SCAN™ Technology

Ivalua - Spend solutions > Products > Buyer > SCAN / Content management

Establish active monitoring of suppliers, products, markets etc.
Have at your disposal a powerful search engine dedicated to spend management
Directly Access your favorite content, updated constantly, through Ivalua Buyer

Ivalua has developed an exclusive technology called SCAN™ (Single-point Content Access & Notification) to enhance the Ivalua Buyer solution with content drawn from the best existing sources.

Incorporating a powerful search engine and content aggregator, SCAN™ offers the user a wide range of pertinent content based on their search criteria. The content comes from select web sources that are scanned regularly, as well as from Ivalua Buyer and from specialized content providers.

The content covers all areas of interest to buyers including: pruchasing, financial, economic, judicial, technical and sustainability information, whether it concerns suppliers, markets or countries.

SCAN™ can display its content within any screen of Ivalua Buyer. It can feed and update this information automatically without the need to consult multiple content sources or to update the information manually. Finally, the user can create alerts based on themes of their choice.

The tool also includes easy-to-use content management functionalities such as HTML document editing and formatting, content integration using pre-built templates, document versioning and electronic archiving.

Main functionalities

Partners content

Benefits

Our advantages

Services

Deployment modes

Search and content display

Search engine for multi-source contents/documents (web, RSS, Ivalua Buyer, other indexed systems, etc.)
Creation of additional web indexes for scanning (possible enhancements by each client/user)
Alert setting based on keywords
Aggregate selected RSS feeds with alerts based on keywords
Online subscription to paid content sources
Content Webparts library categorized by themes
Complete customization of application screens (like iGoogle) by embedding select webparts

Content management and documentation

Multi-criteria research in the content and document database
Editing, modification and deletion of content using an HTML editor
Access to restricted content based on profiles and authorization level
Management of attached documents and photos (any format)
Generation of Word/Excel documents based on predefined templates
Attachment of content or a document to a purchasing category or to a provider

Referenced content

Ivalua has created a reference repository of standard Purchasing content, derived from websites, blogs, discussion forums, RSS feeds, that each client can then customize by themselves, according to their needs.

Specialized information in purchasing (market, product innovations/services, etc.)
General economic information (country based risks, foreign currency rates, raw materials, etc.)
Company information (financial, sustainability, judicial, etc.)

Partner's content

In addition to the information that is made available for free, Ivalua offers paid content available through its partners and directly accessible through Ivalua Buyer:

Bureau Van Dijk
Altares (Dun & Bradstreet)
Coface
Ecovadis
Vigeo

In addition to free information, Ivalua offers a range of content provided by its partners and directly accessible from within Ivalua Buyer:

Companies' Information

Altares (Dun & Bradstreet)
Bureau Van Dijik
Coface

Information about sustainable development aspects

Ecovadis: Company sustainable developpement performance evaluation
Vigeo: Country risks analysis

Save time with alerts on flagged content
Monitor suppliers with frequently collected information
Single document repository for the entire purchasing community
Save time creating/managing documents

Single window for content search related to purchasing
Partner with the most reputable spend management content sources on the market
‘A la carte’ content display technology viewable on all Ivalua Buyer screens
Content alert system with parameters designed to be set by users

Ivalua’s teams and consulting partners provide the skills and expertise necessary for the successful deployment of the Spend Analysis tool, and for the best possible use of the analyses that it produces.

Design and configuration

Starting with the client’s functional specifications, Ivalua experts work in close collaboration with their teams to configure the activated modules, set up the validation workflows, the alert systems, the data import, treatment and export procedures, the interfaces with other tools and the analytical indicators and reports.

Data migration

It is important to migrate existing historical data to Ivalua Buyer, to maximize the analytical potential of the system, right from the start of production.

Ivalua assists customer’s data migration with its ETL tool (extract, transform, load), to mass transfer historical data from existing sources (Excel, other information systems, ERP, etc.).

Integration

Ivalua’s teams install the interfaces necessary to perfectly integrate Ivalua Buyer into each client’s environment, using our standard connectors designed for the principal ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)/accounting systems on the market.

Training

In addition to the application documentation and existing help screens, Ivalua and its partners offer onsite training or e-learning courses adapted to each type of user group.

Acquisition

The software is licensed and installed locally by the client. The client’s IT service takes charge of the administration of the application. They can subscribe to the application maintenance and user support services provided by Ivalua as they see fit.

SaaS

Ivalua’s SaaS offer includes the provision of the application, the maintenance and the hosting of the software on account of the customer. This comprehensive service is offered over a contractually determined period for a monthly fee.

On Demand

The On Demand offer allows the client to subscribe to the same service as in SaaS mode, but over a much shorter period, linked to a particular event: for example, an RFQ or an auction. Therefore, pricing is established on an event-by-event basis and on the frequency of tool usage in order to manage these events.

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