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Streamlining Procurement in the DACH Region

The automotive industry in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland faces unprecedented challenges navigating the rapid transition to electric mobility, semiconductor shortages, and evolving ESG regulations. Mercanis empowers automotive procurement teams to overcome these critical challenges while maintaining operational excellence.
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Automotive Industry Challenges

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Supply Chain Disruptions

Semiconductor shortages and supply chain volatility continue to impact production timelines and costs. Key automotive suppliers face ongoing capacity constraints.
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EV Technology Shift

Industry managers prioritize competitiveness and cost optimization as the drivetrain rapidly shifts toward hybrid and all-electric vehicles.
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Cost Pressures & Margin Erosion

Cost cutting has become the priority as automakers struggle to retain margins amid unbalanced EV supply and demand.
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Digital Transformation

Modernization remains a top priority, but many organizations struggle with system integration and supply chain visibility gaps.

How Mercanis Enhances Procurement in the Automotive Sectors

Streamlined Procurement Intake & Collaboration

The Mercanis Intake module allows any department to submit sourcing requests and collaborate directly with procurement, streamlining supplier research and decision-making for both traditional ICE components and emerging EV technologies.

Streamlined Intake for R&D and Procurement Collaboration
Unified Supplier Database with Plant-Level Visibility

Complete Supply Chain Visibility & Control

Gain full visibility into your entire automotive supply chain with real-time dashboards showing who buys what, where, and from whom. Mercanis helps uncover cross-platform bundling opportunities and drives substantial savings through better multi-plant alignment.

Intelligent Product & Supplier Mapping

Mercanis intelligently links supplier specific product numbers to automotive component groups, enabling clean sourcing workflows and automated bid templates even across inconsistent part codes—essential for managing complex automotive parts catalogs.

Direct Sourcing Optimization with Article Mapping & History Tracking

Results & Impact

73%
Faster supplier certification and audit management through automated compliance tracking and document workflows
79%
Boost in multi-tier project sourcing cycles through automated RFx processes that seamlessly connect your entire supplier network
68%
Reduction in quality non-conformance incidents through integrated supplier performance monitoring and real-time alerts
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What Our Customers Say About Us

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The simplicity of Mercanis has enabled us to integrate our stakeholders into the tendering process by allowing them to use the platform as a self-service solution for smaller tendering projects and to steer the procurement function in a more strategic direction without the tool becoming less complex for our category managers.”
Sven Novak, Amer Sport Director
Sven Novak
Head of Indirect Procurement, Amer Sports
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Thanks to Mercanis, we have significantly fewer manual tasks and greater transparency across our supplier base. This saves us time and now our team can focus more on strategic tasks."
Uwe Kreplin, GASAG Procurement Manager
Uwe Krepelin
Head of Procurement, GASAG
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Time saving
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We are very satisfied [...]. For us, as central procurement, it was essential to have a central tool that supports all stakeholders – including controlling and the commercial end result."
Marius Falk, Struktol, Head of Procurement
Marius Falk
Head of Procurement, Schill + Seilacher "Struktol"
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Mercanis is the competent and flexible partner we want for the digitalisation of our procurement processes. [...] we were able to successfully automate our procurement processes, SRM and administrative tasks such as internal supplier evaluation, successfully automated."
Marcel Schrider, Head of Strategic Purchasing, Oventrop
Marcel Schröder
Head of Strategic Purchasing, Oventrop
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