Procurement Solutions for the Construction Industry

Construction Industry Challenges

Fragmented Project-Based Procurement

Construction projects run with isolated budgets, decentralized buying, and inconsistent data. Procurement teams lose visibility, struggle with standardization, and face long cycle times from RFQs to onboarding.

Supplier Variability & Compliance Gaps

Construction relies on hundreds of subcontractors, trades, and material suppliers. Inconsistent qualification, outdated certifications, and missing documentation increase operational and safety risk.

Cost Volatility & Unpredictable Timelines

Fluctuations in steel, concrete, timber, and logistics costs make accurate budgeting tough. Disconnected processes limit the ability to respond quickly to market changes and avoid delays.

Slow, Manual Procurement Cycles Across Projects

Long RFQ cycles, scattered approvals, and outdated tools create bottlenecks. Critical purchases stall, delaying timelines and increasing total project cost.

How Mercanis Enhances Procurement in Construction

Streamlined Project Intake & Cross-Team Collaboration

Mercanis turns inconsistent project requests into structured, complete sourcing workflows. Project managers submit specifications once, procurement validates requirements instantly, and approval cycles shrink dramatically.

Streamlined Intake for R&D and Procurement Collaboration

Unified Supplier Database with Plant-Level Visibility

Unified Supplier Database With Qualification Tracking

All subcontractors, trades, and material suppliers live in one searchable hub. Mercanis tracks certifications (ISO, safety, insurance), expiry dates, compliance status, and performance — giving project teams full visibility at every stage.

Real-Time Cost Mapping & Multi-Quote Comparison

Mercanis makes cost reviews easy by mapping materials, article history, and price fluctuations across suppliers. Teams can compare quotes, standardize specs, and avoid overpaying for commodity-driven categories.

Direct Sourcing Optimization with Article Mapping & History Tracking

Results & Impact

65%

Project teams get complete, standardized supplier profiles immediately — reducing RFQ-to-award time.

40%

Centralized onboarding, certificate tracking, and automated clarifications eliminate repetitive admin work.

12%

Better visibility, quote comparison, and data-driven supplier selection reduce overspend and address value leakage.

Testimonials

What Our Customers Say About Us

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

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 Krepelin

Head of Procurement, GASAG

38%

Time saving

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

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."