Process & e-Business

VWR International provides a variety of electronic solutions in order to avoid printing, paper mailing and transport.

Using Our Website Avoids Paper and Mailings in the Complete Order Processing Chain

  • Our improved search engines avoid more and more the need for paper catalogues
  • Order submission through website or EDI/XML capabilities avoids sending of paper orders or faxes
  • Order confirmations can be received electronic and will not be shipped by paper anymore
  • Our vwr.com quotation process can be used completely paper-free

Electronic Invoicing Processes

  • Increasingly our customers are using our fully electronic invoicing process with digital signatures. This audit proof process avoids printing of an enormous amount of invoices
  • Alternatively we are offering invoices to be stored electronically. If needed customer can still print the invoice

Speciality e-Newsletter & e-Cards for Education and Promotions

  • VWR International moves more and more promotional activities from print to electronic
  • E-newsletters are a widely accepted and successful way of communication to customers

Online Fax Solution Avoids Printing of Faxes

  • Incoming faxes are forwarded as an electronic document to the respective VWR International associate (solution not used in all VWR International countries yet)