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Description
Empower your institution to source with both speed and strategic insight through a unified cloud-based platform designed to enhance decision-making across various stakeholders. This solution enables the seamless launch and management of sourcing events, fosters greater supplier involvement and collaboration, and ultimately supports the overarching goals and vision of your organization. With ESM Source, you can streamline the process of initiating, publishing, and assessing even the most intricate sourcing events all from one centralized interface, complete with workflows that aid your teams in arriving at informed decisions more swiftly. Additionally, you can establish virtual libraries and utilize customizable templates that are easy to copy, modify, and reuse for various event types. By aligning bids with your specific sourcing strategy through weighted criteria, you can ensure that what matters most is prioritized. Furthermore, you can disseminate your event across multiple platforms or directly invite preferred vendors, thereby enhancing visibility and participation. This comprehensive approach not only optimizes sourcing efforts but also strengthens your institution's overall effectiveness in achieving its objectives.
Description
Managing vendors and procuring various products can be quite complex, but with Expent, your teams can handle everything seamlessly. Expent simplifies both the vendor selection and onboarding processes, ensuring that the entire lifecycle of your vendors is effectively managed, from initial sourcing to contract renewals. With tools designed to support your vendor selection efforts, Expent offers the flexibility to conduct RFx or Proof of Concepts (PoC), making the evaluation of vendors straightforward. Utilizing expert-developed templates that reflect assessments from similar companies, it empowers you to make informed decisions effortlessly. Moreover, Expent allows for the centralization of vendor and purchase request initiation, enabling your teams to track unmanaged spending and facilitate purchase approvals efficiently. By integrating procurement workflows that engage the appropriate stakeholders—including security, IT, legal, finance, and procurement—Expent ensures a cohesive approach to vendor management. Often, procurement teams find it challenging to enforce spending controls and manage a multitude of requests effectively, especially when they are brought into the process too late, which hampers their strategic potential. With Expent, streamline your procurement processes and enhance strategic collaboration to drive better outcomes for your organization.
API Access
Has API
No
API Access
Has API
No
Integrations
Workday Extend
No
Pricing Details
No price information available.
Free Trial
Yes
Free Version
No
Pricing Details
No price information available.
Free Trial
No
Free Version
No
Deployment
Web-Based
Yes
On-Premises
No
iPhone App
No
iPad App
No
Android App
No
Windows
No
Mac
No
Linux
No
Chromebook
No
Deployment
Web-Based
Yes
On-Premises
No
iPhone App
No
iPad App
No
Android App
No
Windows
No
Mac
No
Linux
No
Chromebook
No
Customer Support
Business Hours
Yes
Live Rep (24/7)
No
Online Support
Yes
Customer Support
Business Hours
No
Live Rep (24/7)
No
Online Support
Yes
Types of Training
Training Docs
Yes
Webinars
Yes
Live Training (Online)
Yes
In Person
Yes
Types of Training
Training Docs
Yes
Webinars
No
Live Training (Online)
Yes
In Person
Yes
Vendor Details
Company Name
ESM Solutions
Founded
1998
Country
United States
Website
esmsolutions.com/sourcing/
Vendor Details
Company Name
Expent
Country
United States
Website
www.expent.ai/
Product Features
Sourcing
Auction Management
No
Budget Management
No
Collaboration
Yes
Global Sourcing Management
Yes
Rfx Management
Yes
Spend Management
Yes
Supplier Management
Yes
Supplier Qualification
Yes
Supplier Risk Management
Yes
Supplier Web Portal
Yes
Template Management
Yes
Product Features
Procurement
Asset Management
No
Auction Management
No
Bid Management
No
Budget Management
No
Catalog Management
No
Contract Management
No
Inventory Management
No
Invoice Processing
No
PunchOut
No
Purchase Order Management
No
Receiving
No
Requisitions & Approvals
No
Sourcing Management
No
Spend Management
No
Supplier Management
No
Sourcing
Auction Management
No
Budget Management
No
Collaboration
No
Global Sourcing Management
No
Rfx Management
No
Spend Management
No
Supplier Management
No
Supplier Qualification
No
Supplier Risk Management
No
Supplier Web Portal
No
Template Management
No
Vendor Management
Audit Management
No
Contact Management
No
Customer Database
No
Self Service Portal
No
Supplier Master Data
No
Transaction History
No
Vendor Maintained Profiles
No
Vendor Managed Inventory
No
Vendor Performance Rating
No
Vendor Qualification Tracking
No