How to create a group purchasing platform and digitalise it with a marketplace.
.Unite your suppliers and members in a unified digital ecosystem. Automate workflows, manage volumes effortlessly and generate new revenue streams.
YOUR SITUATION
Why create a group purchasing platform today?
The digital transformation of procurement is often incomplete. Here are the barriers our clients faced before switching to the marketplace model.
Still manual and fragmented processes
Supplier onboarding on spreadsheets, inconsistent catalogues, approvals by email. Every step takes time and generates errors.
A buyer experience that does not build loyalty
Your members or franchisees do not have the same fluidity as on Amazon or major e-commerce platforms. The result: they go through other channels.
An under-exploited business model
Your group purchasing platform is not yet generating additional revenue from transactions. Commissions, supplier subscriptions, service fees: these levers remain inactive.
THE RIGHT QUESTION TO ASK
Can a Source-to-Pay solution do the job?
S2P solutions cover supplier relationship management and procurement processes. But they are not designed to operate a marketplace. Here is why the marketplace completes or enriches your S2P.
What a standard S2P covers
SAP Ariba, Coupa, Ivalua, Jaggaer...
- ✓Tender and contract management
- ✓Supplier referencing and qualification
- ✓Order and invoice tracking
- ✓Procurement reporting and compliance
- ✗No self-service multi-supplier catalogue
- ✗No B2C-like buyer experience for your members
- ✗No commissions or marketplace business model
- ✗No autonomous supplier onboarding and dedicated portal
What Origami Marketplace brings
As a replacement or complement to your S2P
- ✓Everything an S2P covers, natively integrated
- ✓Multi-supplier catalogue with per-member pricing
- ✓Autonomous supplier portal with self-service onboarding
- ✓Smooth buyer experience, personalised by group
- ✓Configurable validation workflows with no development
- ✓Commissions, subscriptions and business model built in
- ✓Automated and centralised supplier payments
- ✓API connection to your existing S2P if desired
THE SOLUTION
What the platform handles natively for you.
Features built for the complexity of B2B procurement, configurable with no development required.
Autonomous supplier onboarding
Each supplier has a dedicated portal to register, upload documents, configure their profile, catalogues and pricing grids. Zero manual input on your side.
Dedicated pricing per member
Display a different catalogue, prices and offers depending on the buyer's profile, group, volume or negotiated contracts. Every member sees their own commercial reality.
Configurable validation workflows
Order, supplier, product and after-sales approval. Every business process is automated according to your rules. No developer needed, with the native IF/THEN editor.
Automated supplier payments
Payment triggers at the stage you define. Invoices, purchase orders, credit notes and all accounting documentation are generated and centralised automatically.
Every group purchasing platform has its own business rules. Yours deserve to be configured once, not managed manually every day.
ONE PLATFORM, MULTIPLE VIEWS
What each party gains.
Operator, suppliers, members: each profile has its own space, tools and experience.
New revenue stream
Commissions on transactions, referencing fees, supplier subscriptions. A business model that funds itself.
Process automation
Onboarding, approval, invoicing, payment. Low-value tasks are automated. Up to 80% of operational time saved.
Full 360° visibility
Supplier KPIs, volumes by member, margins by category. All data consolidated in centralised reporting.
Supplier risk management
KPI monitoring, buyer reviews, automatic alerts. You manage the quality of your network in real time.
Autonomous and intuitive portal
Each supplier manages their profile, catalogues, stock and orders from their own space, without involving your teams.
Fast catalogue integration
Connection via API, CSV feed, FTP or CMS connectors (Shopify, PrestaShop, Magento). Technical onboarding in 24 hours on average.
Fast and secure payment
Suppliers are paid automatically according to the defined conditions. Zero chasing, zero payment delays.
Visibility on their performance
Dedicated dashboard with sales KPIs, buyer reviews and real-time order tracking.
Smooth purchasing experience 24/7
Personalised catalogue, multi-supplier basket, order in a few clicks. A consumer-grade e-commerce experience adapted for B2B.
Contractual prices visible and applied
Each member sees their negotiated rates directly, without having to request a quote or go through a sales rep.
Real-time order tracking
Status, delivery, history, invoices. Everything is accessible from their member space, without contacting the procurement team.
Multi-supplier offer comparison
Compare offers from several suppliers on the same product and choose the best option, just like on a consumer marketplace.
CASE STUDIES
Industrial groups, federations, retail networks.
Thanks to our dedicated group purchasing platform, benefit from concrete gains: 50% reduction in supplier search time, a stronger supply chain with simultaneous availability from multiple partners, and fast ROI through optimised direct and indirect costs.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about creating a group purchasing platform.
What is a group purchasing platform?Accordion Title
A group purchasing platform is a structure that pools the purchasing of several companies, members or franchisees in order to negotiate better conditions with suppliers. By consolidating purchasing volumes, a group purchasing platform achieves more competitive prices, optimises supplier management and simplifies procurement processes.
Group purchasing platforms are commonly used by franchise networks, independent buying groups, professional federations and business cooperatives. Today, many organisations are digitalising their group purchasing platform through a B2B marketplace, in order to centralise supplier catalogues and streamline member ordering.
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