Products & Services

BuySingapore

BuySingapore is a national initiative by International Enterprise (IE) Singapore in collaboration with private sector partner, Abecha Pte Ltd, to help local enterprises market their products and services internationally through an online business matching and trading portal. IE Singapore is an agency under the Ministry of Trade and Industry responsible for promoting the overseas growth of Singapore-based enterprises and international trade. BuySingapore also aims to be the one-stop, trusted e-platform for foreign companies to search for local business contacts or procure Singapore products and services.

Spanning a wide range of industry sectors, BuySingapore allows local and foreign enterprises to access trade leads from one of the most reliable and comprehensive databases. It also provides a sophisticated auto-business matching mechanism that alerts enterprises of appropriate matches, allowing businesses to make their first connection with each other.

This initiative aims to showcase Singapore companies, especially small and medium companies, to international markets through one national e-channel that leverages on the strong attributes of the "Singapore" brand known for its quality and efficiency.

The e-platform allows overseas companies to search and locate Singapore companies, industries, products and services. Conversely, overseas companies are also able to post business opportunities on the BuySingapore portal to create win-win global business partnerships.

Website: http://www.buysingapore.com

SBF Global Sourcing Hub

The SBF Global Sourcing Hub launched on 13 Jan 2006, was jointly developed by the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) and Abecha Pte Ltd (Abecha), a specialist in Sourcing and Procurement services. This initiative is supported and funded by Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board (SPRING Singapore). Other partners includes Intraco Limited and D&B Singapore.

The SBF Global Sourcing Hub is an online, integrated sourcing system consisting of key sourcing e-tools that will help Buyers in Singapore automate and streamline sourcing processes for better process efficiencies, better access to supplier and buyer communities, better visibility and control on all sourcing activities. This cross-industry platform gives Buyers access to a Supplier Directory of over 100,000 categorized suppliers. Supplier's TrustM@rk profile, credit rating and business-risk related reports can be purchased through a tie-up with D&B Singapore. Suppliers have the capabilities to electronically submit responses to request for information, quotation, proposal and tender through the SBF Global Sourcing Hub. They also have the added advantage of receiving business opportunities alerts through Business@lert, a system that collects procurement and opportunities.

The SBF Global Sourcing Hub aims to be part of success of Singapore's enterprises by creating a sourcing portal that is easy-to-use, trusted and conducive for enterprises to do their business. It harnesses the use of the Internet technology, incorporating industry best practices, bringing relevant companies to interact more efficiently and effectively in their business collaborations.

Benefits
- Reducing the overall procurement cycle time increasing efficiency
- Creating visibility for suppliers and wider access to buying organization
- Incorporation of best practices in business processes
- Adopting transparent and scalable sourcing processes
- Enhance connectivity between different communities
- Automated matching of business interest and leads distribution to interested parties

Website: http://www.sbfglobalsourcinghub.com

Business@lert

Business@lert is Singapore's first industry-wide collaboration to provide notification of business opportunities for Singapore's enterprises. Inaugurated on 28 November 2003 by then Minister of State, Foreign Affairs and Trade & Industry, Mr Raymond Lim, Business@lert is powered by Abecha Pte Ltd and supported by SPRING Singapore. The system proactively collects and process over 213,000 procurement business opportunities (Tenders & RFQs) from Singapore Government, Singapore's FTA partners (e.g. USA ), Government Linked Companies as well as private companies from Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, India etc and disseminates the information to corporate members via the internet, SMS, email and fax, in accordance to business profiles.

Website: http://www.businessalert.com.sg

e-Auction

e-Auction is built on the best technology platform, complete with efficient security and redundancy to all setups. It allows the entire bidding process to be transparent, and creates a fair and level playing field so that e-bidding can be aggressively conducted.

Abecha is the leading e-Bidding consultant and sourcing service provider for the construction, real estate industry, and beyond. As a profit multiplier, our value added services would provide:

- Better price discovery leading to increased profitability averaging 5% to 30% with potential for more
- Access to new trading partners domestically and globally
- Higher yields on surplus, obsolete, or slow-moving assets
- Improved the efficiency of your sourcing / selling process and reduce the cycle time

Website: http://ebid.abecha.com

Buying Club

Buying Club serves the industrial community by complementing the industrial space offered by JTC Corporation. Buying Club offers the one-stop convenience over the internet or the phone to our 7,000 members shifting in or operating in their JTC premise, allowing them to focus on their business, leaving their general buying (from office cleaning to Internet connectivity) to Buying Club. Capitalising on the economies of scale in buying together, members would benefit from significant cost savings.

The first of Buying Club offering is the Abecha Buying Club, characterized by its simple-to-subscribe and always-on product & services offerings. Membership is exclusive and complimentary to JTC tenants. With the simple click-convenience, members enjoy savings of post-aggregation across the community for purchases in office operations, office supplies, facilities management and corporate gifts to information technology.

There are 6 categories of products and services to address members' indirect needs, they are,
-Office Supplies
Such as custom-made stamps, drinking water, copier paper etc

- Office Stationery
Such as writing instruments, filing supplies, desktop supplies etc

- Office Services
Such as office cleaning, courier, namecard & letterhead printing etc

- Facilities Management
Such as grass-cutting, pest control, ACMV (Air Conditioning & Mechanical Ventilation) maintenance etc

- Information Technology
Such as ADSL (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) wireless, broadband, desktop IT peripherals etc

- Corporate Gifts
Such as polo t-shirts, caps, hand towels etc

Website: http://buyingclub.abecha.com