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Con-way

Fast, efficient supplier enablement, significant reduction in maverick spend.

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AP Invoice Automation

AP Invoice Automation

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Impacting your Hospital's Bottom Line

Impacting your Hospital's Bottom Line

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Procurement

See how to streamline your procurement processes

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eProcurement

Learn about Con-way's best pracitces with Ketera's eProcurement solution.

Case Study

Kennametal

Lowered transactional costs and improved corporate compliance.

White Paper

5 Steps to Improve ROI

Leveraging Supply Base Management to move beyond Total Cost of Ownership.

Recorded Webinar

Roadmap to a Source-to-Pay Center of Excellence

Recorded Webinar

The Untapped Value of Cash Management

The Untapped Value of Cash Management

Recorded Webinar

The Leadership Challenge - AP, Finance and Procurement Collaboration

The Leadership Challenge - AP, Finance and Procurement Collaboration

Recorded Webinar

AMR: Network Procurement

Managing procurement on a network delivers faster savings through transparency and access

Recorded Webinar

Saving Money through AP Cash Management

Understanding the Realities of Supplier Invoice Discounts

Case Study

ServiceMaster

One common platform for procuring goods and tracking suppliers.

White Paper

ePro Maturity Model

Don't underestimate supplier on-boarding, content mgmt and process integration.

White Paper

ePro Trials & Triumphs

Best-in-Class procurement: an information hub supporting decisions and business planning.

Recorded Webinar

GPO on the Network

Buying power for the mid-market with preferred pricing from industry-leading suppliers

Demo

Spend Analysis

Identify specific opportunities for reducing costs

Recorded Webinar

Engineering Spend Insight at Fluor

Engineering Spend Insight at Fluor

Recorded Webinar

AP Integration - M&A Day 1 and Beyond

AP Integration - M&A Day 1 and Beyond

White Paper

Maximizing Benefits

Procurement processes to achieve world class results.

Recorded Webinar

Sourcing Improves Efficiency at US Bank

Sourcing Improves Efficiency at US Bank

White Paper

Suppler Mgmt Strategy

It's not always necessary to make a major shift in strategy to accelerate results.

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Bring Spend Under Control with Easy Online Procurement

Ketera Network's OnDemand procurement solution streamlines and automates the entire procurement process to give you greater control over spending, reduce maverick buying and increase spending compliance. Ketera's onlne procurement solution is intuitive and easy-to-use just like the best online shopping websites, so every employee can be up and running in no time.  Unlike other eProcurement solutions in the industry, the Ketera Network powers the procurement activities of various companies, from Fortune 50 to mid-sized organizations.

Ketera Procurement Leading companies of all sizes use the Ketera Network for their procurement activities, because you can:

• Automate the entire procurement process
• Rein in maverick spending
• Control spend by managing to budgets
• Increase compliance with procurement policies
• Streamline receiving at all levels
• Be up and running in less than a day

Key Capabilities include:

The Ketera Network provides a proven eProcurement system at a very low cost of ownership.
  • Consumer shopping experience: Solution designed to be intuitive for quick adoption with no training. Browse and search product catalogs, which have images, to compare attributes and shopping cart paradigm.
  • Favorites: Allows users to add items to their shopping cart in a quick and easy way instead of having to search for items every single time.
  • Support for punchout to supplier websites: Ability to add comments and documents during requisitioning and approval process.
  • Multiple purchase types: Support for Off-catalog requisition (spot buys) and blanket purchase orders
  • Requisition Workflow: Requisition approval workflow including approval levels, hierarchy, approval limits, alerts, notifications and escalations to support any organizational model.
  • Budget Control: Setup and manage budgets, ensure requisitions stays within budget, track spend against budget, audit trails for changes to budgets..
  • Quick Quote: Create RFI or RFQ at individual line item, while working on a Purchase Order, and send it to the network to find better prices and terms from other suppliers.
  • Purchase Orders: Easily create POs from approved requisitions and send them to suppliers
  • Receiving: Centralized and decentralized receiving models.

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“ We selected the Ketera eRFX tool because it is quick to implement, cost effective and drives efficiencies into the sourcing process.  Its portal design streamlines the communication, document traffic and analysis associated with conducting our RFPs.  The entire Ketera package has allowed us to run more events with fewer resources, leading to increased procurement efficiencies. ” Michael Feeney Vice President, Corporate Procurement for U.S. Bank prev next

“ We recognized an opportunity to enhance our purchasing process with state–of–the–art technology – without the up–front investment and ongoing resource commitment associated with the implementation of enterprise software. ” Mitch Plaat VP Contract Services for Con-way prev next

“ Ketera′s on demand solution is ahead of the competition – we will be able to implement the solution in weeks and we never have to worry about taking the system down to install upgrades or make changes. ” Steve Kenny Vice President Risk Management and General Services for Columbia Credit Union prev next

“ From the beginning, Ketera explained everything to us, both from the technical and sales side. They′ve accommodated our needs and have been very helpful and responsive. ” Michael Kapeles Senior Supply Manager for Cabot Microelectronics prev next

“ Not only does Ketera provide innovative solutions for spend management, they also offer high quality professional services that let you get the most from their solutions. Working with Ketera is like a breath of fresh air. ” Nick Walker Procurement Manager for BTP prev next

“ Ketera's new solution is really an amazing innovation that will revolutionize the purchasing industry. ” Dian Trosclair VP of Supply Chain Management for ServiceMaster prev next

“ Using Ketera, we've lowered our costs and improved our compliance with negotiated corporate contracts. By buying on contract, we typically see a ten percent reduction in cost. ” Jim Cebula Director of Global Purchasing for Kennametal prev next

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