Next Generation Supplier Management Software
SIMPLIFY SUPPLIER REGISTRATION & MANAGEMENT
Leverage our all-in-one vendor management platform to streamline supplier registration, simplify vendor outreach & communication, while maximizing vendor engagement and boosting vendor relationships.Â
Managing suppliers Should Not cause headaches
Without the proper vendor management software, you will likely find yourself frustrated and overwhelmed with your current supplier management process.Â
- You spend too much time individually emailing suppliers
- Your current provider is minimizing competition by charging vendor fees
- You have no idea how engaged your vendors are
- Your supplier risk is at an all-time high
- Your vendor information management system is not web-based
- Your supplier management system does not identify supplier diversity
- Your vendor management solution does not check for duplicate supplier accounts
You can continue to battle these issues...
Or you can unleash your potential
Here's how
A better, faster way to Manage Suppliers
Streamline Registration
Suppliers quickly register with the system using a step-by-step wizard format. Once registered, they can easily maintain their profile, search for events, and view their past activity.
Increase Engagement
Choose from a variety of methods to notify key suppliers, including commodity categories, custom classifications, geography, and more!
Improve Communication
Easily respond to supplier questions submitted through the system. You have full control over who can see the questions and answers.
Centralize Information
Our supplier management software is configurable to gather the supplier data that is important to you. The system makes it easy to search, categorize and export vendor data.
Simplify Supplier Registration
It takes the average supplier a few minutes to create and register their account in your supplier portal. Our streamlined registration process saves time and ensures accuracy as they get set up in your system.
- Easy-to-Use Commodity Selection
- W-9 Collection
- Customizable Fields
Keeping you supplier database clean
Intelligent safeguards are in place to ensure your supplier information is accurate and reliable. Our supplier relationship management solution checks the information of current suppliers against information from registering suppliers to prevent duplicates.
- Enforce a Commodity Selection
- Required Fields
- Data Validation Prompts
Self-Service Supplier Tools
Displayed immediately when suppliers log in, our dashboard quickly informs users of their relevant bid information. From here they will be able to see the status and respond to their bids. Multiple vendor user accounts can collaborate simultaneously on solicitations.
- Relevant Bid Opportunities
- Profile Management
- Message Inbox
- Informative Alerts
Simplify communication with suppliers
Built-in outreach tools offer a multitude of options to communicate solicitation information using commodities, categories, diversity, and geographical area. Advanced targeting features help improve engagement and supplier performance.
- Mass communication tools
- Supplier Q&A tools
- Individual Messaging
Track vendor engagement
Gain full visibility into your suppliers’ activities throughout your procurement process with our real-time vendor performance tracking features. Monitor suppliers as they open your emails, make progress on their RFP response, or submit their proposal. Dive deeper with our Audit History functionality that provides a detailed timeline of the users’ actions.
- Submission Confirmation Notices
- Validation Failure Notices
- Document Download Tracking
- Audit Logs
GROUP & ORGANIZE SUPPLIERS
Organize your supplier database by a variety of logical grouping associations. Organizing your suppliers into custom groups allows you to target a more specific group of suppliers based on your specific needs and/or organizational goals. Organized supplier groups can be saved to a list for continuous reuse. Commodity and Diversity based lists are actively managed and updated in real-time.
- Target diversity in a geographic region
- Target a geographic region by commodity codes
- Target Diversity by keywords
- And so much more...
Air-tight auditing of the whole process
Gain full visibility into supplier activity with our robust system auditing. Automatic auditing provides you with the details you need when defending a bid protest. Field level auditing across supplier profiles tracks changes made by the users.
- Complete Audit Detail Report
- Full Transparency
- Exportable
- Daily Activity Email Reports
Gain Insight into your sourcing data
Being data-driven, our solution is packed with timely analytics. Leveraging accurate data at the right time helps ensure that you are making the best sourcing decision possible and allows you to have confidence in the choices you make. The vendor profile, participation, and performance information is readily compiled into easy-to-read reports that can quickly be exported and distributed to key stakeholders.
Track Key Vendor KPI's
Easily track important metrics like suppliers by commodity code, email engagement rates, suppliers by diversity code, and more.
Promote & Report on Diversity
Target, track, and report across any/all minority & diversity codes. Built-in reports display real-time calculations of dollars awarded by classifications & diversity codes.
Eliminate Bottlenecks
Quickly identify solicitations where vendor outreach may be limited, vendor participation is low, or when vendors get stuck in certain stages of the bid process.
Unlike other vendor management systems, we refuse to charge vendors needless fees. Since day one we have understood the negative impact of charging vendors unnecessary fees to participate in solicitations. Doing so can significantly limit competition by introducing unnecessary barriers to suppliers. That is why we are proud of and committed to offering these services without charging vendors.
- Free To Register With Your Agency
- Free To Receive Email Invitations & Notifications
- Free To Receive Technical Support
- Free To Download Documents, Files, and Plans
- Free To Submit Solicitation Questions Electronically
- Free To Submit An Electronic Solicitation Response
Strategic Sourcing Software
POWERFUL TOGETHER AND SEPARATELY
Packed with powerful esourcing tools, Ion Wave’s strategic sourcing software makes it easy for procurement teams to get the most out of their purchasing and spend management. Choose from our suite of products to build the perfect sourcing solution for your team.Â
- Easy To Use
- Quick Implementation
- Phenomenal Support