Sourcing Release 13 Objectives Xeeva Sourcing Release 13.0 (R13) significantly improves the performance and usability of the system with a particular focus on making it easier to quickly define and execute tactical sourcing projects or events to rapidly realize savings. In particular, insights identified by Xeeva Spend Analytics can be directly actioned into Xeeva Sourcing as a new opportunity that the sourcing team can quicky act upon with minimal need for additional data input. In...
1. New Data Insights Several new insights were added to Xeeva Spend Analytics, including: Item Quality This insight displays the quality of the item data that was received from a customer’s ERP, AP, and other internal systems that track indirect spend data. This insight also shows which items were cleansed by the XVA Platform, Xeeva’s rule-based AI engine. Item Enrichment This insight compares the quality of the item description that exists in a customer’s internal...
Summary of Procure-to-Pay Release 13 (R13) Xeeva Procure-to-Pay (P2P) R13’s main focus is to make the system flexible and intuitive to operate with a contemporary design. With R13, we’re introducing a guided buying experience for requesters, which provides a smart and easy-to-use interface for users to create any type of procurement request. These actions can include catalog buying, spot buys, service requests, and guided non-catalog requests, as well as leveraging other buying channels like quick...
SPEND ANALYTICS 1. New: Automated Insights The system now automatically generates a range of targeted Insights identifying actionable savings opportunities. Each Insight includes an estimated potential Savings amount calculated from the spend data and are grouped into opportunity Types according to the next best action users can take to drive savings, and are supported by the underlying data that defines the Insight, typically at the individual items level. 1.1. Insight Confidence Level The Insights are...
1. Buyer Assistant Applies to Configurability Buyer Assistant if Licensed & Enabled Buyer during Award steps of Spot Buy workflow Admin role Xeeva (back office) Buyer Assistant is Optional by Location/Default: OFF Adds UI features (Buyer), learning enablement for the BA engine additional business rules (Admins) 1.1. New: Buyer Assistant -Supplier Feedback during Award Buyers will now be able to provide qualitative feedback to the Buyer Assistant about award recommendations made during the ACTIVE stage,...
1. New: Supplier Categorization Applies to Configurability Overall solution, Invisible to Supplier Requester, Buyer Associated reports Optional by Customer/Default: OFF Suppliers are Active/Valid or Inactive as before, if OFF A vital part of procurement is to channel spend towards strategic & key suppliers and to manage policy and compliance in accordance with supplier standing. With this enhancement suppliers can now be clustered into various (max 4 – see figure) customer-defined categories based on the level...
1. New: Buyer Assistant Applies to Configurability Spot Buy workflow Buyer experience if Buyer Assistant is Licensed and Enabled N/A: Changes experience and UI if Buyer Assistant is enabled Buyer Assistant can be selectively enabled by Location The Buyer Assistant module provides an intelligent, learning-driven capability to automatically drive Spot Buy execution by generating supplier inclusion and award decision recommendations. A demonstration is recommended to understand Buyer Assistant capability and operation Buyer Assistant can operate...