SynerDeal introduces SynerTools PPM (Purchasing Performance Management).

SynerTools PPM (Purchasing Performance Management) is a fully fledged purchasing-monitoring tool and the first e-sourcing Business Intelligence solutions which can build on sourcing intelligence and generate vital indicators to measure purchasing performance.

SynerDeal, a high-profile player in Europe’s e-sourcing segment, has introduced the first e-sourcing Business Intelligence solution, SynerTools PPM (Purchasing Performance Management), allowing clients to steer and monitor their company’s purchasing performance.

Purchasing plays a pivotal role in company’s margins – which explains why purchasing is nothing short of a full-size strategic issue. To run their departments, purchasing divisions need relevant indicators enabling them to measure  developments in gains from each purchasing department.

SynerTools PPM (Purchasing Performance Management) is a decision-support system. It allows decision makers to centralise and consolidate all the purchasing-related information gathered in the course of successive consultations using SynerTools (SynerDeal’s e-sourcing data-sharing platform) in a Datamart.

With SynerTools, purchasing divisions have a complete picture of the company’s sourcing requirements, the supplier market, product features, volumes and pricing. 

This information automatically feeds SynerTools PPM, SynerDeal’s e-sourcing Datamart, and can be retrieved through the Business Intelligence solutions available on the market today (Business Objects, Cognos, Harry Software and the like) which generate insightful charts depicting:

• transaction volumes and savings negotiated by each division,
• real savings against annual targets,
• a geographic breakdown of suppliers approached,
• the number of calls to tender in a given segment,
• and more.

The SynerTools PPM offer includes rep-packaged charts for each user profile (purchasing directors, e-sourcing managers, commodity managers, etc.).

SynerDeal also assist its clients choose performance indicators specifically for their organisation.

In the words of Isabelle Carcassonne, Cognos’ Marketing and Communication Manager for Southern Europe, “The Business Intelligence tools, paired with the power of SynerTools PPM, allow purchasing directors to access detailed and to-the-point information on the company’s purchasing performance, fast.”

State of the art

SynerTools PPM was developed in exclusive ASP mode and encompasses the e-sourcing platform (SynerTools), a Datamart and the associated data dictionary. Its open and flexible architecture can interface with any Business Intelligence application on the market today. And with SynerDeal’s connectors, data from the e-sourcing Datamart can also be easily consolidated with ERP data.

Client Benefits

• SynerTools PPM can blend into a company’s purchasing information system effortlessly.
• The SynerTools platform feeds structured data to the e-sourcing Datamart automatically, involving no extra work on the part of purchasing officers.
• The exclusive ASP mode spells an all-encompassing and extremely safe solution, which we also enhance with new features on a regular basis. And it entails no added hosting or maintenance costs.