Purchasing Solution

The OrderWare Purchasing Solution is an enterprise class purchase order management engine which automates purchase order creation and tracking capabilities within and between enterprises.   Designed specifically to operate across heterogeneous environments, the purchase order management application is highly functional and scalable.  OrderWare’s Purchasing Solution is the procurement process driven approach to the purchase of goods. Key functions in purchasing include:

• Order placement
• Acceptance of ASNs
• Shipment tracking
• Purchase management and compliance
• Purchase process tracking from PO through to delivery
• Supplier collaboration
• Supplier invoice reconciliation
• Business partner integration
• Performance monitoring

OrderWare’s Purchasing solution is implemented to address the requirements of businesses in a number of key areas, including:

• Global sourcing – delivering the capabilities and processes for acquiring materials and services from the most effective supplier regardless of location.
• Visibility - coordination and visibility of all activities from the original buyer request, through ordering and delivery processes.   See globally – work locally.
• Supplier access   – providing appropriate levels of access and capability to suppliers from smallest suppliers with only email and spreadsheets, through to large vendors with ERP systems linked via EDI.
• Electronic submission – online submission of confirmations, advance delivery information and invoices.
• Seamless B2B/EDI - provide portals and other communications methods appropriate to the suppliers, their location, and volume of business, 24x7, anywhere in the world.
• Time to market – reduce the time spent on purchasing documentation activities.
• Collaborative procurement – working with and coordinating external parties and agencies for design, quality management, freight management, product approval as part of the source to stock process.
• Reducing inventory  - reducing uncertainty in supply, and working closer together in servicing end markets, to reduce stock in transit and stock in store.
• Supplier evaluations – allowing online documentation of process and results of supplier evaluations for update by buyers and agents, and review by suppliers.

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