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Blog, Sourcing, Supply Chain Management

Why do I need another system for Sourcing, why don’t I just use my ERP?

Why not ERP? Many companies look to their ERP system and the procurement tools it provides to identify supplier sources for materials and services required in the cost estimation process. […]

(ESG) Management Program, Sustainability, Supply Chain
Blog, Quoting Software, Sourcing, Supply Chain Management

How your organization benefits from implementing a Supplier Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Management Program   

Sustainability continues its upward trend as an operating and social conscience metric for companies of all kinds. Customers in all markets consider it strongly when deciding on the source of […]

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Blog, Costing, Quoting Software

Fuel your data-driven business with quotation software

Business activity in the industrial sector is characterized by a relatively volatile marketplace, one impacted by global economic forces and longer-term trends. This environment along with the scale and costs […]

Blog, Quoting Software

Quoting for Kits can be a labor intensive and error prone process – but it doesn’t have to be

Manufacturers ask their Distributors to handle kitting for them as part of their outsourcing of non-core tasks. Kitting entails collecting a bunch of related parts into a single kit that […]

Blog, Costing, Quoting Software, Sales, Sourcing

Is your quoting process still based on error-prone spreadsheets?

You’ve finally keyed in the last piece of information into your costing spreadsheet – after days of back and forth with suppliers – and submitted your quote to the client. […]

Image showing a man selecting a point from a virtual grid as an example of e-sourcing
Blog, Sourcing, Supply Chain Management

A better way to do e-Sourcing

In today’s global marketplace, leveraging low-cost suppliers in countries around the world has made the business of sourcing products and services increasingly more complex and challenging. Accessing and communicating with […]

Systemizing Knowledge to Future-Proof your Business
Blog, Quoting Software

Systemizing Knowledge to Future-Proof your Business

The business world is ever-changing, with an increasing number of challenges for organizations to deal with daily, such as labor shortages and supply chain bottlenecks. To stay competitive, businesses need […]

Landed Cost
Blog

Are you Relying on Guesswork to Calculate Landed Costs?

Distributors are in a jam. Freight costs are skyrocketing across the board, some have reported a jump in rates as high as 800% over the 12 months, due to many […]

Uncategorized

The Importance of Supplier Management in Today’s Dynamic Supply Chain

“Supplier Management” is a widely used and well-known term in the supply chain world, but in practice it can mean different things to different people. Different Industries have identified the […]

Costing

How to Drive More Accurate Customer Quotes by Implementing a Cost Engineering System

Cost engineering manages project costs through tasks such as cost control, estimation, cost prediction, risk analysis, and investment appraisal. It is vital in terms of calculating return on investment when […]