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Ketera Launches On-demand Supplier Content Management Solution
New solution aims to help procurement organizations enable suppliers, increase end user adoption
New solution aims to help procurement organizations enable suppliers, increase end user adoption
Santa Clara, CA — August 18, 2006 — On-demand spend management specialist Ketera has launched a new content management solution intended to help procurement organizations ease the process of enabling suppliers to sign onto e-procurement solutions and encourage end user adoption by making more supplier content readily available.
Offering visibility into the catalog management process, Ketera's Supplier Content Management solution aims to improve buyer-supplier relationships and increase savings by simplifying how users catalog and manage supplier data, perhaps the largest unanticipated challenge when it comes to achieving spend management success.
Supplier Content Management is a part of Ketera's Supplier Portal, a one-stop, Web-based environment for suppliers to on-board their content, transact with buyers and use various spend analysis solutions. The content management offers an automated application that enables buyers and suppliers to reduce the services costs and manual work associated with supplier on-boarding and catalog management, the solution provider said.
Gaining Workflow Visibility
Specifically, Ketera said that Supplier Content Management offers users visibility into the daunting task of supplier catalog management and publication by providing workflow, notifications and alerts throughout the process. It offers both midsize and large enterprise users the flexibility to handle diverse requirements by providing configurable customer preferences and task parameters with improved accuracy, according to the solution provider.
The new capabilities were designed to enable customers to focus on higher value tasks by automating supplier management and minimizing human intervention wherever possible, Ketera said. In addition, the new on-demand content management solution is intended to be easy to use, helping to ensure faster deployment of procurement solutions and encouraging higher user adoption because the amount of suppliers and supplier content increases and the available content is more up-to-date, according to Ketera.
Overcoming the "Biggest Hurdle"
"Making catalog data available is not a trivial task," said Burton M. Goldfield, CEO of Ketera. "In fact, our experience suggests that it can be the biggest hurdle to achieving expected savings and results from spend management initiatives."
Santa Clara, CA — August 18, 2006 — On-demand spend management specialist Ketera has launched a new content management solution intended to help procurement organizations ease the process of enabling suppliers to sign onto e-procurement solutions and encourage end user adoption by making more supplier content readily available.
Offering visibility into the catalog management process, Ketera's Supplier Content Management solution aims to improve buyer-supplier relationships and increase savings by simplifying how users catalog and manage supplier data, perhaps the largest unanticipated challenge when it comes to achieving spend management success.
Supplier Content Management is a part of Ketera's Supplier Portal, a one-stop, Web-based environment for suppliers to on-board their content, transact with buyers and use various spend analysis solutions. The content management offers an automated application that enables buyers and suppliers to reduce the services costs and manual work associated with supplier on-boarding and catalog management, the solution provider said.
Gaining Workflow Visibility
Specifically, Ketera said that Supplier Content Management offers users visibility into the daunting task of supplier catalog management and publication by providing workflow, notifications and alerts throughout the process. It offers both midsize and large enterprise users the flexibility to handle diverse requirements by providing configurable customer preferences and task parameters with improved accuracy, according to the solution provider.
The new capabilities were designed to enable customers to focus on higher value tasks by automating supplier management and minimizing human intervention wherever possible, Ketera said. In addition, the new on-demand content management solution is intended to be easy to use, helping to ensure faster deployment of procurement solutions and encouraging higher user adoption because the amount of suppliers and supplier content increases and the available content is more up-to-date, according to Ketera.
Overcoming the "Biggest Hurdle"
"Making catalog data available is not a trivial task," said Burton M. Goldfield, CEO of Ketera. "In fact, our experience suggests that it can be the biggest hurdle to achieving expected savings and results from spend management initiatives."
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