Transparency and efficiency in the ICT channel: introducing our new product structure

Over the years, ITscope has evol­ved from its ori­g­ins as a pri­ce com­pa­ri­son soft­ware to beco­me a lea­ding digi­tal tra­ding plat­form for the IT and tele­com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons indus­try. With a vast net­work of over 8,500 acti­ve users and 400 sup­pli­ers, ITscope offers com­pre­hen­si­ve solu­ti­ons for pro­cu­ring and sel­ling IT products.

From the very begin­ning, we have always focu­sed on mee­ting the needs of our cus­to­mers in the deve­lo­p­ment of our plat­form. One of our goals was to make the struc­tu­re of our pro­ducts more modu­lar in order to cater to the indi­vi­du­al requi­re­ments of buy­ers and sel­lers. As a result, we are exci­ted to intro­du­ce to you the rea­lignment of our pro­duct struc­tu­re, which enables a tail­o­red and customer-centric use of ITscope.

In order to meet your uni­que needs for uti­li­zing the ITscope plat­form, you now have the abili­ty to indi­vi­du­al­ly sel­ect and com­bi­ne the buil­ding blocks that are right for you from our packa­ges. 

The foun­da­ti­on of our new ser­vice offe­ring is built on two pil­lars: Procure and Sales. The Procure pil­lar encom­pas­ses ever­y­thing you need for effi­ci­ent purcha­sing pro­ces­ses, from pri­ce com­pa­ri­son to pro­cu­re­ment solu­ti­ons with ful­ly auto­ma­ted docu­ment exch­an­ge. On the other hand, the Sales pil­lar sup­ports you with an online quo­ting tool, inte­gra­ti­on of your own pro­ducts and ser­vices, and seam­less inte­gra­ti­on of your B2B cus­to­mers for suc­cessful sel­ling. Additionally, we have a third pil­lar cal­led Catalog, which forms the sta­ble foun­da­ti­on of our solu­ti­ons. It includes the uti­liza­ti­on of the ITscope data­ba­se with high-quality pro­duct con­tent tail­o­red to your needs in ERP and e‑commerce sys­tems.

The Procure and Sales pil­lars are com­po­sed of three levels each – Essential, Advanced, and Complete – to ful­fill your requi­re­ments even more pre­cis­e­ly within the­se areas.

In the Procure sec­tion, the Essential packa­ge alre­a­dy includes com­ple­te visi­bi­li­ty into inven­to­ry and pri­ce com­pa­ri­son for 7 mil­li­on pro­ducts from 400 sup­pli­ers, inclu­ding a direct orde­ring func­tion – the foun­da­ti­on for your effi­ci­ent purchasing.

The Advanced packa­ge is the right choice to opti­mi­ze your pro­cu­re­ment pro­ces­ses. In addi­ti­on to the func­tion­a­li­ties of the Essential packa­ge, it allows you to orga­ni­ze in teams with mul­ti­ple shop­ping bas­kets, auto­ma­ti­cal­ly dis­tri­bu­te orders to sup­pli­ers based on opti­mal ship­ping and cost fac­tors, and pro­cu­re at indi­vi­du­al pro­ject conditions.

The com­pre­hen­si­ve Complete packa­ge also enables a seam­less elec­tro­nic pro­cu­re­ment pro­cess with ful­ly auto­ma­ted docu­ment exch­an­ge, from order con­fir­ma­ti­on to deli­very notes and even pro­for­ma invoices.

In the Sales sec­tion, the Essential packa­ge offers you real-time insights into inven­to­ry levels, pro­cu­re­ment opti­ons with cal­cu­la­ted sel­ling pri­ces, and street pri­ces as a refe­rence. You can nego­tia­te online offers with your cus­to­mers and levera­ge our high-quality pro­duct data, inclu­ding cus­to­mizable datasheets.

The next level, the Advanced packa­ge, allows you to seam­less­ly enter the world of e‑commerce with your own B2B shop. Completely hos­ted in the cloud, wit­hout a sin­gle line of code or addi­tio­nal inte­gra­ti­ons, your cus­to­mers can order direct­ly from you using this com­bi­na­ti­on of the stan­dar­di­zed ITscope cata­log and our in-house shop solution.

With the Complete packa­ge, you can also con­nect with indus­tri­al cus­to­mers and their pro­cu­re­ment solu­ti­ons. Effortlessly, and wit­hout any deve­lo­p­ment work, you can ensu­re that all orders from the indus­tri­al cus­to­mer’s pro­cu­re­ment sys­tem come direct­ly to you, thanks to pre-defined interfaces.

Furthermore, all Procure and Sales packa­ges offer the opti­on to add cost-effective basic users for employees who only requi­re read access.

The com­bi­na­ti­on of the Procure and Sales packa­ges allows you to unlock the full poten­ti­al of ITscope: You can seam­less­ly rou­te won quo­tes, shop orders, or inte­gra­ted pro­cu­re­ment sys­tems from indus­tri­al cus­to­mers direct­ly to dis­tri­bu­ti­on – with mini­mal effort and ful­ly elec­tro­nic docu­ment exchange.

For your uni­que solu­ti­ons, such as ERP envi­ron­ments or e‑commerce sys­tems, we offer com­pre­hen­si­ve API and cata­log exports that pro­vi­de all data, for­mats, and func­tion­a­li­ties from ITscope for use out­side the plat­form. With the addi­ti­on of high-quality pro­duct con­tent data, you have num­e­rous pos­si­bi­li­ties to enhan­ce your indi­vi­du­al use cases.

As a result of this com­pre­hen­si­ve rea­lignment of our pro­duct struc­tu­re, we have also adjus­ted our pri­ces. These pri­ces now reflect the addi­tio­nal bene­fits and value that cus­to­mers recei­ve from our impro­ved solutions.

Transparency is not only a core prin­ci­ple of our plat­form; it also extends to the fees of our solu­ti­on. These fees are not only available upon request but can also be easi­ly and cle­ar­ly view­ed on our web­site and in the account area.

Discover more about our new­ly desi­gned Procure and Sales packa­ges and find your opti­mal solu­ti­on. Our experts are available to assist you in sel­ec­ting the right packa­ges for your indi­vi­du­al requirements.