Post on 25-May-2015
description
SCOUT
Vendor Management Platform
Justin Lankes – Director of Business Development
Introductions
• Virtual Advantage– Vectorform
www.vectorform.com– The Robison Group
www.therobisongroup.com
• SCOUT – Case Management Solutionwww.scoutcms.com
Vendor Management Platform
• Web-based repository for tracking, managing and
scoring all Vendor relationships
• Global solution for all departments
• Assistance in compliance and due diligence
• Web-based Case Management Solution
• Performance/Workload Reporting
SaaS Benefits
Low overhead • No need to install software or purchase additional hardware• Little to no need for IT involvement Rapid Implementation• Leveraging a solution that has already been planned for,
designed, implemented, deployed and tested• Easily execute up-front and on-going customizationsBetter Support• Technical support is available directly through Virtual
Advantage• Hosting, maintenance, and improvements are accounted
for
Vendor Registration
• Vendors are provided with a link to register online
• Each Vendor is responsible for their own profile maintenance
• Tracks Company information, Insurance and Licensing (Company and Employee level), Contact information
• Client controlled approval process
Sample login page,https://InsurerXYZ.ScoutCMS.com
• Vendor list can be filtered geographically and/or by department
• Further sort results by Approval Status, Vendor Specialty, State of License and/or Performance Rating
Vendor Scoring
• Score vendor performance on each case• Maintain an ongoing “star rating” for each
vendor• Customize scorecard questions based on
vendor skill• Drill down into scorecard results for
vendor comparison reports
Spend Tracking / Reporting
• Capture vendor expenditures for each case
• Monitor departmental vendor budgets• Effectively forecast based on
historical spend data• Report on weekly/monthly/quarterly
spending trends• Customize to Client’s spend control
best practices
Business Impact
To Client• Central repository• Consolidated storage• Reduced/Eliminated
administrative work managing vendors
• Unified billing processes• Eliminate unauthorized
referrals• Establish benchmarks
and compare vendors
To Vendors• Increased visibility to
all divisions/branches• License tracking• Expiration reminder
emails• Unified invoice
submission procedure• Benchmark
performance comparisons