Operational Procurement

Catalog Management

A variety of data neatly packed

BeNeering Catalog Management is the best-in-class solution allowing to convert various types of data into a catalog format for guided user experience throughout the purchasing journey.

  • Ability to host and manage large catalogs: up to 600-700K items
  • High performance and smart search engine: search performance of 100 milliseconds
  • Results ranking based on procurement policy — having most relevant on the top
  • Learning to rank model — referring to previous purchases
  • Full compatibility with SAP data and logic
  • Content control by validation rules

Multiple catalogs — one entry point

  • 3000+ supplier managed catalogs are hosted in BeNeering Catalog Management
  • Catalog data from various sources is indexed by search engine and is searchable within the BeNeering Guided Buying
  • One single entry point to access all catalogs
  • Universal search supports cross-catalog items and services search
  • Items prioritization to comply with internal procurement policies

Key Benefits

Optimized/ diminished spend

Thanks to full visibility into duplicate suppliers, possibility of spend/demand aggregation and supplier rationalization

Improved / full compliance

Full and automated control over items that users could request and purchase from various suppliers

Full control over suppliers’ conditions

No uncontrolled/ unapproved changes on supplier side are possible without procurement approval (prices, items, conditions)

Consistent user experience

Increased adoption thanks to unified and intuitive user interface that helps requestors with cross-catalog search

Numbers reported by customers

Telecom provider

1.1
million catalog items
146
catalogs, including 6 punchout webshops
1
external marketplace
65
thousand requestors
300
custom forms

Technical University

28
million catalog items
125
catalogs
6
buying channels
75
thousand purchase requisitions per year
10
thousand requestors

Chemical company

760
catalogs
5
integrated marketplaces
9000
SAP contracts
350
thousand stock items
30
thousand requestors
11
languages
160
companies
48
countries
300
custom forms
40
million catalog items

Biotechnology company

10
million catalog items
52
catalogs, including 9 punchout webshops
1
integrated marketplace
1400
requestors
30
locations worldwide with 68 countries covered