitive buying environment and support price discovery efforts.

Question 2

How will the Sales Solution help me save time?

Accepted Answer

When managing your sales with Metalshub, you’ll save time via a streamlined sales processes build on the following levers: Reduced time to discover and onboard customers, reduced time to capture, offer and negotiate enquiries, automated documentation of all activities, centralised data management, reduced administrative work (e.g., automate ERP data exchange, approval workflows, etc.), facilitated data analysis, improved collaboration across your team and more

Question 3

What other benefits do I have from using the Sales Solution?

Accepted Answer

Next to potential to improve netback, discover new customers and save time, users of the Sales Solution also benefit from higher levels of compliance and the use of structured data to improve decision making.

Question 4

How can I discover new customers?

Accepted Answer

By using our Sales Solution, customers can discover new customers in two ways. First option is to offer on public enquiries published by buyers on the Metalshub platform. Second option is to launch public requests for bids (RfBs) themselves to invite buyers to bid on available material.

Question 5

Can I use my own General Terms and Conditions (GTCs) in contracts on Metalshub?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Users can choose to either use the buyer’s, the seller’s or Metalshub’s neutral GTCs. Alternatively, the option of “battle of the forms” may also be chosen, which means that the parties agree not to agree whose GTCs to use.

Question 6

Can Metalshub be integrated with other software of my technology stack (e.g. ERP)?

Accepted Answer

Yes, our software solutions can easily be connected to all systems in your IT landscape via an API (Application Programming Interface). Numerous customers have securely connected Metalshub with their ERP to push, pull and connect relevant data.

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