New CNC database set to galvanise Industry 4.0 community

CNC manufacturers can search for and find both local and global CNC jobs for free – buyers can place CNC jobs on the platform, as well as update and optimise their network of suppliers.

Both buyers and sellers also receive a wide range of regular reports and analyses which provide great added value. They include current and future trends, and important facts and figures about the market. This information is invaluable for buyers and CNC manufacturers, as it can provide guidance in making investment decisions with more certainty.

The speed and complexity of the CNC business is growing with the progression of digitisation and Industry 4.0. All business processes, horizontal and vertical, are becoming more efficient. For CNC manufacturers and buyers alike, digital networking is becoming an indispensable platform for keeping up within the competitive landscape.

The innovative nature of ORDERFOX.com provides support to businesses by helping them prepare, grow and move towards a more efficient digital future. One such example is that ORDERFOX.com provides its users with a large network of contacts for more potential business that they may not have had access to before. At the same time, valuable sector and industry expertise is continuously updated, added and shared by leading industry experts and companies, providing additional growth opportunities and benefits within the network. Quick access to knowledge, market information and suitable business partners has become a crucial success factor in the high-speed Industry 4.0. environment.

ORDERFOX.com fully embraces forward thinking trends: as the only global CNC database for developing business activities, and as a source of information on market trends where users can make strategic operational and investment decisions with more certainty. The daily use of ORDERFOX.com will become so self-evident as the use of Google and other searching machines.

Best practice solutions

ORDERFOX.com is a comprehensive problem solver for CNC manufacturers. It is centred on the idea of optimising the workload of a business. If they have the capacity, a CNC manufacturer can quickly and easily search for new CNC jobs that match its company profile perfectly. Likewise, if they are at capacity or if a machine breaks down, jobs can be outsourced to suitable partners efficiently and easily. In addition, ORDERFOX.com provides general assistance with everyday problems. The expertise and experience of a wide range of manufacturing companies is easily available within this new CNC database. For ORDERFOX.com users, this information is ideal, and the sharing of knowledge and experience will not only help the industry grow, but also boost quality and ease overall competitiveness.

Using the CNC job search

ORDERFOX.com distinguishes itself by providing user-friendly technical and usability features tailored to CNC manufacturers. Numerous filter tools make searching for jobs quick, accurate and efficient. This way, CNC manufacturers only receive jobs that really match their company. Additionally, users can set the geographic range of their job search to the kilometre, locally or globally, which makes the job search results easy to manage. Status on whether a job has been awarded, is still available or has been postponed is also easy to manage. If there is a need to know more information about a customer immediately, it is easily accessible via mouse click on their ORDERFOX.com profile. If there is interest in the job, the CNC manufacturer can contact the buyer and the right representative at the click of a button. ORDERFOX.com keeps its users informed of all business activity with reports and email notifications, providing a continuously transparent overview of all business activity.

Embracing Industry 4.0

ORDERFOX.com is embracing digitisation and Industry 4.0, yet also combines this orientation with marketing and sales. ORDERFOX.com actively generates new CNC jobs and new community members with the help of global marketing outreach programmes such as: promotional campaigns, AdWords, banners, social media, trade fairs, TV advertising, etc. At the ORDERFOX.com headquarters in Ruggell, Liechtenstein, its staff assists users with all of their queries regarding ORDERFOX.com, via chat and by phone.

For buyers, ORDERFOX.com provides a range of contacts to meet any requirement – from mass producers to highly specialised manufacturing firms with niche expertise. This enables buyers to find highly qualified suppliers both locally and globally, and in doing so, update and optimise their supplier networks decisively.

ORDERFOX.com provides buyers with a wide range of technical features in which they can utilise all of the advantages of the digital tendering processes.

On ORDERFOX.com, tendering is simple, efficient, quick and precise. Whether you need to deal with a quick, simple job as soon as possible, or are looking for a partner for a challenging long-term project, finding your ideal partner is easily accessible on ORDERFOX.com.

Timesaving features for tendering

Usability is one of the guiding principles of ORDERFOX.com, and this starts with simplifying the input of job data. A vast amount of details can be input through timesaving multiple-choice processes or checkboxes, e.g. materials, technologies, industries, certifications and even GTC. However, the smart filter tools on

ORDERFOX.com take ease of use to the next step. Buyers can set the geographic range, even varying it from job to job, and filters for exclusive partners and company blacklists help to refine the target group. Private mode can also be activated to hide the contact information and representatives of a company, if a company wishes to remain anonymous on the platform.

Company profiles connect community members globally

A company profile on ORDERFOX.com provides users with numerous advantages. They have a local and global presence in what will soon be the largest CNC marketplace in the world. They can improve their company’s ranking on Google and other search engines, the market will become more aware of them quicker, and they will profit from new opportunities through the constant influx of new business contacts.

For information about a potential business partner, simply view their company profile. Even the generation and use of company profiles have been designed around ease of use on ORDERFOX.com. The freely customisable input fields, and preconfigured multiple-choice fields greatly simplify the creation of a company profile. Companies can present their fleet of machines, references and brands in detail using pictures, videos, company brochures, certifications, etc. Simply drag and drop files into the window to upload them.

Changes are simple and possible at any time. With company search every user can even search for specific company representatives both locally and globally. With filters such as distance, technology, materials, industries, certifications and number of employees, ORDERFOX.com will find the companies that meet any search criteria. Companies that have recently joined ORDERFOX.com are even shown separately on an up-to-date, innovative dashboard. If you do not want to be contacted activate the privacy mode at the click of a button in your company profile and your contact information and representatives will then be hidden.

Gauging the market to make decisions

ORDERFOX.com provides its users with important information relevant to everyday problems, including strategic operational and structural concerns regarding investments and market trends. This includes up-to-date email notifications with custom reports and insights. Community members can also use ORDERFOX.com to generate market-relevant information and read the latest news about technological innovations and trends from industry experts. This way, ORDERFOX.com makes it easier for CNC manufacturers to make decisions about investments and paves the way to Procurement 4.0 for buyers.

With the advancement of Industry 4.0 and Procurement 4.0, the requirements that platforms such as ORDERFOX.com have to meet are changing constantly. ORDERFOX.com will support the CNC sector holistically, and help it grow with key developments. For currently 160,000 community members (as of August 2017) functions and offers to parallel the needs of customers. ORDERFOX.com also aims to expand its content. Partner solutions, a job portal, a used machine market and other areas of relevance and value to the CNC sector are currently in the pipeline.

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