Open up new opportunities for savings and performance in this persistently complex category.
Across primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging, procurement means lots of options to consider: suppliers, innovations, pricing nuances, eco-friendliness, and more.
Keelvar is ideally suited to help packaging materials buyers arrive at optimal supplier award decisions more efficiently.
The sourcing of packaging materials represents a crucial, high-stakes category for many manufacturers ranging from food to pharmaceuticals. Subcategories like bottles, vials, labels, folding cartons, corrugate, flex films, and pallets are commonly sourced examples. Procurement decisions must consider many price and non-price factors – and corporate initiatives in sustainability and CSR commitments drive even more challenges and competition.
Keelvar’s sourcing optimization and automation solutions are designed for ease-of-use to help buyers get more value while streamlining the process.
Scalability to handle everything from spot bids to large-scale RFPs with 100s of SKUs, 10K+ suppliers, and 1 million+ bid data points.
Optimization features and customer support services improve your event on-boarding, bid collection, and decision outcomes.
A supplier-friendly bidding experience improves creative offers, competition, and quality.
Wide-ranging supplier options and number of invited suppliers
Required number or types of suppliers by item
Number of items and specifications
Alternative materials and specifications
Sustainable & Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) sourcing factors
Varying units of measure
Varying minimum order quantities
Varying capacity constraints by location
Discounts by volume and bundled offers
Detailed pricing breakdowns and tiers
Supplier preferences (by plant, item, incumbency, etc.)
Contract term options
Size of spends: strategic, mini-tender, or tail spend