Munich, March 1, 2013 -
Driven by steady growth and the desire to optimize purchasing processes, Rilano Hotels & Resorts will in future be purchasing with the support of the jb-x group's procurement and controlling solution. For the tech-savvy Rilano Hotels & Resorts, the strong automation of ordering processes means a further step towards process and cost optimization and paperless working. Rilano Hotels & Resorts
Rilano Hotels & Resorts currently has seven hotels in Germany and Austria, and the young hotel group has been growing steadily since it was founded on January 1, 2011. In future, the volumes of this steadily growing number of hotels will be negotiated jointly by the central purchasing department.
With the support of the purchasing portal, all participants continue to be offered a simple ordering option. The central purchasing unit has additional functionalities with which offers from suppliers can be activated completely, only in certain regions or only for certain employees. "We can only control and optimize our purchasing activities if we know them in detail. With jb-x, we not only have a license provider, but also a partner who provides us with conceptual support and advice during the initialization of central purchasing," says Swen Bamberg, Director of Procurement at Rilano Hotels & Resorts.
jb-x is no stranger to the industry, already supporting several hotel groups in the area of purchasing optimization and bringing this experience to the software. The integrated modules for tendering, purchasing, contract management and the approval tool are the key added value of the solution. Nevertheless, jb-x is a young and dynamic provider - its flexibility towards its customers makes the system ideally suited to Rilano Hotels & Resorts, which prefers individual concepts to inflexible standards. The possibility of a strong integration of the operative hotel side is also an advantage, as individual needs can be optimally addressed. This applies in particular to the different hotel concepts: The Rilano Hotels & Resorts portfolio currently includes everything from lifestyle hotels in Wolfenbüttel and Munich, to 4-star and 4-star superior hotels in Hamburg, Kleve and Munich, to the luxurious resort hotel in Waidring, Austria and the glamorous event location in the middle of Munich.
Swen Bamberg also explains the decision in favor of jb-x with his enthusiasm for the innovative solution approach, which is tailored to the needs of the hotel industry. Suppliers are closely integrated into the purchasing process. This ensures that the currently valid prices, recorded by the supplier, are always offered in the purchasing solution. Each new catalog is checked for new, removed or changed articles. The comparison with previous versions, with reference to the order volume, makes it possible to determine the reduction or increase in price that the company will incur by accepting the price change. In the case of incorrect articles, the supplier is also automatically informed which articles may not have been released for purchasing by the affiliated companies.
To make it easier for the company to operate the solution and to enable suppliers to offer catalogs as quickly as possible, the purchasing solution only uses standards for exchanging catalog data, transmitting orders or categorizing issues.
The spend categories are then analyzed and updated in day-to-day purchasing. As individual categories deviate more and more from internal and external comparative values, the product groups where purchasing should take action in the short term are automatically determined. This makes life considerably easier for the purchasing department, as priority is given to product groups that can be optimized. Product groups that have already been "exhausted" are negotiated as part of the annual purchasing meetings.
"The huge product ranges, the constant change, the capacity utilization that is difficult to plan, the high staff turnover in the industry - these are all factors that require flexible, easy-to-use and highly automated support for purchasing. Due to their lack of integration of suppliers into the procurement process, traditional merchandise management systems can only be operated with greater effort on the part of the purchasing department. In particular, the integration of spend management into purchasing controlling and the dashboard of key purchasing figures provide the purchaser with a quick overview of the current purchasing situation. We are delighted to have won Rilano Hotels & Resorts as a customer," says Joachim Braun, Managing Director of jb-x business solutions GmbH, explaining the benefits of the procurement and controlling portal for use in the hotel industry.
The first product groups are to go live in a pilot operation in the near future. The subsequent rollout and expansion of the solution across the majority of product groups should be completed by the end of 2013.
To the Rilano Hotels:
Rilano Hotels & Resorts unite hotels for different design requirements. We stand for timeless style and elegance as well as for service quality and orientation towards the latest technology. Space for individuality - that is the guiding principle of Rilano Hotels & Resorts. We reflect on traditional, international hotel values with a forward-looking appearance. The name "Rilano" combines the best of three countries with a great hospitality tradition: from the Italian we draw lightness, style and joie de vivre. Our service orientation and enjoyment of state-of-the-art technology come from the American. Reliability and quality come from our German roots.
Our brands:
The Rilano Hotel
Rilano 24/7
Rilano Resort
Rilano Entertainment
www.rilano-hotels.com
About jb-x business solutions:
The jb-x group sees itself as a planning, design and implementation partner for IT and organizational projects. The subsidiary jb-x business solutions is a solution provider of an industry-neutral procurement and controlling solution and advises corporations, corporate groups and independent mergers on the subject of web-based procurement optimization.
www.jb-x-group.com
www.jb-x.de