Gain Comprehensive Oversight Over all Procurement Projects with Strategic Sourcing Management Software.
ARCUS® Strategic Sourcing Management (SSM) is a cloud-based module that standardises and maps procurement processes to your business requirements.
Using our Strategic Sourcing Software, you can build a standardised process for sourcing projects and map each stage of your current strategic sourcing process using tailored workflows, offering oversight over project goals and complete visibility for all relevant stakeholders.
With Strategic Sourcing Management:
With ARCUS® SSM, you can increase visibility and transparency across all departments involved in sourcing activities. Additionally, project status is available to view at a glance, and automated reminders for users to complete tasks.
Have a specific set of criteria you need to meet? Through SSM, you can record commercial targets whilst documenting Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) goals, as well as the results of sourcing activities. Users can embed ESG throughout the entirety of your sourcing process.
Finally, by having all sourcing project details stored in a central sourcing project location, strategic sourcing management is streamlined using configurable workflows to match each project requirement.
What are the Benefits of Strategic Sourcing Software?
- Set sourcing project goals
- Promote best practice
- Streamline sourcing project management
- Configurable workflows to match internal processes
Customisable Alerts and Reporting
Maintain complete oversight and transparency across sourcing projects, so you are always aware of project task-status.
Comprehensive Audit Facility
Always be audit-ready with a comprehensive audit-trail.
Embed Environmental, Social and Governance Drivers
Record your ESG objectives at the beginning of your sourcing project to ensure transparency towards project sustainability considerations.
Case study
Whitbread wanted to ensure that they are managing their sourcing projects as effectively, efficiently and as transparently as possible.
By doing so, the procurement department can achieve best market value from their sourcing projects, while confirming that they are operating in a task-based, standardised manner to ensure best practices are being enforced.
To increase confidence in their sourcing management, Whitbread implemented ARCUS® SSM, an intuitive workflow-based module that maps the various stages of current and planned purchasing processes. You can download this light case study to find out more about ARCUS® SSM and how it has helped Whitbread with strategic sourcing management.