Creation, storage, cross-referencing and management of foundational
data is the key differentiator for Collaborative Enterprise Sourcing (CES). In order to derive full value from
the analytical solutions, an organization's underlying foundation data must
be cleansed and important relationships between the objects must be
accurately established.
This has introduced many challenges,
but the two foremost are:
With CES, you can find everything you need. For example,
you can:
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Search for and save information about an item.
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Search for internal company content and analyze the content.
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Create, duplicate, and edit items and companies.
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Organize information for easy retrieval.
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Check for prices.
CES is a web-based client application that offers easy access to search
items (Manufacturer, Supplier, and Internal), view properties, view and
edit properties, view and edit company details, view category browser,
check prices, compare items, find similar items, view part profile, and so
on.
The following table describes the key features available in
CES:
Feature |
Description |
Search and Results |
You can enter keywords and run the Simple Search,
or browse the content hierarchy and view all relevant search results.
You can then browse to the category of interest, or use Standard
Search, or specify values for category-specific properties. |
Analyze |
You can categorizes the search results to view
information in logical groupings, sort results by any parameter, view
properties including customer-specific pricing options, alternate and
equivalent items, and related components; and search for alternate
suppliers.
You can compare items or check available
prices for selected items from a single supplier or from all suppliers.
You can also normalize prices to your preferred currency by selecting
the Normalized Currency option. The prices for all the items are
displayed in a common currency. Once in a common currency, the prices
can be easily compared. |
Pricing and Availability |
You can view pricing information for
an item. For al pricing types, pricing, currency, and units of measure
are displayed. You can check the available prices for selected
manufacturer, supplier, and internal items fro a single supplier or
from all suppliers. |
Create |
You can create a manufacturer item,
supplier item, or internal item, and related information. This
information is then available for you whenever you need it. You can
also create new companies, and company related information. |
Edit |
You can edit an item for both
modifying the item specific data of the main item being edited, and
defining new or modifying its existing relationships with the related
items. |
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CES deployment and configuration require expertise in
WebSphere V5 administration, Oracle and DB2 database creation, ENOVIA V5
VPM installation,
and Windows administration.
This installation guide is intended for those who are installing the
application, system administrators, and database administrators.
You can install the CES application using the SDMSetupUi. The SDMSetupUi
is an interactive application, used to deploy the CES Server and
VPM Lifecycle Navigator Web
application. You can use only automatic method to install the CES
application.
The CES Installation Guide contains necessary tasks to
install, configure, and initially launch the application.
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