Private Sector eMarketplace

The @UK eMarketplace provides the connection between buyers and suppliers.

Supplier Management

• One view of supplier with visibility of all relevant supplier data
• Powerful supplier search and selection facilities
• Self-management of supplier data (subject to approval)
• Deactivation of supplier allows automatic deactivation of all associated product lines

Requisition Raising

• Multiple requisition types (eg standard, capex, confirmation, call-off, RFQ)
• Conversion of Request for Price (RFP) responses to purchase order
• Shopping basket accommodates both products and services
• Catalogue and non-catalogue (free text) entries
• Allows multiple suppliers per single requisition
• Automatically assigns user-specific selection of cost centers and general ledger codes
• Allocate line item costs across multiple general ledger codes
• Delivery address can be set against order and/or line item level
• Vendor notes can be added against order and/or line item level
• Sequential document references generated automatically

Requisition Approvals

• Approvals boundaries against value and/or category
• Approvers auto-alerted to new requisitions by email
• Multiple approvers per requisition where required
• Approve/reject/amend/hold facility by requisition or individual line
• Notes facility for communication between buyers and approvers
• Escalation functionality for out of office, time-out etc
• Budgets
• Budget limits can be set by a user and location combination
• Visibility of available/consumed budget balance
• Escalation for requisitions that exceed budget

Goods Receipting

• Comprehensive single and multi-stage receipting including total order, individual lines or partial lines
• Receipting notes and scanned document upload facility
• Returns management