Second Hand Equipment is a business to business (B2B) tool aimed at creating a marketplace which takes advantage of the breadth and quantity of the potential companies and institutions involved. This marketplace includes buying, selling and subcontracting  of:

• Machinery
• Tools
• Parts
• Raw material remnants
• Other products and services

E-commerce is an essential tool and the overall trend shows an increase in the number of B2B applications that utilise it. The electronic B2B marketplace is agile, globalised and helps to maximise the benefits for all participants in the value chain by creating numerous good opportunities. The advantages created include:

• Cost reduction: Reducing the price of the process, fewer commercial visits, quicker process of negotiation 
• Access to a larger number/more diverse services: this allows easy internationalisation of supplies
• Reduction of inventories
• Better control of costs, quality and the suppliers
• Improves the efficiency of the value chain: Removes unnecessary intermediaries
• Reduces manufacturing cycles

The CVP Second Hand Equipment marketplace relies on the reputation of, and confidence in, the suppliers and buyers. This, combined with the integration of the CVP into the target markets means that this marketplace can prove not only feasible, but successful too.