electronic - Contract & Supplier ManagementSystem

Provision for a new electronic Contract & Supplier Management System covering the following:-

• A single ‘repository’ for all contract management information.
• A system with the capacity to automate routine tasks helping contract managers focus on value adding performance management, service improvement and savings delivery
• Ease of use and functionality valued by contract managers
• Flexibility to adapt to the contract management needs of different service areas, services and contract types
• Ability to promote use of consistent practices, reporting and transparency across the organisation. Enhancing the flexible use of resources, and mitigating against the risk of information and knowledge loss
• A system with the capacity to automate interaction with the suppliers and the capacity for secure two way information flows and automated processing and reporting. Supporting a shift from ‘data’ to useful actionable management information.
• Ability to provide a holistic view of supplier risk and performance, ensuring system able to manage supplier relationships with multiple contracts as well as the contracts themselves. The ability to identify dependencies being critical
• Flexible interfaces to other internal and external information sources
• Ability to combine contract information with spend information to build rich business intelligence on contract/supplier expenditure.