Product category:
Bearings
News Release from: Brammer UK
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 26 March 2001
RMC Group awards big power transmission
contract
BSL has won a prestigious £1m contract, against stiff competition, for the supply of Power Transmission Products to the RMC Group, covering over 100 sites in the UK
BSL has won a prestigious £1m contract, against stiff competition, for the supply of Power Transmission Products to the RMC Group The contract covers over 100 sites in the UK; including the highly impressive £130m Rugby Cement works
According to RMC, the decisive factors in BSL's success were a highly developed e-commerce strategy, long-term investment in state-of-the-art distribution technology and national coverage via over 100 Sales Branches.
RMC is the third largest manufacturer of cement and the second largest distributor of cementitious products in the UK with operations nation-wide.
The scope and scale of these operations mean that the company increasingly requires consolidated sources of supply.
This was the case with power transmission products, so the decision was taken to put the supply contract out to competitive tender.
A spokesperson for the Central Purchasing department of Rugby Cement, commenting on the success of the proposal, said "The RMC Group invited BSL and all its major competitors to put together a commercially viable package, taking into account engineering cost reductions, training, specialist stocking policies and preventative maintenance.
In RMC's view BSL provided the best overall package to satisfy these requirements and accepted our tender for the ?1m contract".
A key component of BSL's unique customer service package is Genius-b2b, a complete e-commerce system solution that achieves full 'system to system' integration between supplier and customer IT systems.
The system gives customers guided on-line access to over one million engineering products and optimises transactions through paperless trading, saving time, money and resources.
The search engine included in Genius b2b is fully parametric, allowing items to be found easily by description or serial number.
A guide function is also incorporated into the program to help customers select the ideal product for an application.
Additionally, impartial advice is available on the specialist products not listed in BSL's catalogue.
These can still be ordered and delivered quickly.
In addition to offering an efficient ordering system, BSL tailors stock to suit a customers individual needs, guaranteeing where possible immediate supply on demand.
As part of the service offered to RMC Group sites, critical plant machinery can be assessed and consignment stocks of replacement parts and equipment kept on site.
BSL's nationwide network of over 100 Sales Branches and the quality of the people who would implement the contract were important factors in RMC's decision.
BSL has extensive experience of quarrying operations and the creation of the National Distribution Centre has improved the co-ordination of the supply and service of products.
Quarry specific products such as bearings for vibratory screens, Self-Lube bearings and split bearings are included in the profiled stock held by BSL Sales Branches local to each quarry site.
The RMC contract covers power transmission products, but also opens up further opportunities within the BSL structure for each RMC site.
These include access to BSL Fluid Power, the UK's most comprehensive source for hydraulic and pneumatic equipment and technical advice.
Other specialist maintenance and engineering services include plant automation and equipment refurbishment.
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