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A Vice President of Manufacturing came to us when they were in need of better understanding their vendors. They wanted a scorecard of each vendor including spend information and product quality related information to use during vendor negotiations. All too often a vendor’s poor performance will result in the shutting down of a customer’s assembly line. Having performance information readily available during vendor negotiation time, can be a very valuable tool in getting the vendor to improve their performance. The original promise was that Oracle® E-Business Suite would provide this information. But after installing it, the customer soon realized that reporting was difficult. Jaros was able to provide the information that the customer wanted to see. The customer told us “you make Oracle’s solution complete”.

With the purchasing module you can see:

  1. What is the status of the current opened PO’s?
  2. When should I expect receipt of outstanding PO’s?
  3. What are the supplier ratings for each of our suppliers?
  4. What is a supplier’s spend? Compared to last year?
  5. What is this supplier’s quality rating?
  6. To which suppliers did a bid go?
  7. For my approved supplier list, which of them meet specific certifications?
  8. What is the discount taken for prompt payments?
  9. Are my suppliers delivering their products on time?
  10. Who approved this PO?
  11. What is the status of this auction and what was the savings?
  12. What PO’s are going to be received late by Supplier, Requestor or Buyer?
  13. What is my buyer’s performance?

These are some of the questions that our customers ask and get timely answers to. Another customer can start at the requisition and walk through the process, through settlement, and the time it took at each step. Purchase Price Variance (PPV) gives a customer insight into how much is being paid for a component and the current cost specified in the cost subsystem. Many of our customers use PPV functionality built into Jaros. Another measure is Invoice Price Variance (IPV) which is the difference in the PO amount and the payment amount. Again, many of our customers use this built in functionality. Whether it is the buyer, requestor or supplier, you can get all of the performance statistics you need to make good decisions.