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Strategic Sourcing
Ask the market, score what comes back, and award it on the weights declared beforehand. A new event grows out of the last one.
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WorkspaceDraft & DeriveBuild an event out of the last one, the contract that is running out, or an order that keeps repeating — then read the document it produced, with every place that needs a person marked beside the paragraph it is about.OpenRecordsSourcing EventsRFI, RFP and RFQ. Every response is scored and ranked as it arrives — on price, lead time, payment terms and any criteria the evaluators mark — and awarding against the ranking has to be said out loud.OpenRecordsResponsesWhat each supplier offered, and how it scored on the weights declared before the event opened.OpenViewInvitationsEvery supplier asked to respond to a sourcing event, and whether they have. Invite more on the event itself, under Invited suppliers.OpenRecordse-AuctionsA reverse auction only moves one way, and only by the declared decrement — the rule lives in the database, so no bid gets in by another door.OpenRecordsDocument TemplatesThe skeleton each kind of event is written from. A merge field the platform can answer is filled in; one it cannot stays visible as a placeholder.OpenReportSourcing PipelineWhat each event drew and what it saved against its estimate.Open
Columns, fields and actions
| Screen | Kind | What it is | Columns | Fields | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draft & Derive | Workspace | Build an event out of the last one, the contract that is running out, or an order that keeps repeating — then read the document it produced, with every place that needs a person marked beside the paragraph it is about. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sourcing Events | List | RFI, RFP and RFQ. Every response is scored and ranked as it arrives — on price, lead time, payment terms and any criteria the evaluators mark — and awarding against the ranking has to be said out loud. | 13 | 10 | 8 |
| Responses | List | What each supplier offered, and how it scored on the weights declared before the event opened. | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| Invitations | Read-only list | Every supplier asked to respond to a sourcing event, and whether they have. Invite more on the event itself, under Invited suppliers. | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| e-Auctions | List | A reverse auction only moves one way, and only by the declared decrement — the rule lives in the database, so no bid gets in by another door. | 11 | 10 | 4 |
| Document Templates | List | The skeleton each kind of event is written from. A merge field the platform can answer is filled in; one it cannot stays visible as a placeholder. | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Sourcing Pipeline | Report | What each event drew and what it saved against its estimate. | 0 | 0 | 0 |