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ExperBuy The company History

History

25 years of experience in purchasing

1988
Achats Service was born.
1993
Achats Service took over Gefelec, a specialist in procurement outsourcing.
1996
The company obtained its first ISO certification. The joint arrival of ERP and the Internet brought about a radical change in the mode of operation and organisation.
2006
Achats Service took over Encotech, a company specialised in technical procurement and concentrated its forces on 4 branches in France.
2008
Achats Service changed its shareholder, accelerated its development and confirmed its international ambitions.
2008
Launch of activity in Germany via the Global Procurement Solutions subsidiary in Stuttgart.
2009
Launch of activity in China by taking over the Nihao company in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
2010
Opening of the Eschbach branch in Germany.
2011
Strengthening of the company's presence in Europe by the acquisition of the German Einkaufsagentur Korn.
2011
Creation of a WFOE* in China, which enables procurement outsourcing for companies based in China.
2011
Start of activity in Romania.
2011
Achats Service changed its name to ExperBuy, a change of skin enabling the company to overcome the challenges related to Group's international development.
2012
Start of activity in Switzerland.

*WFOE (or WOFE): Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise is a Chinese limited liability company wholly owned by foreign investors. The WFOE in particular enables sales activities to be conducted and invoices to be drawn up.

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New solution

ExperBuy is launching its procurement catalogue management solution, "e-catalogues", in order to overcome the problems encountered by its customers.Two surveys were conducted to back-up the choice made by ExperBuy: 58% of Purchasing Directors "use NICTs as a lever to achieve their objectives" (Source: Baromètre Achats 2011—CSC - Challenges - TNS Sofres) and 48% of companies are "dissatisfied with their catalogue management" (Source: La Lettre des Achats). In order to meet these performance expectations expressed by Purchasing Directors, ExperBuy has entered into a partnership with the Perfect Commerce company. This tool enables companies to Simplify and Save..., ...While keeping control.

Launch of activities in Switzerland

ExperBuy is launching Outsourcing activities on the Swiss market. This activity is managed by its French agencies for "French-speaking Swiss" customers and by its German agency for "German-speaking Swiss" customers. To date, three customers have created procurement outsourcing projects in Switzerland with ExperBuy.

Signing of the French inter-company relations charter

In April 2012, ExperBuy signed the inter-company relations charter. This signature marks the commitment made by ExperBuy to responsible procurement activities.