Platform · Strategic sourcing
Strategic sourcing with execution attached.
Move from slide-deck category plans to sourcing execution that uses the same supplier record as risk and diversity.
The fracture
Strategy in slides. Execution in email.
Plans die when the only tool is a shared inbox.
- 01
No pipeline
Leadership cannot see active events or savings.
- 02
Incumbent bias
Discovery never happens.
- 03
Savings leakage
Awards do not stick in P2P.
Definition
What is strategic sourcing software?
Strategic sourcing software helps procurement plan categories, run competitive events, and award based on total value, not price alone.
In the product
Sourcing on a shared supplier record.
Strategic sourcing software helps procurement plan categories, run competitive events, and award based on total value, not price alone.
Strategic sourcing
Category plans that execute on the record.
Move from slide decks to sourcing events that reuse supplier, risk, and diversity context across the enterprise.
Category-aware RFx
Launch events tied to spend thresholds, compliance needs, and supplier masters, not a fresh spreadsheet.
Cross-BU visibility
Centralized sourcing dashboards so plants and regions stop inventing parallel supplier lists.
Risk & diversity in selection
Score and shortlist with predictive risk and inclusion data embedded in the award decision.
ERP-ready handoff
Push awarded work into purchasing and contracts without re-keying the supplier.
Two ways in
Replace it, or connect it.
Both end in one record.
Rip-and-replace is not the only way to modernise, and orchestration alone doesn't give you the modules to actually run procurement. Gainfront does both, so the entry point matches how your company already operates.
Replace the stack
SLM Suite
One supplier record underneath sourcing, contracts, risk, spend, purchasing, and diversity, instead of stitching point tools forever.
Choose this if
- Category transformation
What you get
- Single supplier master
- Modules that share the same record
- Reporting without spreadsheet reconciliation
Orchestrate what you own
AgentFlow
Keep Coupa, Ariba, or your ERP. AgentFlow coordinates intake, approvals, and supplier work across the tools you already run.
Choose this if
- Orchestrate with ERP
What you get
- No rip-and-replace mandate
- Cross-system supplier context
- Faster intake without another silo
Not sure which one you are? Activate 2 week trial.
Questions
Before you
book anything.
Is this only for goods?
No. Goods and services categories are supported.
Next step
One conversation.
One supplier record.
Thirty minutes with someone who has run procurement, framed for sourcing.
A working session, not a pitch
Thirty minutes with the Gainfront team on the workflows you care about.
Replace or orchestrate
We'll say which path fits, including when neither one fits yet.
Nothing to prepare
Tell us what you want to improve. Our team will contact you to schedule.