Buyers often wrestle with disparate supply chains and managing volumes of manual information that is hard to like-for-like compare.

Furthermore, the lack of a central collaborative repository for this information impacts upon enterprise wide buying efficiency as duplication of effort reigns and no-one knows which suppliers are under management.

Uniquely, Mercato has automated the process of sourcing and cleansing raw 'dirty' supplier data, product/service details, price and stock using a powerful process of:

• Fetching and receiving supplier data feeds
• Filtering them through a data conversion module that converts myriad formats into a 'clean' standard
• Checking product data, assigning product codes and filtering new products for preparation
• Comparing product data, price and stock before prioritising lowest price and stock availability
• Catalogue structuring and population having verified descriptions and formatted to a uniform style

Catalogues can be updated at any pre-determined frequency. In volatile markets and supply chains where price and stock change regularly, catalogues can be updated daily or more often. Less volatile areas can be updated monthly, quarterly or at any other agreed frequency.

As a market-leading subscription based SaaS solution that integrates and extends common ERP systems, the Mercato Application suite is modular and tools can be bolted on to meet specific demands. This overall end-to-end solution is hosted by Mercato and can integrate into existing FMS and back office systems if required.

The solution can be 'live' rapidly without hardware or software installation costs and there are no maintenance costs. 

The solution is highly intuitive but if needed, Mercato can offer implementation assistance and training to ensure swift deployment, company-wide adoption, and quick ROI.