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Catalog Search Manager

With the easy and intuitive use of the sophisticated search functionality the Catalog Search Manager provides a simple yet fast way to find products for online order processes.

The Catalog Search Manager provides your requisitioners the access to products under contract. They can search and shop within a multi-supplier catalog of contracted goods and services. Selected products are placed in a shopping cart and this shopping cart populates the procurement system requisition for further processing within the existing procurement and approval processes.

The shopping experience is a cornerstone to the success of your eProcurement project. Requisitioners now have high expectations regarding this experience and it is necessary to allow the requisitioner quick access to the desired products, allow comparison of similar items and to complete the shopping activity with ease.

Advantages:

• Intuitive user interface, low training requirements
• Super fast searches
• Easy to find products
• High user acceptance
• Different views for different groups
• Integrates with most ERP and eProcurement solutions

Key features:

• Multiple search strategies including key word, fuzzy, synonym and parametric searches
• Product and price comparison
• Powerful sorting and filtering function on search results
• Product detail pages show related products and equivalents
• Shopping cart functionality
• Tiered pricing support
• Administration of purchase lists for the repetitive buy
• Product views by buying organization
• Support of the OCI interface (Open Catalog Interface)
• Interfaces to facilitate integration as catalog components into existing eProcurement systems