Internet could save industry £4.6bn
Internet could save industry £4.6bn
- 2001
- Contract Journal 411(6352) 7 November 2001, 1(1) .
Managing director of Asite, the construction industry internet portal,claims that contractors and housebuilders could save £4.5bn by purchasing their materials over the internet. Alastair Mellon argues that using the internet to access all necessary information on materials requisition will reduce 75% of the cost. Asite plans to incorporate elctronic payment in the near future. Asite website at http://www.asite.com/.
HOUSE BUILDERS
CONTRACTORS
ASITE
INTERNET
Procurement-old
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
BUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING MATERIALS
Managing director of Asite, the construction industry internet portal,claims that contractors and housebuilders could save £4.5bn by purchasing their materials over the internet. Alastair Mellon argues that using the internet to access all necessary information on materials requisition will reduce 75% of the cost. Asite plans to incorporate elctronic payment in the near future. Asite website at http://www.asite.com/.
HOUSE BUILDERS
CONTRACTORS
ASITE
INTERNET
Procurement-old
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
BUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING MATERIALS