Ketera Catalog Management

Ketera Network's catalog management solution improves the efficiency of the catalog development and update process. It allows organizations to quickly bring supplier catalogs online with the most current product content and pricing. As a result, purchasing organizations can increase the percentage of spend under control.

Ketera enables customers to:

Create, update and manage supplier catalogs easily
Enrich, create and manage catalogs even without internal expertise
Host Catalogs

Key capabilities include:

The Ketera Network brings you a functionally rich and proven supplier catalog management solution that minimizes IT involvement and enables supplier on-boarding at a significantly lower cost of ownership. It enables suppliers or purchasing to

Create Catalogs: Use simple excel based configurable templates to collect catalog information in one place.
Workflow: Specify the review and approval process to create catalogs and keep them current. Determine appropriate workflow routing based on changes to any element in the data (e.g., price change approval).
Validation Rules: Specify validation rules to standardize catalog content and improve data quality (e.g., unit of measure). Automatically check conformity to various standards such as UNSPSC, eClass, RUS (Requisite Unified Schema), SIC, NAICS or any custom commodity scheme.
Versioning: Comprehensive version management including differences between any two versions of a catalog
Complex Catalogs: Author catalogs with region-based pricing and different commodity structures with relative ease.
Effectivity: Support catalog de-activation and effectivity dates
Export Data: Export catalog in multiple formats such as cXML, Requisite, .csv, and .xls.

Next Steps

“ 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

“ 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

“ 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

“ 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

“ 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

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

“ 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