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Supplyframe DirectSource enables continuous optimization of direct materials sourcing with breakthrough Design-to-Source Intelligence.
Supplyframe DirectSource is the first AI-based solution that enables the continuous optimization of direct materials sourcing by surfacing real-time actionable intelligence, from market analysis through sourcing event execution.
CAPABILITIESBringing resiliency
to direct materials
spend
Supplyframe DirectSource empowers you to make faster, more informed sourcing and purchasing decisions across commodities and categories, and to more rapidly execute successful sourcing events that ensure supply continuity and enhance overall lifecycle margins.
Powered by intelligence
Delivers integrated supply intelligence across over a billion component parts, 20,000 suppliers, key geographies and commodity groups, including intent insights from 10 million engineering and sourcing professionals
Always sensing opportunity
Continuously evaluates DSI Platform intelligence to identify opportunities for cost savings and risk mitigation, across parts, commodities, and other categories that span multiple BOMs and product lines
Recommending sourcing events
Automatically identifies and recommends opportunities for new sourcing events, based on changing market variables, historical activity, and potential negotiation levers
Integrated RFx cycles
Empowers sourcing teams to seamlessly initiate and execute new RFx cycles directly within the application, and to manage the quote-bid-award process across participating suppliers
Full audit trail
For every sourcing event, provides a comprehensive summary of supplier interactions, negotiations, and award activity, which can be leveraged in future supplier engagement
Cross-functional decisions
Enables every sourcing decision to be weighed and validated across functional teams, product lines, and categories of direct materials spend
Transformational
product portfolios, and
commodity categories
By infusing the strategic sourcing of direct materials with supply intelligence and collaborative, cross-functional workflows, DirectSource empowers you to rapidly respond to market variables, optimize for cost, and assure supply continuity and enhanced margins.
Reduced COGs
Achieve 2-3% overall incremental annual cost savings through optimization of direct materials spend
Faster sourcing cycles
Capitalize on more opportunities by reducing sourcing cycle times by up to 80%
Enhanced lifecycle margins
Deliver 1-2% overall margin uplift across the full lifecycle of product programs
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