GradeCard® is
a fully comprehensive enterprise software system that tracks,
measures and evaluates supplier performance across quality,
delivery, and service. GradeCard® provides
a unique comprehensive, objective, and quantitative report
of supplier performance.
This analysis enables an effective collaborative process
in which a company works with its suppliers to enhance performance
and decrease costs.
GradeCard® works with virtually any installed
legacy or ERP system, using automated data collection and
analysis
techniques to build a comprehensive supplier performance
measurement database. With the addition of minimal manually
entered delivery/quality/service information, GradeCard® provides
powerful data analysis and numerous reports, using an intuitive,
graphical user interface. While most other systems take months
and, in some cases, years, to install, GradeCard®,
can be up and running in two weeks after development of the
data
interface.
GradeCard® is easily customized to a company’s
unique needs. Measurement criteria can be modified and relative
weights assigned to quality, delivery and service can be
changed. GradeCard® is non-disruptive to existing
information systems, and GradeCard® only downloads from existing
systems – since
it never uploads to existing systems, a company’s data
integrity is never at risk. A GradeCard® license
allows an unlimited number of users. |
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GradeCard® also
allows suppliers remote access to their real-time information,
in a secure environment. Therefore, suppliers can monitor
their performance and identify for themselves where they
need to improve in order to meet the goals that have been
established.
GradeCard® ensures the timely integration of corporate information,
provides consistency of performance measurement, and includes the tools needed
to minimize negative supplier impact on corporate finances and operations. The
benefit is immediate improvement to cash flow and bottom line profits. The Aberdeen
Group states that companies that implement formal Supplier Performance Measurement
systems see an improvement in supplier performance that averages 26.6%. |
| GradeCard®: |
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Shows a clear relationship
to profitability |
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Is aimed at strategic goals |
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Delivers a short and demonstrable
ROI |
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Is easily implemented |
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Provides a benefit not already available
through existing resources |
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Does not require major, upfront spending |
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Is not disruptive to existing IT systems
or business operations |
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| Both customers hosted and
Lyons ASP hosted solutions are available. |
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