On-Demand Services for On-Demand Software
We know you are looking for practical wisdom for your e-Sourcing challenges. The
Iasta team will help you navigate today's challenges and uncover tomorrow's sourcing opportunities.
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- Flexibility - Just like your company's goals shift over time, your Sourcing Team will also evolve as you gain expertise in both process and technology. Iasta can help you fill gaps in expertise or staffing that may arise as your team evolves.
- Expertise - Iasta has extensive e-Sourcing know-how that can help your team optimize its sourcing decisions. Whether the expertise is technology-driven, process-driven or commodity-specific, your team can contact our Sourcing Professionals with any questions you have about your sourcing project or e-Sourcing strategy.
- Control - Iasta is dedicated to helping our clients achieve the best possible and quickest success in implementing e-Sourcing and institutionalizing strategic sourcing best practices. Leveraging our world-class e-Sourcing platforms, SmartSource and SmartAnalytics, we are ready to help as much or as little as desired. In this way, we help our clients become completely self-sufficient in managing their own projects for greater overall effectiveness.
Collaborative Services for SmartSource
Iasta's Collaborative Services for SmartSource delivers a variety of sourcing solutions allowing companies access to the right level of sourcing expertise, at the right time, at the right price. The Collaborative Services program is a menu of solutions that cater to the needs of buyers, sourcing teams, and organizations.
Iasta augments the team's existing skills and expertise so they can fully realize benefits of online sourcing.
- Team - Company specific services - Iasta offers a range of services that benefit the overall Sourcing Team. The services range from additional customization of SmartSource, identifying and creating a pipeline of sourcing projects, developing an e-Sourcing program and rolling it out to your organization to JumpStarting and/or energizing an existing e-Sourcing program. Let Iasta work with you to develop a program that fits your needs.
- Buyer - Project specific services - Often Sourcing Teams need more tactical help on specific sourcing projects. Whether your team needs to augment your staff in the short-term or tap into specific sourcing expertise, Iasta can help you. Services include supplier identification, Low Cost Country Strategies (LCCS) or full service support for a project or number of projects. The Iasta team of Sourcing Experts can help you when you need help the most.
- Full Service Support for Sourcing Projects - CS-Project
Iasta provides full-service support for client sourcing project(s). Sourcing project-types can be reverse auctions, forward auctions, RFIs, RFQs, RFPs or Decision Optimization scenarios. Project activities can include developing the bid package, managing suppliers, monitoring the live event and distributing post-bid reports.
User Training for SmartSource
User Training - Though
Iasta's SmartSource platform is intuitive and easy to use, many users supplement their skills through User Training. Additionally, as SmartSource functionality continues to expand, users often leverage training seminars to make sure they are maximizing the use of SmartSource.
Iasta provides training to both buyers and suppliers, depending on the needs and experience of the audience. Classroom buyer seminars are designed to provide in-depth instructions on SmartSource features. Seminars include a hands-on segment that applies client-users' real project data. Supplier webinars enable suppliers to prepare and participate in online projects such as auctions, RFIs or sealed bids. All sessions are delivered via a web-conference call.
