1. Collaborative Supplier Information Modelling (cSIM)
Share Knowledge.
Wherever you are.

2. People are sharing MORE
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3. Keiretsu Concept
 Engage with suppliers early in the product development process;
 Share benefits;
 Know your suppliers, their processes and work places. Establish
Joint Ventures for key/critical items/commodities/services;
 Know why you are doing business with a particular supplier. Develop
a portfolio of suppliers with regards to their performance in:
 quality,
 cost,
 delivery,
 people,
 Development;
 Identify root causes of problems and do not just terminate and switch
to another firm.
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4. cSIM – A Business Problem
Complexity, cost and control issues prevent project teams
from leveraging the knowledge in central systems to drive
project execution
Corporate
Accounting
Database
Business
Intelligence
Project
Control
Systems
Supply Chain
Automation
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Design
Intelligence
Document
Stores
Project
Manager
Architect
Trade
Local Knowledge / Data
Supply
Chain Data
Project / Design
Teams

5. cSIM – A Business Solution
Use the knowledge held in central systems to drive project
execution and greater profits through collaboration.
Corporate
• Cloud-Based Collaboration
• Connect your supply chain
Project / Design
Teams
• Non-intrusive
Supply
Chain Data
Business
Intelligence
Design
Intelligence
• Web-Native, Device Agnostic
Project
Manager
• Low Barriers to Entry
• Low Cost, Long Term Relationship
Accounting
Database
Project
Control
Systems
Supply Chain
Automation
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Document
Stores
Architect
Trade
Local Knowledge / Data
• Full Service Data Management

6. cSIM Enables You To...
 Prequalify the appropriate firms to do business with
 Run electronic Tenders to these prequalified firms
 Provide Contract Administration Management
 Collaborate around shared documentation
 Manage Planned & Preventative Maintenance and call-out
workflows
 Handle all of their Purchase Orders and Invoices
host Catalogues, create Forums, deliver
Marketing…….
All of this is fully auditable, transparent and can be
reported across for financial benefits and savings.
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7. Asite cSIM
Asite cSIM facilitates the selection of suppliers and enables all of your
supplier data exchange requirements.
Contact details
Trade Classifications
Credit Checking
Financials Info
Health & Safety
Insurance & Regulatory
Compliance
Network
Vendor Trading
Information, Contra
ct Administration
Receive & Respond
to
enquiries, eTenders, e
Trading
Host eCatalogues
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Buyer
Q?
cSIM

8. Delivering a Single View
 Our customers are
the whole AEC
supply chain
 Their job is to
deliver to the
Asset owners and
operators
 Our job is to
enable them and
enable their
systems to
connect
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9. Investment in Infrastructure
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Storage – Unlimited
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Cloud Computing – Seamless Storage tap options
OpSource Global SaaS Infrastructure Partner
Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
SAS70 Type II and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance - Audited
PCI DSS Compliance - Audited
Webex Certification
Salesforce App Exchange Certification
UK Government Security Accreditation – Audited HMG IS1
ISO 27001 Compliance
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10. cSIM – Helicopter View
Connecting Businesses
Suppliers
Buyers
Asite Buy
software on
asite.com
Back
Office
Asite Buy
software on
asite.com
Back
Office
3rd Party
Systems
Email
Asite Supply
software on
asite.com
Asite Exchange
www.asite.com
Web Catalogues
Back
Office
Website
(Round-Trip)
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11. cSIM – The Buy-Side
1 Manage the addition of suppliers
r
a
via direct load or supplier selfservice
2 Suppliers accept/reject relationship
r
3 Buyer sets up questionnaires for
basic info, health & safety, contract
terms, etc.
4 Suppliers manage data collation
5 Manage relationship data, integrate
with back-office
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Buyer
cSIM
r
Asite cSIM supports the
management of the entire
supplier relationship
Q?

12. E-Commerce – The Supply-Side
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Asite e-Commerce puts your
product into the hands of
customers across head office
and project sites, regardless
of device.
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1 Rapidly deploy sophisticated web
storefront capabilities to your
customers and win more work
2 Provide buyers visibility of
purchases across their enterprise
Product Supplier
E-Commerce
3 Enable customer access through
back-office, web and mobile devices
4 Automatically generate invoices from
orders upon fulfillment at site
5 Provide an RFQ process so customers
can request custom solutions

13. Overall Purchasing Process
Goods delivered to site
with conventional
delivery note –
scanned/barcode/pdf
input
Supplier
Supplier acknowledges
order. Sends advanced
ship note via Asite.
Supplier publishes
catalogue from which
buyer can purchase
Publish
Catalogue
Purchase
Requisition
Browse
catalogue and
create order for
approval
Purchase
Order
Change
Order?
Option to amend purchase
order using ‘Change Order’
functionality
Purchase order approved
and issued to supplier
Buyer
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ASN
Supplier invoice
sent via Asite
Goods
Received
GRN
Input
Invoice
Auto
Match
Goods Received Note
captured in Asite or entered
into back office system
Three way match:
- GRN
- Invoice
- Purchase Order

14. Web-Based Supplier Process
ASN
Catalogue
Asite Buy
Asite Document
Exchange
GRN
Special
Requests
Asite Supply
2.Raise Order
1. Punch-Out to
web catalogue
Accounts Package
5. Invoice
delivered
to ERP
4. Raise Invoice
in Asite Supply
3. Receive Order in
Asite Supply
Buyer
Supplier
6. Three-Way Matching Report and
Real-Time Transactional Reports
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Asite Exchange &
Asite Reporting

15. Purchasing Mobility
Deploy with confidence across mobile and tablet devices and put
purchasing power into the hands of your customers
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16. Site Logistics Solutions
Enable integrated
goods receipt on site.
Site-based logistics
feeds directly back
into supplier and
buyer back-office
systems.
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17. Real-Time Analytics
Suppliers – track customer spend across all your brands
Buyers – track spend per trade and per contract
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18. BIM Product Libraries
• Add interactive BIM objects to your product catalogues
• Link products and extended product detail into models
• Enable purchasing from fabrication and facilities models
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19. Less than a first class stamp
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