Quadrem, Global Supply Chain Solutions

	Sandvik Mining and Construction, part of the Sandvik Group, is one of the world's leading providers of equipment and solutions for mineral exploration, surface and underground mining and bulk-materials handling with more than 16,800 employees in 130 countries. The company needed more efficient integration on projects to meet customer demand. Read the case study
	Dynamic Controls has been the world’s leading manufacturer of control systems for medical mobility equipment for over 30 years, including the world’s premier supplier of electronic control systems for power wheelchairs and scooters. After under going a number of management and reporting changes in the previous year, the new team inherited several problems including a lack of supply chain and procurement basics, tools and applications not utilised to their potential and poor data management to support targeted cost improvements. Read the case study
	Cymot is a Namibian based company consisting of five different divisions, including Midas (Automotive), Greensport (Outdoor Equipment), Tooltech (Workshop equipment and tools), Namsafe (Safety Equipment) and Colourperfect (Automotive Paints). Cymot wanted to improve visibility and traceability of Purchase Orders received from the buyer due to the high volumes of PO's received daily. This was leading to strained buyer relationships due to unacceptable delivery performance, especially on safety equipment, which is a critical consumable. Read the case study
	MM Electrical Merchandising annually exchanges more than 35,000 Procure to Pay documents electronically from Purchase Orders to Invoices via Quadrem Direct.Connect™. MMEM's buyer partners include strategic supply arrangements with almost all of the major mining and mineral houses operating within the Asia Pacific region. With more than 200 branch outlets and huge volumes of purchase orders and invoices, MMEM and its Buyer partners were seeking a cost-effective and more efficient way to reduce transactional inefficiencies, errors and duplication associated with high volume and low value MRO supply. Read the case study
	Fenner Dunlop has been a foundation member of Quadrem and annually exchanges more than 2500 documents electronically from Purchase Orders to Invoices across 16 Branches nationally with buyers such as BHPB, Newmont Australia, Anglo Coal Holdings Australia, Rio Tinto and Alcoa. Dunlop was seeking increased control in managing multiple buyer orders and more effective high-volume transaction management. They also wanted to shorten transaction and delivery cycles timelines. Read the case study
	Geographe Enterprises, one of the largest Australian specialist manufacturers and parts suppliers to the mining and energy sectors and has been a key Quadrem supplier since 2002. Quadrem helps Geographe transact globally with over 10 major platinum, gold and silver producers, and in 2009 will see this increase twofold. Read the case study
	Thiess is Australia's leading mining, construction and services company with diverse operations throughout Australia and selected international markets. Read the case study
	Nutritional Products came on board as its clients in the mining industry were using Quadrem as their e-commerce platform. They were encouraged to implement a method that would ensure consistent business procedures to reduce their customers’ transactional and supply chain costs. In order to meet the needs of its customers, Nutritional Foods opted to incorporate Quadrem’s hosted order management system known as SupplyCentre^TM into its operations in 2003. This offered a practical, automated method that would swiftly fulfil sales requests with reliable, documented processes. Read the case study
	Anglo Platinum, a division of Anglo American plc, is the world's leading producer of platinum. Anglo Platinum integrated its ERP system, SAP, with Quadrem's eMarketplace transaction platform to send orders and change orders to suppliers using the Internet. Read the case study
	Ducasse Comercial Ltda distributes the top brands in Bearings for Industrial and Automotive applications, Power Transmission, Hydraulic components, seamless and seamed pipelines, Hydraulic Hoses, Architectural Hardware and top-of-the-line industrial wheels. In keeping with its goal of providing excellence in quality, prices, and service, Ducasse joined Quadrem's eMarketplace in April 2002. Ducasse implemented the order management solution SupplyCentre and began transacting with Codelco and Minera Escondida. Read the case study
	Inco is one of the world's premier mining and metals companies and the world's second largest producer of nickel. In business for more than 100 years, it is one of Canada's best-known companies and largest exporters. Inco selected Quadrem's Direct.connect, an integrated solution that connects Inco's existing back-end systems and establishes a 'one-to-many' connection via the Internet to Quadrem's global community of suppliers. Read the case study
	Linatex joined the Quadrem trading community by implementing Quadrem’s hosted order management system, SupplyCentre. Read the case study
	Peñoles began operations in 1887 as a mining company and now has integrated operations in Mexico for exploration, mining, metallurgy and chemicals. They are the world’s top producer of refined silver, metallic bismuth and sodium sulphate and the leading Latin American producer of gold, refined lead and zinc. As part of a re-engineering initiative that started in 1998, Peñoles was looking to implement a new ERP system at all their business units and develop an ebusiness strategy. Peñoles has made their procurement process more efficient following the deployment of the Quadrem solution set. Read the case study
	PT Sahabat Mitra Intrabuana is a leading industrial goods distributor to the manufacturing, process-intensive companies across various industries in Indonesia. PT Sahabat MI joined the Quadrem community to electronically transact with its key customer PTNNT via Quadrem's hosted order management system, SupplyCentre. Read the case study
	Rio Tinto is a world leader in finding, mining and processing the earth's mineral resources. Major products include aluminium, copper, diamonds, energy products (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc and zircon), and iron ore. Rio Tinto and its supplier decided to pursue an integrated procurement relationship, connecting back end systems directly to the Quadrem electronic procurement transaction platform. Read the case study
	As a leading supplier of stationery and office consumables to corporate South Africa, Waltons is no novice when it comes to participating in e-marketplaces. It cut its teeth early through its integration with Sasol’s e-marketplace – one of the first to go live locally in 2000 – and has since become a major supplier to every recognised e-marketplace in the country. As a supplier into Quadrem, Waltons make extensive use of Quadrem SupplyCentre™, the standard supplier interface into the Quadrem e-marketplace. Read the case study
	A subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corporation, PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara (PTNNT) is ranked one of the largest undeveloped copper and gold deposits in the world. PTNNT selected Direct.connect, Quadrem's integrated solution to establish a 'one-to-many' connection via the Internet to its global community of suppliers. Read the case study
	Weir Minerals Africa is a member of the Weir Group and is one of South Africa’s leading pump manufacturers. Since becoming a member of the e-marketplace in 2004, Weir Minerals Africa has enjoyed the extensive and ongoing benefits of SupplyCentre, Quadrem’s single, integrated application that streamlines order and invoice management processes. Read the case study
	Headquartered in Brazil, Vale is the world’s largest iron ore and pellets producer and exporter, and the largest mining company in South America. It operates in 18 countries across five continents. In 2005, Quadrem onboarded more than 6,000 VALE suppliers using Quadrem’s premier hosted supplier application. Read the case study