BIP Platform
Biotech Incubation Partners is now presenting the latest version of its powerful e-Procurement tool, the Biotech Internet
Purchasing Platform (BIPP), a Software as a Service (SaaS) product, specifically developed for the automation of purchasing
(laboratory & non-laboratory) materials & reagents needed in the Life Sciences sector.
Features
Starting to order products through the BIP Platform is very simple and immediate, without having to purchase extra software.
A regular computer, internet login and a password is all you need. The advantages of the system are multiple:
Personalized Online Catalogue Library
& Search robot
Through a simple keyword & one single request, each product
can be searched for online, in all catalogues of all invited
suppliers, who uniformly offer their products through BIPP.
Paperless ordering
The complete order flow (from the initial search, over the
confirmation of the arrival of the ordered product, to the
electronic receiving & recording of the corresponding invoice)
can be processed through the e-Procurement system.
Product prices
Authorizations
For each product the corresponding price is presented in three
different ways: the standard list price, the reduced price as
offered to the platform users and potentially the price as it has
been negotiated, controlled & activated by the client.
Each employee of the participant can search and order a
product. However, the order will only be transferred to the
supplier after the electronic approval by the responsible
person(s) (project leader, head of department, purchase
manager, etc). Additional authorizations can be made
dependent on certain budget criteria.
Track and Trace
Templates can be created containing e.g. favorite requisitions
per project, department, individual, or as Bill of Material of a
finished product and can be shared for reordering purposes.
Safety, Health and Environment
The BIPP SHE module contains built-in information about legal
requirements for Safety, Health & Environment, automatically
providing relevant information to your systems, as well
as information & management tools to all authorizing persons
involved.involved.
Dangerous goods
Each time a product for which a special license is required
needs to be ordered, the relevant safety officer will be
notified automatically in order to take proper action.
Optional: Pro-active follow-up of license requirements.
The order
Orders can be sent to the supplier by fax, e-mail or electronically.
Reporting
Cost centres
The system allows the allocation of each ordered item or
service to a specific cost centre, thereby enabling direct budget
checks, budget reservations & detailed budget reporting.
The user can (when authorized) draw an unlimited number of
reports according to the variables he wishes to use, following
up: “spend per user, per supplier, per project, …”
ERP
Receiving products
Upon arrival, a product can be registered and assigned to the
correct physical location so that everybody knows where to
find it and that legally compliant storage & quality
conservation can be guaranteed.
All information and data processed through the BIPP system
can be transferred from several anchor points to the
participant's own ERP system (Navision, SAP, Oracle, ...) and/or
internal accounting system or other management software.
Interactive communication is bidirectional and in real time.
Biotech Incubation Partners - A division of AIP NV
Rijvisschestraat 118 bus 1 – 9052 Zwijnaarde – Belgium
Tel: 32 (0) 9 242 94 97 ● Fax: 32 (0) 9 242 94 99
BTW BE 0434.710.448 ● HR. Gent: 151.546
e-mail: platform@bipp.life
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