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CombineNet ASAP^®: Industry-Leading Sourcing Optimization

CombineNet ASAP^® provides the fastest, most flexible and robust analytical capabilities available in an e-sourcing product today. The power of CombineNet’s industry-leading sourcing optimization technology enables quick and easy analysis of bids alongside business rules and constraints, identifying the lowest cost sourcing award that best meets the buying organization’s goals and preferences.

CombineNet has invested more into the development of sourcing optimization technology over the last 11 years than any other technology company, and has been awarded 17 US patents, with dozens more pending.

CombineNet ASAP fills in where general purpose e-sourcing and e-procurement technologies fall short, easily managing larger, more complex sourcing activities with large data sets and advanced bid analysis requirements. The analytical power and flexibility of CombineNet’s optimization technology enables sourcing organizations to capture additional spend under management without resorting to the use of Excel spreadsheets for bid collection and analysis.

The power of sourcing optimization also benefits buying organizations through the ability to collect and evaluate creative supplier proposals that include both price and non-price factors via Expressive Bidding^®. With Expressive Bidding, suppliers can compete more effectively on their strengths, suggesting more innovative or efficient ways of doing business with buyers that reduce costs or drive additional value.

The CombineNet ASAP Scenario Builder^SM feature harnesses CombineNet’s optimization power, providing a simple and easy to use interface for users to create “what if?” sourcing scenarios that model their organization’s business rules and constraints, and the preferences of their internal stakeholders. CombineNet’s optimization technology quickly analyzes supplier proposals alongside these scenario rules to find the optimal solution, typically in seconds.

Learn more on how to get started with CombineNet ASAP.