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In order to be more broadly adopted, sourcing tools need easier to use functionality for constructing requests, evaluating bids, and archiving the results of events in a searchable fashion. The inclusion of strategic sourcing plan development within a sourcing application has the potential to enable purchasing organizations to more cleanly execute to plan.

Deborah Wilson
Research Director,
  Gartner Inc.
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Strategic Sourcing
Manual sourcing process – Reality bites

Traditional manual sourcing processes have been a constant challenge for sourcing organizations. Typically, manual RFx (RFP, RFQ, RFI) processes have been cumbersome, time consuming and labor intensive. Every new sourcing event is characterized by its own inefficiencies; creation of RFx in excel/word documents with zero or minimal collaboration, receipt of supplier responses in multiple diverse formats, tedious consolidation of supplier responses in an user friendly format, manual scoring and ranking of the suppliers, complex excel based analysis, constraints on scenarios.

Such lengthy and tedious is the manual process that sourcing professionals often tend to invite a small, known group of suppliers to bid for business. Hence, opportunities to include new suppliers for a competitive bidding are few and far between. Moreover, all the RFx that are created remain trapped in emails, individual hard disks, and respective minds.

As a result, every time a RFP is created sourcing pros have to "recreate the wheel" due to lack of central repository. Adding to the complexity is the requirement of sourcing professionals to be highly skilled in spreadsheets. Not only should they be well conversed with the basic functions of excel but should also be skillful in macros that calls for a separate investment.

Transforming your sourcing process-

It goes without argument- It’s high time for you to invest in eSourcing technology. The benefits of eSourcing are tangible and well documented, and have the potential to catapult your sourcing organization to the next level.
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Adopt Zycus Strategic Sourcing suite-
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Zycus Strategic sourcing suite is specifically designed for those organizations that are currently looking to automate their manual process. Taking cues from what-went-well and what-went-wrong, specific requirements of late entrants in eSourcing, and budget constraints, Zycus strategic sourcing software enables organizations to rapidly adopt eSourcing tools by simplifying the sourcing process and helping sourcing organizations execute end-to-end sourcing activities with ease, thus ensuring a faster and higher ROI. How higher ROI?

  • Easy to use eSourcing applications – Low user adoption due to cumbersome software has been a bane for current eSourcing organizations. Most of the eSourcing tools have been relegated to shelfware. Leveraging Web 2.0 technologies like drag and drop, interactive analysis and easy scenario creation, Zycus strategic sourcing software offers an extremely easy to use tool that is a compelling alternative to traditional means of sourcing.
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  • Low upfront cost- “Near Zero” training cost, minimal commitment , SaaS mode ensures organizations get started right away with minimal investment
  • Strong support- Phone, email, chat support, follow-me browsing ensures strong and effective adoption not only by buyers but also by diverse supplier base
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Zycus Strategic Sourcing tool consists of-

Zycus iSource-Zycus iSource is the eSourcing module of Zycus Strategic Sourcing suite. Powered by Web 2.0 technologies such as Drag-and-Drop and Interactive graphical analysis, Zycus iSource empowers the users with simplicity, speed and power to execute their complete sourcing process with absolute ease.read More. Read More