Overview: SmartMart Catalog Ordering in iProcurement
SmartMart replaces CWA / iProcurement catalog ordering on August 5, 2009.
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Why SmartMart?
SmartMart saves you and the University time and money. SmartMart was implemented to:
>> Make the shopping experience attractive and convenient, similar to consumer sites
- Provide a single interface to Stanford vendors and catalogs
- Include robust shopping / browsing features such as category drill downs and product comparisons
>> Support continual growth of product offerings, detailed product information, and up-to-date negotiated pricing
- Guide user search results to preferred suppliers
- Make more products available via catalog ordering and/or with electronic invoicing, decreasing the need for RPO or Standard orders
>> Provide the following benefits to end users
- Increased user satisfaction
- User-friendly shopping experience while retaining the appropriate controls and approvals
- Easily retrievable on-line commodity and pricing information for high volume vendors
- Increased self service
- Less need to place orders directly with suppliers (RPOs)
Suppliers
The following suppliers are available in SmartMart:
| Affymetrix | Knoll / Hogue (coming soon) |
| Agilent Technologies / Stratagene | Lenovo |
| Apple Computer | McMaster-Carr Supply Company |
| Applied Biosystems | New England Biolabs |
| Beckman Coulter | Newark |
| Bio-Rad | Operon |
| Cell Signaling Technology | Perkin Elmer Life Sciences |
| Dell | Praxair |
| E & K Scientific Products | Qiagen |
| En Pointe Technologies | Rainin |
| Fisher Scientific | Roche Diagnostics / Applied Science |
| GE Healthcare (coming soon) | Sanyo |
| Gold Shield Chemical Company | Sigma-Aldrich |
| Grainger | Staples Advantage (formerly Corporate Express) |
| Hewlett Packard (HP) | Thermo Scientific |
| Integrated DNA Technologies | VWR |
| Invitrogen | Xerox Corporation |
| ISC Bioexpress |
Note – Supplier list subject to change
Training
To learn how to order items from SmartMart catalogs, attend one of our WebEx training sessions or view the Pre-Recorded Training Session (60 minutes).
If you have attended SmartMart training, click here to take the survey to evaluate the training effectiveness.
If you would like to schedule an instructor-led session for your department, please email Cheryl Penn at penn@stanford.edu.
The SmartMart Challenge
Help yourself and the University save time and money by taking the SmartMart Challenge. Shop SmartMart first and decrease orders placed via Standard and Rapid Purchase Orders (RPOs) and win:
- First Prize: $200 Gift Certificate to restaurant of choice
- Second Prize: 10 Faculty‐Staff Lunch Plans for Stanford Dining
- Third Prize: 5 Faculty‐Staff Lunch Plans for Stanford Dining
Winners will be announced January 2010.
Details
1‐5 people per team – We will average your CWA order percentage for the period from August 1, 2008 – July 31, 2009 to determine your baseline.
Your baseline will be compared to the contest period of September 15 ‐ December 15, 2009. Come back to this web site to check how you and your team are doing. We will post your progress every 1st and 3rd Friday of each contest month. See how you measure up to other teams and increase your purchasing through SmartMart.
| Baseline Aug 08 ‐ Jul 09 |
Baseline (in %) Aug 08‐Jul 09 |
Contest period Sep 15 ‐ Dec 15, 09 |
Contest period (in %) Sep 15 ‐ Dec15, 09 |
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| Team X | 50 CWA orders out of 100 purchase orders | 50% | 15 SmartMart orders out of 25 purchase orders | 60% | 20% |
| Formula | 50/100 = 50% | 15/25 = 60% | 60%-50%=10% 10%/50%=20% |
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Click here to see registered teams and progress.