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NEW to the Career Network!

• CIGNA – posted May 27:

• Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist

• HUB International – posted May 26:

• Senior Analyst, Procurement

• Lincoln Financial Group – posted May 19:

• Senior Sourcing Manager – IT

• Sun Life Financial – posted May 11:

• Director - Supplier Risk

• J.Crew – posted May 7:

• Senior Manager – Procurement

• Intern - Procurement

• Lincoln Financial Group – posted April 30:

• Facilities Procurement Consultant

• Staples, Inc. – posted April 30:

• Category Director – Global Technology

• The Hartford – posted April 28:

• Vice President, Procurement

• McDonald’s USA – posted April 22:

• Strategic Sourcing Analyst

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With All the Challenges We Face, Why

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Finding tomorrow's supply chain professionals today

Stepping up the Sourcing Game with

Zycus’ eSourcing (Solution Deep Dive)

Welcome to Today’s Web Seminar

Presented by:

Presenter – Zachary Bolt

Director – Solutions Consulting

Zycus Inc.

Zach Bolt, Director of Solutions Consulting at Zycus, has worked in

software sales, implementation, and support for his entire career. He

has worked in procurement as well as asset management and ERP,

inventory management, and demand planning. At Zycus, he heads

up global solutions consulting in support of the sales team based in

North America.

Zycus Comprehensive Solution Suite

ZycusSource-to-Pay Suite

iSave

iPerform

iSupplier iContract

Repository

iContract

Authoring

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iCost

iAnalyz

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Financial

Savings

Management

Procure-

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Pay

Supplier

Management

Contract

Management

Spend

Analysis

eSourcingOne

View

Key Features Supporting iSource Process

Event Modeling Event Modeling

Web 2.0 based drag and drop functionality for RFX creation

Flexible event creation from scratch, templates or past events

Flexi price builder for complex item table creation

Key Features Supporting iSource Process

Event Scheduling

Event schedule, pause and reschedule with ease

Support of 10,000+ line items and 200+ suppliers per event

Creation of shared strategic vendor groups

Multi-currency bidding

Support for 25,000+ questions in single draft

Event Modeling

Event Scheduling

Key Features Supporting iSource Process

eAuction

Event Scheduling

Event ModelingeAuction

Multi-round and multi-lot sequential auctions

Multi-configuration settings –

Bid Display, Tie Prevention and Minimum Bid Decrement

Live monitoring

Range bidding options

Line item bidding

Instant bid exchange

Collaboration with supplier through eForums

Key Features Supporting iSource Process

Response Collection

eAuction

Event Scheduling

Event ModelingResponse Collection

Intuitive supplier side portal access

Multiple formats of excel export and import capabilities

Negotiation

Key Features Supporting iSource Process

Response Collection

eAuction

Event Scheduling

Event ModelingNegotiation

Multi-round pricing history

Scoring and Analytics

Negotiation

Key Features Supporting iSource Process

Response Collection

eAuction

Event Scheduling

Event Modeling Scoring and Analytics

Automated and manual, online and offline scoring

Side-by-side comparison of supplier responses

Question and section specific weightages

Section specific sharing of scoresheets

Data analysis across multiple price and non-price parameters

Automated supplier ranking

Bid Optimization

Scoring and Analytics

Negotiation

Key Features Supporting iSource Process

Response Collection

eAuction

Event Scheduling

Event Modeling Bid Optimization

Inbuilt bid optimization with potential savings

Scenarios like cherry picking, best one, best two and leverage

back

Customizable scenarios to fit every business process

Contract Awarding

Bid Optimization

Scoring and Analytics

Negotiation

Key Features Supporting iSource Process

Response Collection

eAuction

Event Scheduling

Event Modeling Across processes

Audit trail report to ensure compliance and transparency

Customizable user roles creation as per company’s policy

Strong integration with other Zycus offerings throughout the event

lifecycle

Intuitive reports and dashboards

Key Features Supporting Project Management

Template Configuration Template Configuration

Flexibility to create templates from scratch,

existing templates or prior projects

Easy configuration of business unit, commodity, phase and

task

Key Features Supporting Project Management

Template Configuration

Project Creation

Project Creation

Set up baseline spend for each quarter

Web 2.0 based creation of program with project owners,

timelines, category, location & currency specified

Support for "Strategic" and "Quick" project types

Easy tagging of identified opportunities from iAnalyze to a

project in iManage with associated data

Key Features Supporting Project Management

Template Configuration

Project Creation

Project Execution

Project Execution

Highly configurable project views covering task details, type,

progress, start date, end date, duration and resource

Role based support for approvers or reviewers of each

phase

Access to Gantt charts for summarizing project status

Collaborative information sharing through Project Journals

Easy creation of eSourcing and Contract Management tasks

from the centralized SCM Workbench

Key Features Supporting Project Management

Template Configuration

Project Creation

Task Tracking

Project Execution

Task Tracking

Real-time tracking of assigned projects at

task and phase level

Graphical view of project completion status

Key Features Supporting Project Management

Template Configuration

Project Creation

Task Tracking

Project Execution

Reporting and

Analytics

Reporting and Analytics

Multi-dimensional analysis of data by applying filters like Start

date, End Date & Saving Stage etc.

Access to multiple pre-packaged and new reports

Intuitive tracking of savings by stage and category

zachary.bolt@zycus.com

Questions?

Thank You for attending this Web Seminar!

For more information, please contact:

Zachary BoltDirector, Solutions ConsultingZycus Inc.Zachary.Bolt@zycus.com

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