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eBusiness for State & Local Government, and eBusiness for State & Local Government, and Education Markets Education Markets

                                          

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Graybar U.S. Communities Program ManagersGraybar U.S. Communities Program Managers

• Rob Rhoads | Strategic Account Manager

Graybar East Districts

(Atlanta, Boston, New York, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Tampa)Office (314) 573-7159 | Mobile (202) 445-8992

Robert.Rhoads@graybar.com

• Jeff Peskuski | Strategic Account Manager

Graybar West Districts

(California, Chicago, Dallas, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Seattle, St. Louis)

Office (630) 671-6262 | Mobile (630) 640-4905

Jeff.Peskuski@graybar.com

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AgendaAgenda

• What is eBusiness?

• Making Electronic Data Exchanges Work

• Benefits of eBusiness

• ShopGraybar

• Punch Out & Catalog Syndicationyndication– Higher Ed

– State & Local Government and K-12

• U.S. Communities Marketplace

• Website Information

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What is eBusiness?What is eBusiness?

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Making Electronic Data Exchanges Work

• Graybar utilizes EDI, XML and other proprietary data formats

• Electronic information is received into our centralized ERP system

• Graybar’s dedicated eBusiness and Electronic Messaging teams

• Graybar supports most business processes

- Including the full quote-to-cash and purchase-to-pay processes

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Benefits of eBusinessBenefits of eBusiness

• Improved efficiency and productivity in

the procure-to-pay process.

• Improved customer service

• Cost savings

• Reduction of errors

• Reduction in inventory

• Improved communications, information and knowledge sharing

• Harmonization and standardization of

business processes

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ShopGraybarShopGraybarShopGraybar allows customers the ability to manage their business with Graybar.

• Fast Order Placement

• Complete Access to Graybar Orders, Invoices and Quotes

• Simple, Immediate Access to Information 24/7

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Self Service FeaturesSelf Service Features

• Multiple Product Search Options

• Real Time Customer Pricing and Availability

• Quote Feature – Create, Review, Change and Convert to Order

• Re-Order Feature

• Multiple Payment Options

• Specify Wire Cuts

• Order Acknowledgment

• Designate Premium Freight

• Designate Will Call

• Consolidate Shipments

• Order Approval Work Flow

• Access To All Orders Entered Online or by Graybar Personnel in Real Time

• Multiple Order Search Features

• Review Order and Delivery Information

• Link To UPS and Fedex Tracking

• Proof of Delivery on Graybar Deliveries (where available)

• Ability To View and Print Invoices

• Request Return Material Authorization

• Report Requests

• Customer Account and User Administration

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ReportingReporting

• Generate Sales Reports • Generate Invoice Reports • Search Criteria

– Order Status– Invoice Status– Date Range– Account/Ship To– Product Type

• Output Format– PDF– Data File

• Delivery Method – Email – FTP (File Transfer protocol)

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• Resource to effectively audit the transparency and pricing

• Goal to show our USC customers, the List Price, Net Price and coinciding contract district for each line item. 

• Displays over 150,000 line item discounts to post on the website.  

• Includes invoice verification feature which enables the agencies to verify contract pricing compliance.

ShopGraybar Price Verification FeatureShopGraybar Price Verification Feature

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ShopGraybar Punch Out & ShopGraybar Punch Out & Catalog SyndicationCatalog Syndication

“Significant opportunities developing for us to partner in all districts”

• Supports several procurement systems

• Access to all ShopGraybar functions

• Ability to restrict access to specific products

• Ability to restrict available ShopGraybar functions

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Higher Education 3Higher Education 3rdrd Party Punch-out Party Punch-out commonly used companiescommonly used companies

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Local Government & K-12 3Local Government & K-12 3rdrd Party Punch-out Party Punch-out commonly used companiescommonly used companies

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e-Business Punch-out Solutions & e-Business Punch-out Solutions & Major PartnershipsMajor Partnerships

EAST

• NC State University (PeopleSoft)

• UNC Chapel Hill (PeopleSoft)

• University System of NH (UniMarket)

• University System of NC (SciQuest)

• Emory University (SciQuest)

• University of Florida (SciQuest)

• Fairfax County Government (Equal Level)

• Fairfax County PS (Equal Level)

• University of Virginia (SciQuest)

• George Washington University (SciQuest)

WEST

• University of CA System (SciQuest & PC)

• City of San Antonio (PeopleSoft)

• City / County of Denver (PeopleSoft) • San Diego Unified School District CA (PeopleSoft)• Washington University MO (SciQuest)• University of Memphis (SciQuest)• St Louis Arch Diocese (PeopleSoft)• Portland Public Schools (Equal Level)• Wisconsin Technical College System (SciQuest) • ACT Consortium / St Cloud Univ MN (SciQuest)• University of TX System (SciQuest)

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U.S. Communities MarketplaceU.S. Communities Marketplace

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U.S. Communities Website updates U.S. Communities Website updates

• New Graybar landing page

• www.uscommunities.org/graybar

• Increases Graybar’s program exposure on the USC website

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U.S. Communities & Graybar U.S. Communities & Graybar

Program Website InformationProgram Website Information

• Graybar Marketing and Contract Documents:

www.graybar.com/uscommunities

• U.S. Communities Program Information:

www.uscommunities.org

• U.S. Communities Graybar micro-site:

www.uscommunities.org/graybar

• Government WIKI page under SAM Information

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eBusiness for State & Local Government, eBusiness for State & Local Government, and Education Marketsand Education Markets

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