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Improved Cost Management

Robust communication and buyer-supplier collaboration accelerate sourcing.

JobSight Collaborative Sourcing enables collaboration for improved cost management.

Measurable Results

Solutions that deliver results:

  • 29% cost reduction on an essential part
  • 75% increase in reply from qualified suppliers
  • 44% decrease in supplier qualification time
  • 100% success in first article inspection rates

What is NCM?

Our solutions are grounded in Network Centric Manufacturing, a strategy designed to tackle the issues that weaken manufacturing supply chain performance.

Learn more about NCM

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Typical sourcing processes in distributed manufacturing supply chains are saddled with inefficiencies that create unnecessary costs for both primes and suppliers. These inefficiencies undermine the entire chain’s competitive edge by driving up costs, compromising quality and thwarting on-schedule production.

JobSight Collaborative Sourcing delivers proven results by streamlining tasks for both buyer and supplier. Using our standardized yet flexible sourcing tools, buyers can reduce the time and effort required for tasks such as RFQ development, distribution, response and analysis while providing suppliers with the information needed to return quotes more quickly. JobSight Collaborative Sourcing also fosters a new level of collaboration, creating opportunities to improve the production of complex manufactured goods and gain a competitive advantage.

The Solution: Communication and Collaboration Improve Cost Control

JobSight Collaborative Sourcing reduces sourcing cycle times while improving cost management by enabling better collaboration throughout all purchasing activities. This web-based, software-as-a-service technology enables the efficient exchange of critical technical data and information at every stage of parts and materials sourcing. JobSight Collaborative Sourcing creates opportunities for buyers and suppliers to share information, collaborate on problem-solving and more accurately evaluate project costs—yielding more profitable projects for both participants.

The benefits of JobSight Collaborative Sourcing begin at the first stage of sourcing: efficient data gathering and distribution to candidate suppliers. Our technology gives buyers the power to share more robust technical data that eliminates supplier guesswork while using highly customizable security settings that protect intellectual property and support ITAR compliance. Through this secure, neutral online platform, suppliers can access more than 1,500 file formats without specialized software—including 2-D and 3-D drawings. With this information, suppliers can gain a clear picture of the buyer’s requirements, ask questions, propose cost-effective solutions and deliver more competitive quotes.

Flexible and Easy to Adopt

With flexibility built into so many features, Collaborative Sourcing makes set-up and adoption cost-effective for all participants.

  • Web-based software provides quick ramp-up to enterprise-wide usability—regardless of the systems, tools and specialized skills of each contributing organization.
  • Designed for flexibility, primes can easily import their cost management processes to meet business and compliance requirements.
  • With a secure, neutral platform for project management and information sharing, all participants can have confidence that their valuable proprietary information—from specifications to quotes—is controlled and protected.
  • Our clear, intuitive dashboard makes it easy to see, manage and act on data.

JobSight Collaborative Sourcing Benefits & Features

  • Reduce effort for internal requirements development
  • Improve supplier collaboration
  • Improve data controls
  • Reduce sourcing time and effort
  • Gain enterprise-wide adoption

  • Collect engineering, procurement and other key requirements data into a common repository for technical data.
  • Can accept any file format - including 2-D and 3-D drawings - without the need to convert drawings or models
  • Use project and form templates to streamline and standardize processes
  • Present RFQ and technical data in one online workspace for use by all team members for streamlined collaboration without numerous rounds of calls, faxes or emails.

  • Collaborative Sourcing gives selected suppliers secure access to technical data.
  • Suppliers can view any 2-D and 3-D files without specialized software or skills.
  • Suppliers can mark up technical data, present questions to buyers, and gain a clear understanding of project requirements before quote submission.
  • Maintain an archive of all collaborations for re-use or dispute resolution.

  • Access controls protect intellectual property by controlling who can view, print or download your data.
  • Collaborative Sourcing allows you to blot out sensitive information or share portions of data on a supplier-by-supplier basis without the need to create new documents.
  • Regulatory compliance module provides tools to ensure compliance with regulations such as ITAR or REACH.

  • Reach more prospective suppliers with less effort.
  • Collaborative Sourcing tracks responses and provides suppliers with automated deadline reminders.
  • Manage the Q&A portion of the proposal cycle in a central location, reducing time and effort.
  • Empower your team to effectively share, evaluate and rate supplier responses on a single platform.
  • Efficiently push out updates or changes to all candidate suppliers.

  • JobSight CollaborativeSourcing is designed for use by different roles across the entire manufacturing enterprise.
  • Our easy system set-up enables the integration all of your cost management processes into the system.
  • All users can access JobSight Collaborative Sourcing through a secure web interface—no special software deployment is required.
  • Our intuitive design and web-based interface helps you bring participants into more cost-effective sourcing cycle management processes.

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