Cooperative buying group OMNIA Companions introduced July 7 that 10 new suppliers have joined its OPUS eCommerce procurement market, increasing the platform’s on-line buying catalog to greater than 8 million SKUs.
The Franklin, Tennessee-based group mentioned the brand new suppliers embody main industrial distributors Graybar and BradyPlus, together with SHI, Fisher Scientific, Perception Public Sector, College Specialty, Johnson-Lancaster & Associates, Vari, Mediatechnologies and E-Z-GO/Cushman.
OMNIA Companions mentioned the provider additions broaden OPUS’ product availability throughout IT options, scientific and laboratory merchandise, foodservice, facility upkeep, schooling, office furnishings, electrical infrastructure and fleet administration.
OPUS is OMNIA Companions’ free member portal and eCommerce procurement platform for presidency companies, faculty methods, greater schooling establishments and nonprofits. The platform permits members to go looking OMNIA Companions’ provider community and buy merchandise backed by publicly solicited and competitively bid cooperative contracts.
The corporate mentioned practically 40,000 public sector procurement professionals are utilizing OPUS to buy from greater than 650 suppliers within the OMNIA Companions community. The portal lets consumers buy merchandise from a number of suppliers by way of one on-line purchasing cart whereas sustaining entry to cooperative contract pricing and phrases.
“Our continued funding in know-how is centered on one objective: making it simpler for public companies and nonprofits to entry the contracts, suppliers, and sources they should serve their communities,” OMNIA Companions President and CEO Todd Abner mentioned within the announcement.
The newest OPUS launch additionally added platform options together with an improved search expertise, streamlined contract entry, a centralized provider W9 library, built-in chat assist, shareable product lists and administrative approval instruments.
Graybar and BradyPlus be a part of a market that already contains a number of MDM Prime Distributors contributors, together with Grainger, MSC Industrial Provide, Medline, Community Distribution, ODP Enterprise Options, International Industrial and Lawson Merchandise.
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