A.T. Kearney Procurement
Solutions Transforms Strategic Sourcing with Launch of eBreviate eSourcing
Suite 5.0i
Fully-Integrated eSourcing Technologies Enable Complete Sharing
of Data Across All Supply Management Modules
PLANO, Texas (April 17, 2003) A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions,
a unit within A.T. Kearney, the global management consulting subsidiary
of EDS, today announced the launch of its new eSourcing Suite 5.0i,
a fully-integrated web-based application powered by eBreviate that
transforms strategic sourcing to enable complete sharing of data
across supply management modules. The new product line has been
re-engineered from the ground up to provide seamless end-to-end
strategic sourcing capabilities, with a focus on enhanced functionality,
enterprise integration, and customization features to support varying
negotiation strategies and customer look-and-feel requirements.
The redesigned suite easily adapts to existing client environments
to drive streamlined procurement processes and enhanced efficiencies
for enterprise business process transformation initiatives, thereby
accelerating an already impressive return on investment in utilizing
eBreviate technology, historically in excess of 100%. This technology
suite is fully-customizable and integrates data at the level desired
by the customer. The eBreviate eSourcing Suite 5.0i technologies
will allow seamless transfer of data through the Spend Management,
Sourcing Team Tools, RFP, Auction, and Deal Management modules,
putting more powerful information into the hands of procurement
professionals more rapidly than ever before.
Key Features and Benefits
- Seamless sharing of information.
Data is shared seamlessly between separate eSourcing modules,
which can be purchased as a suite or independently.
- Easy integration with external
applications. The eSourcing Suite can handle large data requirements,
such as bulk loading of line-item spend information and smaller
daily requests, such as supplier contact information.
- Greatly reduced event setup time.
Templates and imports allow faster set up and better event management.
- Common security architecture.
Allows for single sign-on capability, a single area for permissions
management, a single place to tie into customer enterprise security
managers such as LDAP (for user authentication), and different
permission levels by product tailored to user roles.
- Buyer-level customization.
Colors and fonts can be changed to match corporate standards.
- I18N internationalization standards.
Multiple languages and currencies can be quickly implemented.
Highlighted Functionality
- Multi-tiered integration.
Integration at multiple levels in the enterprise, from large batch
loading capabilities to XML interface to Excel allows seamless
data sharing.
- Multi-round dynamic negotiations.
Multiple responses to an RFP based on buyer feedback maximizes
collaboration with suppliers.
- Template driven set- up.
Intuitive, template-driven interface facilitates fast auction
builds.
- Supplier weighting. Advanced
weighting capability to automatically improve or penalize a supplier’s
bid based on predetermined factors.
- Real-time information exchange.
Real-time bid visibility and instant messaging communication functionality
intensifies competition.
- Unique diversity spend reporting.
Diversity spend reporting and tracking by supplier, either primary
or secondary, or diversity classifications, such as minority-,
women- and veteran-owned businesses.
- Direct vs. indirect spend reporting
dimension. Ability to partition spend as direct or indirect
while retaining ability to analyze integrated spend by supplier
and across organization and location dimensions.
- User-defined business rules to
support spend data cleansing. Client-defined parameters facilitate
spend codification and process repeatability.
“We value the enhancements A.T.
Kearney Procurement Solutions has continued to make to the eBreviate
eSourcing suite,” said Meike-Uta Hansen, Head of eSourcing
for the B2B Project at Volkswagen. “Volkswagen has been an
early adopter of technologies that improve our supply chain processes,
and A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions has provided us with world-class
sourcing technologies that integrate with our legacy applications
to support our mission of driving cost savings and process improvements.”
“Our goal has always been to provide our customers with leading-edge
technology and services that result in accelerated savings and streamlined
procurement processes. We recognize VW as a supply chain leader
and worked side-by-side with them as well as some of our other marquee
customers to develop an integrated suite to meet their needs,”
says Joe Raudabaugh, head of A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions.
“The eBreviate eSourcing Suite 5.0i brings strategic sourcing
technology to a new level and creates a footprint that can be easily
integrated into any procurement process or system.”
The eBreviate eSourcing Suite 5.0i will be offered for general availability
in the 3rd quarter 2003.
About A.T. Kearney
A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions (www.atkearneyprocurementsolutions.com)
provides comprehensive strategic procurement services to clients
with needs that range from tactical cost savings to outsourced strategic
sourcing services to complete procurement transformation. A.T. Kearney
Procurement Solutions augments the strategic sourcing expertise
of A.T. Kearney (www.atkearney.com),
one of the world's largest and fastest-growing management consulting
firms. With a global presence that includes more than 60 offices
in 37 countries, spanning major and emerging markets, A.T. Kearney
provides strategic, operational, organizational and technology consulting
and executive search services to the world's leading companies.
A.T. Kearney is the high-value management consulting subsidiary
of global services leader EDS.
About EDS
EDS, the leading global services company, provides strategy, implementation,
business transformation and operational solutions for clients managing
the business and technology complexities of the digital economy.
EDS brings together the world’s best technologies to address
critical client business imperatives. It helps clients eliminate
boundaries, collaborate in new ways, establish their customers’
trust and continuously seek improvement. EDS, with its management
consulting subsidiary, A.T. Kearney, serves the world’s leading
companies and governments in 60 countries. EDS reported revenues
of $21.5 billion in 2002. The company’s stock is traded on
the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: EDS) and the London Stock Exchange.
Learn more at www.eds.com.
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