Supplier Intelligence Tools

In today's market where so much information is available, it is vital that supply chain professionals have instant access to specific information. This is particularly so for large organisations whose influence is at least regional, if not global.

Supplier intelligence tools can provide intelligence on almost any supplier in any region on the day it becomes available through a hosted web application. Examples of its functionality include:

• Users can enter a term, a category description or supplier name into a search engine for a general search on all newspaper and article publications worldwide

• Standard searches can be set up so that new information is "pushed" directly to the user each day

• Some of the applications are able to deliver content in different languages, which can be translated into English

• Users are able to be very specific about their searches and may just wish to select content for a supplier from a single region rather than seeking all global information