Apttus IT Procurement Suite is derived from Apttus Procurement Suite, but with capability for the more unique requirements of IT procurment management. The modules can be used individually or in combination depending on your requirements and needs.

Apttus IT Procurement Suite gives you complete visibility and control of your IT procurement processes, contracts and assets. This includes requisitions, RFP’s, SOWs, contracts, IT assets and more. The solutions are easy to deploy and very easy to use. Your benefits are immediate – process visibility and control, and high, immediate ROI.

Apttus IT Procurement Suite is comprised of six modules: Requisition Manager, Contract Manager (including Contract Wizard, Contract Author Contract Comply), Digital Signature and IT Supplier Performance Manager and IT Asset Management. Contract Analytics comes with every module, “out of the box”. Each module can be deployed individually or in combination, depending on the business problem you wish to address. Modules can be "turned on" at any time - use what you need, when you need it.

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Requisition Process

Apttus platform capability offers complete requisition management capability. Users can set up any type of process, create any type of document and route for approval with complete visibility and audit trail tracking.

You can define any type of process and any type of role in the process. Rules can be setup and tasks can be managed in a calendar which is synchronized with outlook and lotus notes.

Everything managed through the process is captured in the database thereby giving complete visibility through reporting and dashboards.

Process management is extremely simple with the Apttus solution.

Contract Management

The Apttus Contract Management Suite is a highly robust and advanced solution. The tool manages the end to end contract process.

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Digital Signature

Apttus provides complete digital signature capability. Users can now on line invoke a digital signature process that will capture everything in Apttus. Digital Signature capability is offered for simple, standard scenarios with Apttus Digital Signature Professional, or to more complex requirements through very advanced capability with Apttus Digital Signature Enterprise.

With an electronic signature – or e-signature – documents can be signed online, without cumbersome printing, faxing, or mailing. Electronic signatures can replace pen-and-ink on any kind of document

Apttus Digital Signature is a secure and convenient way to get a legally binding electronic signature. It's fast and easy-to-use. Businesses can dramatically increase efficiency and accelerate growth while reducing administrative costs and time to contract.

IT Supplier Performance Manager

The IT Supplier Manager Module allows for complete supplier management. The module can be used stand alone to manage suppliers, or can be used in conjunction with other Apttus modules. All Apttus modules run on the same database and therefore integration is seamless between modules.

With IT Supplier Manager, you can capture and manage supplier performance. The Supplier Database enables the capture of any type of supplier data either directly or through integration with other systems. Fields can be easily added to accommodate specific requirements.

• Comprehensive supplier database easily configured to catch any type of supplier information
• Within a Supplier: Demographics, Correspondence, Contact information, Issues and Disputes, Performance Measurements, Spend, Strategy, Negotiations and Performance Tracking
• Across Suppliers: Comparisons and portfolio management
• Ensure your suppliers are performing to negotiated terms
• Strong ROI by identifying duplicated contracts or suppliers
• Strong dashboarding allowing for the tracking of individual suppliers overall performance of groups of suppliers
• Track basic performance from specific scores entered manually by a reviewer or through pulling data from other systems
• Supplier performance score cards allowing for simple data entry and tracking and supplier performance monitoring
• Supplier risk management tracking – any type of risk can be tracked and monitored
• Report and dashboard drill down capability on performance, risk and other parameters.
• Trending capability to identify poor suppliers and corrective action planning

Contract Analytics

Contract analytics is the most advanced contract analytic capability available in the market today. You can gain deep insight into your contracts, function and process using the analytical capability.

Access to rich reporting and real time drill down dashboards allows for very rapid business discovery and insight. Right from a dashboard a user can drill into the relevant information and get to the root cause in a matter of a few clicks. From a dashboard to a contract or even a transaction is easy to achieve. “What if” scenario planning and many other advanced features are offered. Contract analytics comes with every module, “out of the box”.

IT Asset Manager

IT Asset Manager Module enables organizations to manage the entire IT Asset Lifecycle. The module can be used stand alone, or in conjunction with other Apttus modules. All Apttus modules run off the same database and therefore integration is seamless between modules.

Keeping track of IT assets can be challenging – from asset acquisition, to asset location tracking to asset terms compliance, constant change results in assets being sub optimized.

Apttus IT Asset Manager makes this easy to do, with the powerful but easy to use on demand tool. Apttus IT Asset Manager enables you to quickly set up an asset record and manage the entire process and lifecycle. Create reports on asset allocation, usage and history. You can manage any process or compliance requirements through powerful workflow and notification capability. Keep complete control and track and monitor PCs, laptops, PDAs, printers, network equipment, software and any type of asset

Value and Benefits

• Reduce time spent on managing and maintaining IT Assets

• Improve overall control and compliance with IT Assets - be notified when IT Assets are expired or there is an obligation to be managed
• Improve renegotiation capability for underutilized assets – pay for what you use
• Gain full visibility and allow anyone in your organization to view the assets and their obligations
• Strong ROI - Identifying duplicated assets or contracts, determine where you are over paying or avoid penalties

Key Features

Web Based easy to use on demand tool

• Completely Web Based - only a web browser is needed to manage assets
• Comprehensive database easily configured to manage any type of IT asset
• Detail records allowing for simple data entry, tracking and performance monitoring
• Full internationalization capability in 16 languages

Asset Management Process

• Asset entry completely controlled by process management capability. As an asset is acquired, rules can be set up for automatic management of approval workflow and notifications.

• IT Asset lifecycle management – monitor and track the asset for 360° view
• Trending capability to identify assets with poor history and corrective action planning capability

Centralized Asset Inventory Repository

• Complete asset summary on one screen.
• Asset descriptions
• Asset locations
• Asset relationships
• Obligations and license compliance requirements
• Transaction history
• Asset classifications and locations
• Tasks and notifications
• Audit trails and histories
• All documentation attached in the record
• Complete calendaring capability
• Integration into outlook for reminders and task management

Comprehensive Inventory and Audit Reports

• Obligation management and compliance reporting

Reporting, Dashboarding & Searching

• Full reporting and drill down dashboarding capability. Quickly and easily define user or management views.

Task Management