AlphaGen, the enterprise resource planning solutions provider, has announced they will be introducing Proactis Supplier Engagement to their line-up of spend control and eProcurement solutions. Proactis Supplier Engagement is designed to help executives to be more proactive in how they collaborate with suppliers to achieve best value and compliance against defined resources and priorities.

Summary

Proactis Supplier Engagement can be used to kick-start a spend control initiative and is designed to offer opportunities for both buyer and seller organizations.

The bundle includes some of the latest Proactis portal products, tools and techniques that allow organizations to develop and implement a meaningful supplier engagement strategy, or make existing supplier relationship programs more measurable and efficient. AlphaGen has also created a comprehensive service offering to accompany the deployment; supporting customers in analysing their existing processes and developing a spend control or supplier engagement initiative.

Proactis Supplier Engagement includes:

• Spend Analysis & Performance Review – an optional consulting exercise that establishes a baseline of what has been spent, where and by whom and identifies key areas of spend which are bypassing contract commitments, the major categories of spend by suppliers, plus electronic enablement options for catalogues, ordering and invoicing.
• Supplier Management – software that enables organizations to maintain a comprehensive supplier directory, electronically recruit, administer, profile and manage suppliers, remove repetitive and onerous file maintenance tasks and support supplier self-service.
• Catalogue Management – software that allows organizations to share responsibility with their suppliers for managing catalogue content by distributing the integration and cleansing work and minimize time to upload and refresh new content.
• Electronic Commerce – a range of electronic trading methods and techniques for automating the receipt of invoices securely from multiple suppliers including: purchase order flip, purchase card integration, self-billing and electronic invoicing.
• Integration – fully vendor-supported and maintained integration with ERP and financial systems.