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Challenges facing yourprocurement specialistsDistributing,
collecting and analyzingRFIs, RFPs and RFQs is an essentialaspect
of strategic sourcing andnegotiation. Traditional methods
offacilitating this process have been timeconsuming and labor
intensive.Typically, the RFP process has involvedcostly and
repetitive steps, paper-intensive procedures andcumbersome data
collection andanalysis techniques. While informedsourcing decisions
require procurement professionals to survey and assess data from
multiplesources. These specialists often are forced to cut this
process short when administrative constraintsinhibit them from
collecting and analyzing this data in a timely manner.
To address these issues, Teamcenter® for SRM provides an RFP and
sourcing survey solution thatenables you to digitally transform
your RFP process and incorporate engineering and productdevelopment
information into the sourcing decisions that drive your product
development programs.
Transforming your RFP and sourcing survey processTeamcenter for
SRM’s RFP and sourcing survey solution replaces the paper-based
processes thattraditionally have driven your sourcing decisions.
Teamcenter for SRM’s web-based solutionstreamlines and standardizes
the data collection and analysis aspects of your RFP process. As a
result,your procurement professionals and sourcing teams are freed
from administrative details, giving themmore time to focus on
strategic issues that foster effective decision-making.
Teamcenter for SRM’s RFP technology streamlines and standardizes
your process for issuinginformation and pricing requests. This
technology is especially adept at addressing your global
buyingneeds. Teamcenter for SRM’s survey builder makes it easy to
create custom RFPs and surveys from
UGSTeamcenter RFP and sourcing survey solutionUsing
UGSTeamcenter for SRM to digitally transform your request for
proposal (RFP) process
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fact sheet
Buyer benefitsStreamlined RFP sourcing
More efficient communicationswith suppliers
Improved business results
Increased information control viareal-time online data
collection
Enhanced data integrity
Experienced in-field delivery andhelp desk
Enhanced response evaluation andreporting capability
Reduced sourcing cycle time
Supplier benefitsFaster and easier RFP completion
Improved response content
Collaborative response developmentinternally and with buyers
SummaryUGS Teamcenter™ for SRM software delivers a web-based RFP
and sourcing survey solution to streamline the process that
yoursourcing teams use to distribute, collect and analyze RFIs,
RFPs and RFQs. Procurement professionals can make faster, more
effectivesourcing decisions by evaluating RFPs, sourcing surveys
and supplier responses in the same product lifecycle management
(PLM)environment that they use to scrutinize product and process
definitions in terms of their sourcing-related impact.
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scratch, as well as to leverage library-basedtemplates. You can
include any number ofquestions – from simple open-endedquestions to
multiple choices to complexpricing matrixes.
By automating communications with suppliersand other users and
providing automatedtracking reports, Teamcenter for SRM makesit
easier and more cost effective for you tomanage your RFP process in
its entirety –including transforming all of the stagesbetween RFP
notification and final deadline. Inaddition, suppliers can take
advantage ofTeamcenter for SRM’s highly intuitive RFP interface to
facilitate online completion and validations atthe time of
submission. These capabilities ensure that final responses are both
accurate and complete.
Buyers can use Teamcenter for SRM to conduct multi-round dynamic
negotiations to refine responses.Analysis is further simplified
through the use of both standard and user-defined reports that
providesavings estimates and side-by-side comparisons of questions
that facilitate evaluation at the questionlevel, as well as
assessment against other user-defined criteria.
Teamcenter for SRM’s RFP and sourcing survey solution is
integrated with the rest of the Teamcenterfor SRM suite. Most
importantly, Teamcenter for SRM’s RFP and sourcing survey solution
integrateswith your existing procurement systems and catalogs by
facilitating data transfer and creating additionalsynergies across
your entire supply chain.
In addition RFP can deliver tremendous value when integrated
with Teamcenter. Teamcenter willautomatically create an RFQ event
from a template library, set up the correct pricing table
andpopulate the event with with the product and engineering data to
insure that suppliers, engineers andprocurement are looking at
identical information. Teamcenter bill of material is automatically
populatedwith the selected supplier pricing information. This
allows the cost analyst to use this data as part of anoverall
cost.
Product knowledge management. Teamcenter provides a single
source of requirements, product,procurement and process knowledge
that potential suppliers can access to understand your
productdefinitions and configurations as they evolve across your
product lifecycle. Equally important, you canquickly extend this
base of knowledge by adding supplier information that your
development teams canaccess to determine content and process
responsibilities of every team member.
Real-time collaboration tools. Teamcenter enables suppliers to
quickly join and fully collaborate with theyour development team in
a real-time PLM community. Teamcenter collaboration tools include
virtualconferencing, application sharing, 3D visualization,
CAD-based collaboration, personalized portals,instant messaging and
other interactive capabilities that allow your suppliers to confer,
brainstorm,exchange information and test innovative ideas with
other product developers.
Universal desktop availability. Teamcenter enables every
entitled user in your supply chain to securelyaccess and use a
single source of lifecycle knowledge without leaving their desktops
or having toengage in any special training.
fact sheet UGS Teamcenter
Proven resultsMore than 275 companies in 60industries have used
Teamcenterfor SRM
Over $200 Billion in spend sourced
Average RFQ savings of over12 percent
Approximately 100,000 participatingsuppliers
Sourcing cycle time reductions of50 percent
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fact sheet UGS Teamcenter
Key featuresTeamcenter for SRM’s RFP and sourcing survey
solution provides a wide range of key features, including:
Secure, integrated platform• Delivers highest level of security
using the latest secure socket layer encryption (SSL) and
role-baseduser security model
• Integrates with Teamcenter for SRM’s entire eSourcing suite•
Integrated with Teamcenter allows a bill of material (BOM) to
automatically populate the RFP andupdate Teamcenter with selected
supplier pricing
• Enables integration with existing mission-critical systems,
including ERP, MRP and CRM applications• Provides secure
partitioning of event data to support units in decentralized
environments• Provides customized screens that incorporate customer
branding and preference
Intuitive, comprehensive survey builder• Advanced event
functionality allows collection of complex supplier data for each
item, including costdetail breakdowns for each item, such as detail
material, labor, or tooling used by the supplier inmanufacture of
the part
• Provides scenario modeling for advanced sourcing problems when
coupled with optimization engine• Provides flexible, customizable
format for data collection that supports all question types
fromsimple text to multiple choice to complex pricing matrixes
• Enables you to attach files to posted surveys – such as
specification documents and CAD/CAM files –for supplier review
• Provides library functionality for storing templates,
sections, pricing tables and best-in-class RFPs forcopy and
re-use
• Facilitates collaborative development of RFPs and surveys
among assigned buyers• Provides multi-currency options,
multi-language capability and custom time-zone display
Streamlined communications and event management• Facilitates
real-time environment that immediately captures responses with
attachments in a securedatabase with additional validation for
accuracy upon final submission
• Enables multi-round negotiations while leveraging a history of
previous submissions• Automatically initiates supplier
communications in conjunction with predefined and
user-definedevents, as well as message board postings that include
RFP-specific questions and answers
• Generates tracking reports that display RFP completion levels
and other participation details
Automated analysis and evaluation• Provides powerful analytic
tools to monitor and measure results, including side-by-side
comparisonreports of responses, total cost and savings
calculations, bid optimization and data export capability
• Supports automatic and/or manual evaluation of responses at
question level, as well as frameworksbased on user-defined
attributes and weighting
• Facilitates administrative level management and reporting on
activity and results• Enables scenario modeling using a powerful
bid optimization engine
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