CTM e-Procurement exists in two version, CTM Corporate and CTM Enterprise, to suit your specific needs.

Feature	Corporate	Enterprise
Purchasing and RFQ
Contract management
Framework agreements and call offs
Supplier database
Document and template management
Reverse auctions
Reports
Planning

Purchasing and RFQ

The system's RFX engine contains features for creating and publishing various kinds of purchasing and RFQs. Response forms, technical specifications, draft agreements and other types of business documents are created with the system's document features or by uploading files in other formats. All external communication is handled through the system providing adapted interface and user accounts for the suppliers. After receiving quotations and tenders from the suppliers, collation and evaluation is easily done through the system. Based on the evaluation, an agreement is signed with the preferred supplier. There is also an option to get authorization before making the agreement available to be electronically signed by the supplier. Signed agreements are stored in the agreement database.

Contract management

The agreement database contains all current and historical agreements. With the help of an advanced search engine, individual agreements or groups of several agreements can be located. Detailed information about the agreement, e.g. duration, appendices and version history, can be found in a separate view. When creating, extending or updating an agreement, authorizations and signatures can be obtained electronically.

Framework agreements and call offs

The system distinguishes between framework agreements and other agreements. Framework agreements can be created by defining categories that is, in turn, used to specify competitive call off requests and direct call offs against a specific framework agreement. The features for call offs are particularly suited for managing more complex goods and services. In order to facilitate the follow-up and presentation of statistics, implemented call offs are linked to the relevant framework agreement. Authorization and supplier signatures are handled electronically.

Supplier database

The supplier database is a list of existing and potential suppliers. The database has an extensive search feature and suppliers can easily be added, removed or updated. Every supplier has an index card where basic information about addresses and contacts can be found. As all the communication and transactions are managed directly in the system, at least one user account must be linked to every supplier, enabling the supplier to log on to the system to respond to requests, sign agreements, etc.

The system contains a searchable index of all user accounts, which also act as a file of key contacts at the suppliers.

In order to ensure high quality of data, the suppliers administrate their own contact information. Your organisation can easily add, update or remove user accounts or entire suppliers whenever necessary.

organisation's design and can contain logotypes and company-specific formatting features. The document module also contains features for the creation of a template library. The templates are used as a basis for creating a wide range of documents. By storing common types of texts in the template library, the lead times can be significantly reduced when writing different kinds of documents. Aside from creating and managing documents in the system's own format, external documents can also be uploaded and used in all parts of the system.

Document and template management

The document module is an integral part of the system. That is where you create the documents used in various contexts in other parts of the system. Documents are created easily and dynamically, directly in the web interface, irrespective of whether it is an agreement or an interactive response form to be used in purchasing. Using a document created in the system as a basis, it is possible to generate pdf-documents, which are tailored to the

Reverse auctions

Inverted electronic auctions can be organised in the system, either separate or as part of a purchasing process. An e-auction contains positions that invited suppliers bid for. The e-auction can be observed in real time and after its conclusion, an agreement can be signed with the winning supplier.

Reports

The system contains dynamic features for generating reports where the data from all business objects can be extracted to Excel.

You create the reports directly in the web interface by selecting the data to be extracted.

In addition, the system contains a number of standard reports that provide snapshots of the organisation's purchasing operations.

Planning

The system has features for setting up and running purchase related projects.

Project activities can be defined, timed and distributed to the selected project members. Documents can be uploaded to the shared folder that is created for each project, in order to ensure that all project members have access to the same information.