{"id":20077,"date":"2021-11-20T17:04:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T17:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merlinsourcing.com\/?page_id=20077"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:00:27","slug":"how-to-transform-your-direct-procurement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/merlinsourcing.com\/de\/how-to-transform-your-direct-procurement\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Transform Your Direct Procurement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"20077\" class=\"elementor elementor-20077\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f8c110 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f8c110\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated elementor-element elementor-element-218420e\" data-id=\"218420e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d5a4a6 elementor-icon-list--layout-inline elementor-list-item-link-inline breadcrumbs-last elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"6d5a4a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items elementor-inline-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/merlinsourcing.com\/de\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Home<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">How to Transform your Direct Procurement?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a8315e9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a8315e9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated elementor-element elementor-element-e36f2bb\" data-id=\"e36f2bb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed8c4f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ed8c4f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/merlinsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Direct-Sourcing-LP-Banner-MeRLIN.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Direct-Sourcing-LP\" style=\"width:100%;height:34.58%;max-width:1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-26c4c02 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"26c4c02\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated elementor-element elementor-element-8d8ba4e form-top\" data-id=\"8d8ba4e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c689dad elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c689dad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MeRLIN\u2019s\u202fout-of-the box features for direct material sourcing digitize complex processes and help you focus on strategy enhancing value creation\u202fat every stage of your procurement lifecycle. It allows you to\u202fintegrate sourcing with\u202fengineering right from the product design stage. Collaborate effectively with cross functional product teams and suppliers to accelerate product innovation and speed to market.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a4957c form-section elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a4957c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated elementor-element elementor-element-7afdb4b form-top\" data-id=\"7afdb4b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-573d2aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"573d2aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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