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GEP is a diverse, creative team of people passionate about procurement. We invest ourselves entirely in our client’s success, creating strong collaborative

relationships that deliver extraordinary value year after year. We deliver practical, effective procurement services and technology that enable

procurement leaders to maximize their impact on business operations, strategy and financial performance. Named a Star Performer in Everest Group’s

Peak Matrix of Procurement Services Providers, Winner in the HfS Blueprint Report on Procurement Outsourcing Providers and to the Supply & Demand

Chain Executive 100 for nearly a decade, GEP is also ranked a leader on Gartner’s Magic Quadrant analysis of the world’s top sourcing and procurement

software providers. Clark, NJ-based GEP has ten offices and operations centers in North and South America, Europe and Asia. To learn more about GEP,

please visit www.gep.com.

100 Walnut Avenue, Clark, NJ 07066 | P 732.382.6565 | [email protected] | www.gep.com

PROCUREMENT ON THE MOVE

Sandra L. Surma, C.P.M., Vice President,

Corporate Purchasing Manager, Zions Bancorporatiion

“SMART by GEP is a game changer.

And it's beautiful – the best I've ever seen.”

New requirements. Higher expectations. Procurement is definitely on the

move. And so is your procurement team.

You need tools and technology that help you make a difference. Where

ever, when ever.

SMART by GEP is something new -- a complete, unified sourcing and

procurement platform native to cloud, touch and mobile technologies –

from one of world’s leading global providers of procurement solutions, GEP.

We’ve got you covered. Now hit the gas.

THIS IS YOUR DAY

Today, of employees report doing work outside of

traditional work locations. – Knoll Workforce Research

By 2015, of the world's professional population

will be mobile workers. – IDC cited in Eweek Magazine

ANALYZE SPEND

SOURCE

MANAGE CONTRACTS

MANAGE SUPPLIERS

PURCHASE

“SMART by GEP is a game changer. And it's beautiful – the best I've ever seen.”

03PROCUREMENT ON THE MOVE

New requirements. Higher expectations. Procurement is definitely on the

move. And so is your procurement team.

You need tools and technology that help you make a difference. Where

ever, when ever.

SMART by GEP is something new -- a complete, unified sourcing and

procurement platform native to cloud, touch and mobile technologies –

from one of world’s leading global providers of procurement solutions, GEP.

We’ve got you covered. Now hit the gas.

THIS IS YOUR DAY

Today, of employees report doing work outside of

traditional work locations. – Knoll Workforce Research

By 2015, of the world's professional population

will be mobile workers. – IDC cited in Eweek Magazine

ANALYZE SPEND

SOURCE

MANAGE CONTRACTS

MANAGE SUPPLIERS

PURCHASE

“SMART by GEP is a game changer. And it's beautiful – the best I've ever seen.”

SMART by GEP is the first sourcing and procurement

software app native to cloud, mobile and touch

technologies. Users can access anywhere, anytime on

any computing device – laptop, tablet or phone

SMART by GEP is a single, unified platform that

includes all relevant functionality in its core, for

smoother information, process and work flows. Unlike

modular products, SMART by GEP is literally seamless.

Integration costs, delays, glitches? Eliminated

SMART by GEP is designed to speed and support the

way procurement pros really work, enabling them to

switch fluidly between related tasks. We build on this

inherent flexibility with intelligent, intuitive work flows.

Standardizing on best practices is a snap

SMART by GEP leverages the knowledge base of the

industry's leading provider of global procurement

solutions in handy, ready-to-use tools, templates,

checklists and scorecards (inclusive of neat innovations,

such as sourcing workbenches and three-click RFPs.)

SMART by GEP is cloud-native (with the game-

changing economics that implies), device-agnostic and

easily integrated with all major back-end systems. Fast

deployment, worry-free upgrades and maintenance, no

additional infrastructure or personnel costs

INNOVATION THAT MAKES SENSE

WHAT'S

SMART by GEP delivers comprehensive spend, sourcing and

procurement functionality in a single, unified platform native

to cloud, mobile and touch technologies.

Users can access their entire workbench anywhere, anytime,

on any device – tablet, mobile phone, laptop or PC. Work on

a touchscreen or a keyboard. No matter what you choose, it's

easy to set up, deploy and use, with no extensive training

required or even recommended.

Fact is SMART by GEP is the first e-procurement software

platform designed around how sourcing and procurement

professionals really work, enabling them to switch fluidly

between related tasks.

All its powerful functionality is native in the unified platform –

spend analytics, sourcing, contract management, supplier

management, P2P – which enables fluid information, process

and work flow. (No need to integrate modules and awkward

bolt-ons – with all the delays, glitches, costs and inevitable

limitations they entail.)

Streamlined design, agile architecture and intuitive interfaces

result in a sleek, flexible tool precision-engineered to look,

feel and perform nimbly.

Easy to use, yes. But make no mistake – SMART by GEP is

powerful software, with advanced, A.I.-based analytics and

proprietary algorithms that can easily process the heaviest

through-put our Fortune 500 and Global 2000 enterprise

clients can muster.

And, like all our products, SMART by GEP works with any

F&A or back-end ERP system, such as SAP or Oracle.

SMART by GEP also gives you easy access to a rich,

perpetually-updated repository of field-tested, best-practice

process and work flows, checklists, scorecards, templates and

tools for every situation or objective.

And it does all this while leveraging cloud economics,

infrastructure, maintenance and on-going operational costs

are virtually eliminated.

Slash time, effort and waste from routine tasks. Optimize

performance and increase productivity. Boost user adoption,

heighten customer satisfaction and collaborate more

effectively with enterprise partners, such as legal, operations

and finance. And cut your total cost of ownership to a fraction

of current spend.

WHEN YOU ADD IT ALL UP, IT'S

When you add it all up, it's SMART by GEP.

SMART by GEP is the first sourcing and procurement

software app native to cloud, mobile and touch

technologies. Users can access anywhere, anytime on

any computing device – laptop, tablet or phone

SMART by GEP is a single, unified platform that

includes all relevant functionality in its core, for

smoother information, process and work flows. Unlike

modular products, SMART by GEP is literally seamless.

Integration costs, delays, glitches? Eliminated

SMART by GEP is designed to speed and support the

way procurement pros really work, enabling them to

switch fluidly between related tasks. We build on this

inherent flexibility with intelligent, intuitive work flows.

Standardizing on best practices is a snap

SMART by GEP leverages the knowledge base of the

industry's leading provider of global procurement

solutions in handy, ready-to-use tools, templates,

checklists and scorecards (inclusive of neat innovations,

such as sourcing workbenches and three-click RFPs.)

SMART by GEP is cloud-native (with the game-

changing economics that implies), device-agnostic and

easily integrated with all major back-end systems. Fast

deployment, worry-free upgrades and maintenance, no

additional infrastructure or personnel costs

INNOVATION THAT MAKES SENSE

WHAT'S

SMART by GEP delivers comprehensive spend, sourcing and

procurement functionality in a single, unified platform native

to cloud, mobile and touch technologies.

Users can access their entire workbench anywhere, anytime,

on any device – tablet, mobile phone, laptop or PC. Work on

a touchscreen or a keyboard. No matter what you choose, it's

easy to set up, deploy and use, with no extensive training

required or even recommended.

Fact is SMART by GEP is the first e-procurement software

platform designed around how sourcing and procurement

professionals really work, enabling them to switch fluidly

between related tasks.

All its powerful functionality is native in the unified platform –

spend analytics, sourcing, contract management, supplier

management, P2P – which enables fluid information, process

and work flow. (No need to integrate modules and awkward

bolt-ons – with all the delays, glitches, costs and inevitable

limitations they entail.)

Streamlined design, agile architecture and intuitive interfaces

result in a sleek, flexible tool precision-engineered to look,

feel and perform nimbly.

Easy to use, yes. But make no mistake – SMART by GEP is

powerful software, with advanced, A.I.-based analytics and

proprietary algorithms that can easily process the heaviest

through-put our Fortune 500 and Global 2000 enterprise

clients can muster.

And, like all our products, SMART by GEP works with any

F&A or back-end ERP system, such as SAP or Oracle.

SMART by GEP also gives you easy access to a rich,

perpetually-updated repository of field-tested, best-practice

process and work flows, checklists, scorecards, templates and

tools for every situation or objective.

And it does all this while leveraging cloud economics,

infrastructure, maintenance and on-going operational costs

are virtually eliminated.

Slash time, effort and waste from routine tasks. Optimize

performance and increase productivity. Boost user adoption,

heighten customer satisfaction and collaborate more

effectively with enterprise partners, such as legal, operations

and finance. And cut your total cost of ownership to a fraction

of current spend.

WHEN YOU ADD IT ALL UP, IT'S

When you add it all up, it's SMART by GEP.

Boost Adoption & Happiness – Intuitive, easy-to-use tools

flatten the learning curve, increasing adoption and sustaining use

over the long term, no extensive or expensive re-training

Keep Pace – Leverage mobile, touch and cloud

technologies to boost productivity, responsiveness and

savings and position your procurement team better for

continued change and rising expectations

Proven Best Practices – Standardize on documented, best-

practice processes field-tested across a wide range of

industries, requirements and use cases, which helps your

procurement team achieve tangible savings faster

Minimize Training – Because SMART by GEP is designed by

procurement professionals for procurement professionals, little

or no training is required, so results and payback begin now

Anywhere, Anytime Access – Works on any Internet-

enabled device, including PCs, laptops, tablets and smart

phones. Work where you want, when you want

Type or Swipe on the Go – Optimized for mobile

computing, SMART by GEP is the first and only

comprehensive sourcing and procurement platform native

to cloud, mobile and touch technologies

All Functionality Native in One Unified Platform – Fluid

information and work flow on one complete sourcing and

procurement platform – including spend analysis, sourcing,

contract management, supplier information and

performance management, and purchasing (procure-to-pay)

Platform Agnostic – SMART by GEP makes it easy to

leverage your existing investments and infrastructure,

because it works seamlessly with SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards,

PeopleSoft and all other major ERP, finance and

accounting systems

Rich Knowledge Base – Access and use the extensive

sourcing and procurement knowledge base of GEP, industry's

leading provider of procurement services and software, in

field-tested, ready-to-use work and process flows, tools,

templates, checklists and scorecards (inclusive of innovations

such as category workbenches and three-click RFPs.)

Superior Multilingual Capabilities – SMART by GEP has

extensive multi-lingual capabilities (all major European and

Asian languages), now so critical for globally networked

enterprises and their multinational supplier bases

Developed for the Cloud – Born on the Cloud, our

subscription-based platform is designed for fast, economical

deployment and worry-free upgrades, without risk of

implementation snarls, cost overruns or technical glitches

Superb Support and Service – GEP has garnered wide

recognition as perhaps the most customer-centric procurement

services and software firm in the industry, focused exclusively

on serving sourcing and procurement professionals

Increase Savings – The comprehensive functionality of

the SMART by GEP sourcing and procurement platform

enables the realization of significantly savings, typically

25% to 40% higher

Improve Productivity – Enable your team to work flexibly

on any computing device. SMART by GEP is an efficient,

easy-to-use digital workspace that streamlines and

automates the entire sourcing and procurement process

Better Economics – Best-of-class software on the cloud, with

no additional IT infrastructure, integration, personnel, support

or maintenance costs, delivers unrivalled speed to value

WHAT YOU GET

WHY IT MATTERS

INSIDE SMART by GEP is something new –

a complete, unified sourcing and

procurement platform native to cloud,

touch and mobile technologies – from

one of world’s leading global providers

of procurement solutions, GEP.

Boost Adoption & Happiness – Intuitive, easy-to-use tools

flatten the learning curve, increasing adoption and sustaining use

over the long term, no extensive or expensive re-training

Keep Pace – Leverage mobile, touch and cloud

technologies to boost productivity, responsiveness and

savings and position your procurement team better for

continued change and rising expectations

Proven Best Practices – Standardize on documented, best-

practice processes field-tested across a wide range of

industries, requirements and use cases, which helps your

procurement team achieve tangible savings faster

Minimize Training – Because SMART by GEP is designed by

procurement professionals for procurement professionals, little

or no training is required, so results and payback begin now

Anywhere, Anytime Access – Works on any Internet-

enabled device, including PCs, laptops, tablets and smart

phones. Work where you want, when you want

Type or Swipe on the Go – Optimized for mobile

computing, SMART by GEP is the first and only

comprehensive sourcing and procurement platform native

to cloud, mobile and touch technologies

All Functionality Native in One Unified Platform – Fluid

information and work flow on one complete sourcing and

procurement platform – including spend analysis, sourcing,

contract management, supplier information and

performance management, and purchasing (procure-to-pay)

Platform Agnostic – SMART by GEP makes it easy to

leverage your existing investments and infrastructure,

because it works seamlessly with SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards,

PeopleSoft and all other major ERP, finance and

accounting systems

Rich Knowledge Base – Access and use the extensive

sourcing and procurement knowledge base of GEP, industry's

leading provider of procurement services and software, in

field-tested, ready-to-use work and process flows, tools,

templates, checklists and scorecards (inclusive of innovations

such as category workbenches and three-click RFPs.)

Superior Multilingual Capabilities – SMART by GEP has

extensive multi-lingual capabilities (all major European and

Asian languages), now so critical for globally networked

enterprises and their multinational supplier bases

Developed for the Cloud – Born on the Cloud, our

subscription-based platform is designed for fast, economical

deployment and worry-free upgrades, without risk of

implementation snarls, cost overruns or technical glitches

Superb Support and Service – GEP has garnered wide

recognition as perhaps the most customer-centric procurement

services and software firm in the industry, focused exclusively

on serving sourcing and procurement professionals

Increase Savings – The comprehensive functionality of

the SMART by GEP sourcing and procurement platform

enables the realization of significantly savings, typically

25% to 40% higher

Improve Productivity – Enable your team to work flexibly

on any computing device. SMART by GEP is an efficient,

easy-to-use digital workspace that streamlines and

automates the entire sourcing and procurement process

Better Economics – Best-of-class software on the cloud, with

no additional IT infrastructure, integration, personnel, support

or maintenance costs, delivers unrivalled speed to value

WHAT YOU GET

WHY IT MATTERS

INSIDE SMART by GEP is something new –

a complete, unified sourcing and

procurement platform native to cloud,

touch and mobile technologies – from

one of world’s leading global providers

of procurement solutions, GEP.

SPEND ANALYSISSMART by GEP cleanses, validates, classifies and reports

spend data across disparate systems. The result is accurate,

actionable information, with item-level visibility across the

enterprise. That's critical to your procurement team's success

in streamlining strategic sourcing waves, reducing maverick

spend and realizing substantial cost savings.

Using artificial intelligence, proprietary algorithms and

feedback from hundreds of complex engagements,

SMART by GEP learns, continually sharpening its output

against even the most idiosyncratic taxonomies.

All of which help SMART by GEP achieve an average

classification accuracy of 95 percent or greater.

SMART by GEP provides granular visibility, as well as

consolidated views of spending trends and buying activities in

remarkably easy-to-read, easy-to-use formats.

What's more, SMART by GEP identifies additional

opportunities for savings using fresh market intelligence and

real-world inputs from GEP's industry-leading strategic

sourcing and consulting services teams. No other tool can

provide that kind of tangible value-add.

Rapid Scalability

Quality Assurance

Sustainable Savings

– Improved scalability for faster adoption,

reinforcing focus on bottom-line objectives

– User-defined classification workflows

promote data hygiene at its source

– Actionable insights keep pace with

changing spend patterns

Artificial Intelligence

Quick-Reference Dashboards

Flexible Reporting

Source Agnostic

– Powerful proprietary algorithms drive

a learning system that self corrects, delivers stunning accuracy

and nuanced insights to spend

– Colorful graphical & tabular

dashboards speed uptake, with detailed drilldowns for

supplier analysis, categories, regions, spend volume

– Customize rich, multi-dimensional

reports by supplier, business unit, price variance and more

– Automatic mapping of data headers from

multiple formats of input files

Taxonomy Agnostic

Rules-Based

Packed with Value-Added Functionality

– Use one preferred or multiple taxonomy

standards, including industry-specific, sourcing-specific and custom,

enterprise-specific taxonomies as you require

– Spend views can be configured to commodity-

company- or role-specific rules

– Sourcing-based

taxonomies, dynamic dashboards, automated wave plans and

scheduled reports seamlessly integration with Microsoft Excel & Word

Granular Precision

High Accuracy

Speed & Universality

Minimal Training

– See, understand and compare spend

patterns down to the line-item

– Minimum accuracy rates of 95% or greater

reduce the need for manual intervention

– Automatically normalizes input

formats to leverage multiple data sources

– Easy-to-use, intuitive interfaces and

work flow require little or no training

CONSOLIDATED VIEW OF SPEND ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE

Understand spend quickly and easily. Move from line-item to

enterprise wide with a click. Optimize savings opportunities

based on your sourcing strategy.

Our state-of-the-art reporting framework does a lot of heavy

lifting, with artificial intelligence (A.I.) that sharpens its grasp of

idiosyncratic taxonomies as you use it, boosting accuracy with

every application. Saving opportunities are identified and

delivered to you.

Ÿ Auto aggregation, cleaning & normalization

Ÿ Sourcing-focused taxonomies

Ÿ UNSPSC, SIC-Code & enterprise-specific taxonomies

Ÿ Enterprise view to line-item view – and everything

in between

Ÿ Consolidated views of supplier spend with parent-

child linkages

Ÿ Flexible reports based on your preferences

Ÿ Export, mail and schedule in any format

ADVANCED ANALYTICS AT YOUR FINGER TIPS

WHAT YOU GET

WHY IT MATTERS

SPEND ANALYSISSMART by GEP cleanses, validates, classifies and reports

spend data across disparate systems. The result is accurate,

actionable information, with item-level visibility across the

enterprise. That's critical to your procurement team's success

in streamlining strategic sourcing waves, reducing maverick

spend and realizing substantial cost savings.

Using artificial intelligence, proprietary algorithms and

feedback from hundreds of complex engagements,

SMART by GEP learns, continually sharpening its output

against even the most idiosyncratic taxonomies.

All of which help SMART by GEP achieve an average

classification accuracy of 95 percent or greater.

SMART by GEP provides granular visibility, as well as

consolidated views of spending trends and buying activities in

remarkably easy-to-read, easy-to-use formats.

What's more, SMART by GEP identifies additional

opportunities for savings using fresh market intelligence and

real-world inputs from GEP's industry-leading strategic

sourcing and consulting services teams. No other tool can

provide that kind of tangible value-add.

Rapid Scalability

Quality Assurance

Sustainable Savings

– Improved scalability for faster adoption,

reinforcing focus on bottom-line objectives

– User-defined classification workflows

promote data hygiene at its source

– Actionable insights keep pace with

changing spend patterns

Artificial Intelligence

Quick-Reference Dashboards

Flexible Reporting

Source Agnostic

– Powerful proprietary algorithms drive

a learning system that self corrects, delivers stunning accuracy

and nuanced insights to spend

– Colorful graphical & tabular

dashboards speed uptake, with detailed drilldowns for

supplier analysis, categories, regions, spend volume

– Customize rich, multi-dimensional

reports by supplier, business unit, price variance and more

– Automatic mapping of data headers from

multiple formats of input files

Taxonomy Agnostic

Rules-Based

Packed with Value-Added Functionality

– Use one preferred or multiple taxonomy

standards, including industry-specific, sourcing-specific and custom,

enterprise-specific taxonomies as you require

– Spend views can be configured to commodity-

company- or role-specific rules

– Sourcing-based

taxonomies, dynamic dashboards, automated wave plans and

scheduled reports seamlessly integration with Microsoft Excel & Word

Granular Precision

High Accuracy

Speed & Universality

Minimal Training

– See, understand and compare spend

patterns down to the line-item

– Minimum accuracy rates of 95% or greater

reduce the need for manual intervention

– Automatically normalizes input

formats to leverage multiple data sources

– Easy-to-use, intuitive interfaces and

work flow require little or no training

CONSOLIDATED VIEW OF SPEND ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE

Understand spend quickly and easily. Move from line-item to

enterprise wide with a click. Optimize savings opportunities

based on your sourcing strategy.

Our state-of-the-art reporting framework does a lot of heavy

lifting, with artificial intelligence (A.I.) that sharpens its grasp of

idiosyncratic taxonomies as you use it, boosting accuracy with

every application. Saving opportunities are identified and

delivered to you.

Ÿ Auto aggregation, cleaning & normalization

Ÿ Sourcing-focused taxonomies

Ÿ UNSPSC, SIC-Code & enterprise-specific taxonomies

Ÿ Enterprise view to line-item view – and everything

in between

Ÿ Consolidated views of supplier spend with parent-

child linkages

Ÿ Flexible reports based on your preferences

Ÿ Export, mail and schedule in any format

ADVANCED ANALYTICS AT YOUR FINGER TIPS

WHAT YOU GET

WHY IT MATTERS

SOURCINGSupplier Intelligence

Collaborative Authoring

Real-Time Auctions

– Understand supplier landscape using

historical performance against key benchmarks, increase

exposure to supplier base, get top and lateral views of your

supplier base

– Build multi-line proposals and

quotes with flexible forms, templates, wizards, and consistent

workflows across business units, regions and suppliers

– Stimulate competition for your

business and achieve true, up-to-the-minute market pricing

on products and services

Fact-Based Review

Seamless Process Flow

– Automatic standardization of supplier

responses and sourcing data helps you see apples-to-apples

comparison in real time

– In-platform analytics automatically

activate sourcing waves, pre-populated contract tools and

templates speed supplier agreements

Achieve Best-Value Agreements

Faster Results, Fewer Errors

– Leverage the full potential

of supply markets and maximize the value of your spend by

increasing competition for your business

– GEP cuts an average of 40%

from RFx-to-Auction cycle times, reduces paperwork and

virtually eliminates processing errors

– When leveraged together, the full

functionality of the SMART by GEP sourcing and

procurement platform enables the achievement of realized

savings of 25% to 40%

Drive Significant Savings

Improved Choice

Better Communications

– Identify and qualify new suppliers,

cultivate a broader supplier base and react quickly to the

threat of supplier failure

– Improved communications results

in better relationships and better deals; invite suppliers to

remotely participate in auctions; gain cross-sectional visibility

into vendor responses

Streamline RFx-to-award cycles and achieve best-value

agreements whenever you source. Quickly identify, evaluate

and qualify new suppliers. Drive competition for your business

with auctions. Manage risk and maximize value for money.

Doesn't matter if you're at your desk or on the run –

SMART by GEP provides you the most powerful and effective

set of eSourcing tools available to enterprise procurement

teams today. Leverage sourcing best practices, streamline,

automate – on one unified sourcing and procurement

platform native to cloud, mobile and touch technologies.

That's particularly impressive when you consider how easy to

use and intuitive GEP sourcing tools are.

SMART by GEP helps you realize and sustain immediate

savings. It's engineered to work with SAP or any major ERP

system. No burdensome hardware, software or integration

costs. No costly training delays or expenses.

Ÿ RFx tools increase savings on spend, cuts sourcing

time and hassle

Ÿ Easy-to-use auction tools drive additional savings

Ÿ Cycle times typically slashed by 40 percent or more

BETTER SOURCING RESULTS

Collaborating across offices and geographies, your team can

evaluate suppliers and author new proposals. Guided by your

unique internal parameters, supplier responses are

standardized and compiled. And because everything is

tracked and documented electronically, reports can be

generated automatically, allowing multiple teams to access

the quotes.

In addition to helping drive supplier negotiations, RFx data can

be automatically flowed into your auction tool. You can set up

a live event within minutes and see your potential savings in

real time. And in a few clicks, award decisions can be sent

directly to GEP Contract.

WHAT YOU GET

WHY IT MATTERS

Identify and qualify new suppliers

Stimulate competition and mitigate supplier risk

Standardize on documented, repeatable best-

practice processes

Obtain up-to-the-minute market intelligence

Streamline and accelerate RFx-to-award cycle

Save time and money

Best-Value Sourcing Always

SOURCINGSupplier Intelligence

Real-Time Auctions

– Understand supplier landscape using

historical performance against key benchmarks, increase

exposure to supplier base, get top and lateral views of your

supplier base

– Build multi-line proposals and

quotes with flexible forms, templates, wizards, and consistent

workflows across business units, regions and suppliers

– Stimulate competition for your

business and achieve true, up-to-the-minute market pricing

on products and services

Fact-Based Review

Seamless Process Flow

– Automatic standardization of supplier

responses and sourcing data helps you see apples-to-apples

comparison in real time

– In-platform analytics automatically

activate sourcing waves, pre-populated contract tools and

templates speed supplier agreements

Achieve Best-Value Agreements

Faster Results, Fewer Errors

– Leverage the full potential

of supply markets and maximize the value of your spend by

increasing competition for your business

– GEP cuts an average of 40%

from RFx-to-Auction cycle times, reduces paperwork and

virtually eliminates processing errors

– When leveraged together, the full

functionality of the SMART by GEP sourcing and

procurement platform enables the achievement of realized

savings of 25% to 40%

Drive Significant Savings

Improved Choice

Better Communications

– Identify and qualify new suppliers,

cultivate a broader supplier base and react quickly to the

threat of supplier failure

– Improved communications results

in better relationships and better deals; invite suppliers to

remotely participate in auctions; gain cross-sectional visibility

into vendor responses

Streamline RFx-to-award cycles and achieve best-value

agreements whenever you source. Quickly identify, evaluate

and qualify new suppliers. Drive competition for your business

with auctions. Manage risk and maximize value for money.

Doesn't matter if you're at your desk or on the run –

SMART by GEP provides you the most powerful and effective

set of eSourcing tools available to enterprise procurement

teams today. Leverage sourcing best practices, streamline,

automate – on one unified sourcing and procurement

platform native to cloud, mobile and touch technologies.

That's particularly impressive when you consider how easy to

use and intuitive GEP sourcing tools are.

SMART by GEP helps you realize and sustain immediate

savings. It's engineered to work with SAP or any major ERP

system. No burdensome hardware, software or integration

costs. No costly training delays or expenses.

Ÿ RFx tools increase savings on spend, cuts sourcing

time and hassle

Ÿ Easy-to-use auction tools drive additional savings

Ÿ Cycle times typically slashed by 40 percent or more

BETTER SOURCING RESULTS

Collaborating across offices and geographies, your team can

evaluate suppliers and author new proposals. Guided by your

unique internal parameters, supplier responses are

standardized and compiled. And because everything is

tracked and documented electronically, reports can be

generated automatically, allowing multiple teams to access

the quotes.

In addition to helping drive supplier negotiations, RFx data can

be automatically flowed into your auction tool. You can set up

a live event within minutes and see your potential savings in

real time. And in a few clicks, award decisions can be sent

directly to GEP Contract.

WHAT YOU GET

WHY IT MATTERS

Identify and qualify new suppliers

Stimulate competition and mitigate supplier risk

Standardize on documented, repeatable best-

practice processes

Obtain up-to-the-minute market intelligence

Streamline and accelerate RFx-to-award cycle

Save time and money

Best-Value Sourcing Always

THE STORY OF More Innovation, More Value

Category Workbench

Gain fast, easy access to all category-specific information

and tools – market and supplier research, templates,

models, guidelines, pricing and performance data,

purchase history, contracts and more – in a single

intuitive work space

Savings Tracking

Track the real impact of the procurement team in hard

dollars, from a single initiative to enterprise-wide

programs. Validate against multi-dimensional financial

measures. Identify the levers that produce the greatest

realized savings

Proactive Contract Compliance

Get wise to compliance issues before things get out of

hand. All contract terms and conditions monitored –

price and non-price items. Exposure is made plain in

automatic alerts, so you can take corrective action

quickly and limit leakage.

Mobility

Flexible, full power on the go. SMART by GEP is the

first sourcing and procurement platform native to

mobile and touch technology. Work anywhere,

anytime on any device – laptop, tablet, phone – with

equal ease and impact

Snap Docs

Tap a vast repository of document templates. Render a

new document with three-clicks or less. Then

automatically create multiple supporting documents. Go

from RFP to contract to PO instantly.

Five-Way Matching

Create full audit trails available in real time. Match

requisitions, purchase orders, invoices and reconcile to

contracts and budget automatically. Link to rules to

boost compliance and budget reconciliation

Unified Platform

Complete functionality in one unified app – spend

analytics, sourcing, contract and supplier management,

purchasing – for fluid work and process flow. No need to

integrate modules or awkward bolt-ons, with all the

delays, glitches and cost that entails

GEP Nexus

Connect with thousands of global, regional and local

suppliers in a massive, cloud-based marketplace. Search,

explore and discover new relationships. Expand your

options and create more competition for your business

At GEP, we've never been comfortable with conventional wisdom, conventional solutions or

conventional outcomes. Mainly, because we believe that what makes most sense for our customers

makes most sense for us.

In a software marketplace where tools are designed and packaged around a vendor's sales and

marketing priorities – resulting in integration snarls, awkwardly configured work flows and costly

add-ons to support basic activities – we asked “why?”

And that just got us going.

Why shouldn't sourcing and procurement professionals be able to work where, when and how they

want? Why saddle our customers with unnecessary infrastructure costs? Why not build

sophisticated process knowledge into the tools that anticipate requirements? How about including

a rich repository of field-tested, ready-to-use work and process flows, tools, templates, checklists

and scorecards (inclusive of neat innovations, such category workbenches and three-click RFPs.)

In the end, as far as we could tell, there weren't any good reasons.

So we decided on something that some might call radical – we've introduced a complete sourcing

and procurement platform centered on the actual work patterns and preferences of sourcing and

procurement professionals.

SMART by GEP is native to cloud, mobile and touch technologies so it's accessible anytime,

anywhere on any mobile device. Its robust functionality and features are natively integrated, so data

can be shared or moved fluidly. And it's packed with a huge repository of tools, templates,

scorecards and checklists – the tangible results of a dozen years and thousands of complex

engagements with the largest, most demanding procurement organizations in the world.

In the end, we're not radicals nor rebels, just good people, passionately committed to delivering

extraordinary value to our customers.