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Improve Supplier Catalog Data
Poor search and ineffective data management continue to plague organizations; particularly those that just a few years ago considered content an afterthought. Data problems abound because massive amounts of information exist, in structured and unstructured forms, but the majority of it is globally inaccessible. Users have trouble finding what they want, and they spend time, money and energy trying to locate it.
Complete and accurate commerce content drives e-procurement user adoption. But supplier catalogs, settlement data, and contact information often reside in disparate silos across the enterprise. The majority of this data is static, unstructured, and inconsistent among suppliers, regions, departments, and offices. Rarely is it linked to relevant business rules and policies.
Buyers who attempt to use a catalog that contains unreliable data will not find the supplies they need, and user adoption will languish. Minor errors, such as wrong abbreviations or missing UNSPSC codes, will thwart any attempt to conduct spend analytics and facilitate touchless transactions.
When the integrity of data cannot be established, manual intervention consumes procurement staff time and detracts from strategic sourcing initiatives. Automated content-cleansing tools can help identify duplicate items and standardize supplier and manufacturer names, but they often introduce more errors than they fix. The content challenge demands careful and ongoing attention to detail, as well as hands-on expertise.
SAQQARA ensures data integrity
An e-procurement system is only as good as the data it contains. Inaccurate information compromises your ability to make informed decisions and stalls end user adoption. With SAQQARA's Content Management services, improvement begins on day one. SAQQARA's hosted, central repository quickly brings together disparate supplier catalogs and contact information in context with business rules, contract terms and other policies. A thorough cleansing process identifies and eliminates discrepancies to deliver high-quality, timely catalog content.
SAQQARA performs the following services for both new and existing commerce content:
- Validate information, including UNSPSC codes, blank fields, required fields, and price increase percentages
- Categorize data
- Normalize data to eliminate duplicates
- Enrich data by providing missing supplier and manufacturer information
- Aggregate content from disparate sources
- Publish content to the buyer catalog
SAQQARA Content Management Service Benefits:
- Ease supplier participation requirements
- Increase data reliability
- Ensure contract compliance
- Increase Commodity and SKU coverage
- Enable cross supplier searching and price comparisons
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