PiLog Releases New Software Utilising the eOTD

Pilog International announced that the new release of its highly successful Ramis Structured Text Generator now utilises the eOTD. This follows the commitment of PiLog to support the eOTD in all the Ramis software modules. The Ramis Structured Text Generator (STG) is a unique software module that is designed to reduce maverick spend by end users and buyers in large corporations. In addition the Ramis STG introduces Structured Text purchases to replace the standard Free Format Text type purchases that normally occur when direct purchasing requisitions are raised by end users.

Reinhard Schiel, Marketing Executive of Pilog says that most large corporations have a problem of uncontrollable Direct or Free Format Text spends. “In our experience this form of purchasing averages 60% of all spend. As such spend is mostly not analysable, it presents a major problem to procurement managers.” He continues that a large portion of such spend is of a maverick nature, resulting in large losses for corporations that painstakingly negotiates lower prices and rates with their contracted suppliers. Reinhard does emphasize that the Ramis STG not only employs sophisticated search technology and unique and complex algorithms, but also extends the eOTD Implementation Guides with special parameters to improve the software’s effectiveness.

In an exclusive interview with the ECCMA Newsletter, Pieter Strydom, Operations Director of Starnode said that they have successfully implemented the Ramis STG at corporate clients with great results. “At one large client in South Africa, we were able to reduce the Direct spend with 24% within 6 months after going live with the Ramis STG software. Although this was part of a larger data cleansing project, the implementation of the Ramis STG was a certainly a key element to the success of the project.” In answer to a question from ECCMA News on how the incorporation of the eOTD models into the STG will affect Starnode’s clients, Pieter responded that it opens up a migration path to the eOTD to their existing clients as well as all potential new clients. “Implementing the eOTD at existing clients are essential for the protection of the huge investment that clients have in their data. The eOTD ensures compliance with ISO 8000 and opens up international trading which is vital as most corporate client do operate beyond the borders of their own country.”

Pilog specialise's in niche software solutions that span the entire world of cataloguing and codification for both buying companies and supplying companies. The adoption of the Ramis STG to utilize the eOTD follows the release of Pilog’s free community edition of the Ramis Catalogue Builder at the October 2006 ECCMA conference in Hershey, Pennsylvania.