Web-based Buy Side Supply Chain Management
According to Stephen Carson, Executive Vice-President with
Visibility Corporation, "By taking advantage of the dramatic
strategic and tactical business advantages that VendorServer
offers, significant costs have been reduced and immense
improvements have been achieved through improved supplier
collaboration."
Managing the Requisition to RFQ Process - Using the browser
interface, users verified as secure can create and process
requisitions based on MRP demand, BOM, MRO or new part
quotations. Buyers can construct RFQs on-line from user
requisitions, new part numbers and previous POs or RFQ line
items and attach additional documentation so that suppliers
clearly understand RFQ requirements and are able to respond
quickly and with more accuracy.
Supplier Communications, Analysis and Selection with Event
Driven Workflow - Buyers choose from existing candidate
suppliers or new potential suppliers and electronically transmit
detailed RFQs and supporting documents. Suppliers can receive
RFQs via event driven workflow providing single-click access to
secure an RFQ reply form while allowing direct entry of supplier
RFQ responses. VendorServer notifies the buyer of all RFQ
responses and can aggregate, rank and compare competing supplier
quotations and provide the buyer with direct online access to
existing supplier pricing agreements, past quotes and POs for
comparison.
PO Creation and Management - Once a supplier has been selected,
the buyer builds POs in real-time directly from supplier quotes,
requisitions, parts listings or prior POs. VendorServer
facilitates managing blanket POs and rapidly and directly
communicates PO amendments. Transaction history and an audit
trail are captured for future use.
Carson emphasized, "Visibility VendorServer provides complete
buy side supply chain management in a real-time Web environment.
Quotation requests, RFQs, purchase order entry and management,
supplier quote assessment, comprehensive workflow, and document
management are some of the business enhancements offered."
Visibility Corporation (www.visibility.com) is a leading
developer and supplier of business software solutions designed
for the unique needs of project-based, engineer-to-order and
to-order manufacturers. Visibility's Enterprise Application
solutions help midsize manufacturers of complex products operate
their businesses effectively.
VISIBILITY.net is an integrated ERP solution and more. Offering
unparalleled functionality and integrated workflow, this
browser-based solution cost effectively delivers the power of
.NET-based Web services for use with either a Microsoft SQL
Server