The B2B Search Engine
Commercially available since 2003, Vinimaya’s patent-pending SmartSearch Agent technology, on which the SmartSearch Catalog solutions are based, allows buyers to create “Virtual Supplier Networks” using Internet-based and locally stored content concurrently, basically giving users a B2B Search Engine that can help them find what they need to order, fast; regardless of the format or the location of the content!
Welcome to E-Procurement 2.0
In e-Procurement 1.0, you either aggregate all your supplier catalogs in a database, or manage punchout connections, or both. In e-Procurement 2.0, the SmartSearch technology does the work – searches for the content, applies rules to ensure only approved items with the negotiated price are presented, and drops selected items into existing e-procurement systems’ shopping carts. It’s that simple.
Your suppliers will love it
When buyers deploy SmartSearch Catalog, their suppliers don’t have to do anything special to support them because SmartSearch Catalog can access ANY catalog source, “as is”, ranging from a full-blown, punchout-enabled e-commerce site, down to a simple online catalog, or even a .CIF file! By removing the supplier’s requirements, supplier adoption levels improve and buyers can get their catalogs deployed in days, versus months or longer.
The Agents Do The Work
SmartSearch Agents™ are at the heart of the SmartSearch Catalog™ solutions. SmartSearch Agents, working in conjunction with the SmartSearch Catalog application, can search for and extract product information from multiple catalog sources - punchout sites, web sites, supplier networks, marketplaces; even your local catalog database, real-time, on command! No 3rd party software (like API’s or web services), proprietary protocols (like cXML punchout or OCI Roundtrip), or local indices (like Level II Punchout) are required at the catalog source, thus deploying catalogs to SmartSearch Catalog users via SmartSearch agents usually takes a day or two at most! This is real-time search, just like Google, but with the incremental requirements of B2B such as price compliance and data syndication built-in.
Two Types of Agents
There are two types of SmartSearch Agents, each designed for a specific purpose and/or accessing a specific data source:
It Just Works
One word: Automation! SmartSearch technology automates content acquisition, normalization, connectivity, price compliance, supplier enablement and so on…all tasks done manually in competing solutions. Starting with Henry Ford’s assembly line, applying automation has always had a positive impact on a market, with lower costs, better quality products and happier consumers.
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