eSourcing

The Scanmarket eSourcing Platform is a web based application supporting the entire sourcing process from understanding your spend data, pre-qualifying your suppliers to negotiating with your suppliers and the subsequent management of your contracts. With the help of an eSourcing tool it is possible to optimize your sourcing process and make it more efficient thereby not only saving time but also money.

Modules on the Scanmarket eSourcing Platform

To support any organization in the optimal and most flexible way, the Scanmarket Platform is divided into different modules supporting different steps of the sourcing process. The modules can either be used separately or integrated:

• Spend Analysis - to understand where, when and with whom your organization spends its money. By effectively analyzing and tracking spend, you can identify key spend areas to source and negotiate.

• eRFx - to identify, qualify and evaluate potential suppliers. Using online Request for Information, Quotation and Proposal, all appropriate information is gathered and evaluated effectively.

• eAuction - to ensure that you buy at best market price. Online eAuctions are the fairest, most transparent and most profitable way of negotiating with your suppliers. When used effectively you will save a lot of time and money.

• Contract Management - to ensure contracts are handled properly. Online management of your contracts ensures instant access to relevant data, while the reminder system ensures no contracts are forgotten. 

Advantages of online eSourcing

• Savings in time - Scanmarket user's report of up to 40% time saved over traditional paper-based sourcing. 

• Savings in money - statistics show savings between 15% and 18 % in average compared to current price.

• Greater transparency within the sourcing process - all data and interactions are logged and can easily be accessed for future negotiations or for audit documentation and everything is web-based making it very easy to share information internally.

• Streamlined methodical approach for all buyers within your organization - being extremely easy to use and providing relevant templates, allows all buyers to perform their job at higher, more efficient levels.

• Optimization of your supply-base - eSourcing makes supplier comparison, evaluation and development much easier, due to a highly sophisticated automated scoring possibility.

• Improved quality of the services and products which you buy - you can incorporate 'softer' values, such as switching costs and past dealings into your decision making process, ensuring you get the most economically advantageous offer.

Why choose Scanmarket?

Flexible Delivery Model:

The Scanmarket Platform is delivered via a Software as a Service (Saas) model. This way, you can focus on your core business activities while we take responsibility for managing and hosting the IT environment from secure data centres. 

Speed of Deployment:
Scanmarket offers a turn-key Platform designed to enable rapid start up and short term results. Many clients have been able to prove the benefits of using the solution and demonstrate a positive ROI in as little as two months. 

User-friendly Platform:
Unlike many other competitive Platforms, the Scanmarket solution has been exclusively built in house with user-friendliness as a top priority. This ensures easy implementation as well as a positive attitude at the supplier side towards participation. 

Flexibility on new developments:
We listen to what our clients want. We prioritize developments according to your needs, and do all our development in co-operation with our users. 

State of the art Technology:
We guarantee a highly secure and reliable Platform, by utilizing the latest technologies for hosting, IT maintenance and development of the Platform. 

Unique service level:
Providing a high level of service is just our way of working. Scanmarket has a build in quick call functionality in the Platform available for all buyers and suppliers ensuring instant free technical support. 

Implementation & Change Management:
We understand that to achieve successful adoption of eSourcing, it needs to be implemented properly in your organisation. Organizations need the knowledge and policies to support the software. Most importantly, organizations must be willing to embrace the change process. Therefore, we combine delivery of the software with a comprehensive support service in all key areas - change management, seminars, hands-on-trainings, technical support and regular review meetings. 

Proven Track Record:
Currently being used by more than 250 organizations world-wide - many of them market leading within their sector.  

How eSourcing and eProcurement can be combined

An eSourcing Platform does not exclude an eProcurement System - and vice versa. On the contrary they support one another. Click here for a more detailed overview of how eSourcing and eProcurement can be combined.