Iasta SmartAnalytics users leverage two key benefits - Speed and Total Control.

Speed - SmartAnalytics is the fastest spend visibility tool available to Sourcing Professionals. Speed affects users in many ways.

• Changes to the data set are effective immediately. Users do not need to wait hours or days to access new data, new reports, new dimensions or new data hierarchies.

• Analysis can be done on a real time basis. Adjustments to reports or dimensions are reflected immediately - so users can make faster decisions that impact sourcing priorities and projects.

Total Control - Iasta product philosophy is that control should reside with the SmartAnalytics user. The user should determine what data to see, when to see it, where to see it and how often to update it. The SmartAnalytics platform is designed to give companies as much control over their spend data as they want - some, all or none. Iasta will train Sourcing Teams to manage their spend themselves, or provide additional services to support spend visibility initiatives. Total Control affects users the following ways.

• No IT. The Sourcing Team has the ability to upload and refresh spend data themselves, without IT dictating the schedule.

• No outside consultants. The Sourcing Team can refresh/cleanse/map/categorize spend data themselves, without the added time and expense of outside consultants.

• Individual user-defined reporting. It is impossible to create one standard report that meets everyone's unique needs. Each user is unique and because of this, each wants to control their datasets like they do with an Excel® spreadsheet. SmartAnalytics allows users to leverage company spend reports/dimensions and create specific reports based on their individual needs - whether it be time, commodity, contract status, etc. The Total Control provided by SmartAnalytics reduces reliance on spreadsheets, thereby improving accuracy and saving time.

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• Spend Repository: Provides companies a centralized data repository that consolidates information from multiple systems and formats. The Spend Repository can be updated at any time based on the company's preferences - monthly, quarterly, semi-annually and annually. Best of all, a company can choose whether to update the Spend Repository themselves, or have Iasta manage the process.
  
  
• Analysis Tools & Reports: Helps Sourcing Professionals make better decisions about supplier relationships and cost reduction opportunities. Custom reporting dimensions can be changed at any time by the team or individual user. Changes flow through dataset on a real-time basis. The integrated, easy-to-use tools include Excel® spreadsheets and various graphical displays. The embedded tools enable users to have greater flexibility to analyze and display sourcing information. Just like Spend Repository, companies can choose whether to create/edit/remove reports and dimensions themselves, or have Iasta manage the process.
  
  
• User-defined Classification Rules: Enables users to sort, filter and categorize spend data on a real-time basis. All classification rules are carried through automatically with every data refresh. All classification rules can be updated -- as needed -- either by Iasta sourcing professionals or by a company's own users.
  
  
• Import / Export Engine: Enables Sourcing Professionals to refresh spend data as frequently as needed. The easy-to-use engine helps users focus only on the data they want and to use it any way or any where they want. The Import / Export engine can be used by individual users to add new spend data, or managed by Iasta.

If you are interested in more details about SmartAnalytics, please contact Iasta at sales@iasta.com.

Iasta's goal is to improve the effectiveness of every team member who uses the SmartAnalytics platform by providing world-class support and service. Designed to be flexible and easily assessable for large or small Sourcing Teams, the SmartSupport program combines Application Support, User Training and Collaborative Services into three simple support categories. SmartSupport enables companies to select the level of support they want based on their sourcing requirements, in-house expertise and budget.




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