Our first Quarterly Release of 2022 is now live.
In this edition, you will learn about the latest improvements in Home, on the Comparative Map and a great new feature: MAG (ME Automation Genius), the Electronic Market's intelligence developed to increase the efficiency of day-to-day shopping.
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Usability improvements on the Transactions Home
Search by multiple criteria and values:
- Searching by multiple criteria and values allows you to filter more than one supplier or requisition code. See the example in the videos:
Viewing quote status with Short-List:
- Now, it is possible to view the quotes that generated a short-list with the status “Generated Short-List”. To check, simply access the “Negotiation Stage” filter:
- When using the filter, it is possible to check all the quotes that generated Short-List and consult:
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- 1rd Round: quotes that have the 1st negotiation with the supplier.
- Counterproposal: When the buyer sends a counteroffer to the supplier, the status changes from “1st Round” to “Counteroffer”.
- Short-List: new quote generated from an original quote.
- Generated Short-List: When the buyer creates a short-list of the quote, the status is changed from “1st Round” to “Generated Short List”.
- “Original Quote”: quotes that have the 1st round of negotiation.
Default column configuration per client:
- Now, in addition to the possibility for the user to configure the columns on the transaction home page, an option has been created that allows the portal administrator to configure default columns for all users:
- When accessing the Transactions Home, everyone will have the same customized fields and configured for the menu view.
- For more details on this feature, please contact our support.
Generating multiple pre-orders for different contracts:
- The “Pending Purchases” menu has been updated to allow the user to select items with different contracts and generate multiple pre-orders:
- By selecting the “Generate Pre-Order” option, you can view the list of contracts and start generating multiple pre-orders:
New option to “Close Items” of Budget Request through “Pending Purchases”:
- In the “Pending Purchases” menu, you can “Close Items” of a budget request, in order to remove it from the pending items:
Search for processes in the Transactions Home:
- The main search in transactions has been modified to make it easier to search for processes that have special characters: – (hyphen), / (slash), . (period), etc.
Inclusion of items from different Orders in a single Invoice:
- A new option in the Orders menu has been included to allow the selection of different orders for generating the Invoice:
- In the details of the Invoice creation screen, it is possible to check the orders and the respective items that will be included in the Invoice.
- For more details about this feature, please contact our support.
Latest improvements to the Comparison Map
Sum of selected value
- When selecting items from the Comparative Map, the purchasing user will be able to see the sum of that selection. Check out the video:
Displaying the delivery location on the Comparison Map
- From now on, the Comparison Map shows the item's delivery location to speed up the buyer's decision-making process.
- Watch the video to see the functionality:
Permission to select the supplier for contract generation
- Now, after selecting the best package on the Comparison Map, the purchasing user will be able to indicate which supplier continues in the process to proceed with the creation of the contract. Check out the video:
Permission to filter by items in already generated documents:
- When accessing the filters, you can search for items that have already generated a document: Contract, Pre-Order or Order, or items that have not yet generated documents:
Configuration to block Pre-Order Generation for items with a value higher than the Requisition:
- If the item on the Comparative Map exceeds the estimated value of the request, the system blocks the generation of the Pre-Order and displays an alert.
- For more details about this feature, please contact our support.
View Supplier Rating Score on Comparison Map:
- When registering an evaluation score for the supplier, it is possible to view it on the Comparison Map.
- For more details about this feature, please contact our support.
Other news in Purchasing and Negotiation Intelligence
MAG (ME Automation Genius):
With the aim of promoting smarter automation and helping buyers focus on strategic activities that bring value to the business, we launched MAG (ME Automation Genius). Our automation and artificial intelligence system is capable of reducing operational purchasing tasks.
He is prepared to:
- Automate quote creation and negotiation (counterproposal) processes.
- Standardize processes without the need for high development and implementation costs.
- Create and manage automation rules, offering autonomy to generate up to 100% of processes automatically.
- Respect business rules and compliance policies.
- Significantly reduce process times, allowing you to respond to requesters quickly.
- Gain more time to focus on negotiation and strategy.
- Allow the supplier a longer response time.
- Order closing automation is currently under development, with an expected launch in the first half of 2022.
Some numbers from MAG Electronic Market:
- Pilot customers had positive acceptance, with a CSAT (Customer Satisfaction Score) of 4.1 (very good).
- Large customers have achieved satisfactory cost reduction by reducing manual and repetitive tasks.
- Of 100% of SPOT processes (quotes), almost 30% were generated automatically via MAG, with emphasis on some clients who achieved an index greater than 50% of their processes generated automatically.
- Reduction of Purchasing SLA:
- Average SLA for manual processes: 4 days and 18 hours
- Average SLA for automated processes (MAG): 11 hours and 43 minutes
Also see a spoiler of what's coming in the next Quarterly Release:
- Improvements to the Transactions Home (search, filters, new pending items, etc.).
- News related to the new Comparative Map (new fields, scenarios and criteria, export to Excel, etc.).
- Improvements to Supplier Marketplace search and content.
- And much more!
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