Ivalua's auctions management module now features enhanced interaction and communication

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IVALUA'S AUCTIONS MANAGEMENT MODULE NOW FEATURES

ENHANCED INTERACTION AND COMMUNICATION

With these latest innovations, Ivalua makes it easy to follow bids and manage the interaction

between buyers and suppliers during the bidding process.

Paris, June 17, 2015 - Ivalua, a leading global spend management solutions provider, continues its strategy of innovation with the latest features to be included in the company's e-Auction module. These innovations are designed to facilitate interaction and communication between buyers and suppliers throughout the electronic bidding process, from initiation to analysis of results.

"Innovation has been the trademark of Ivalua since the company was founded. We are proud to present these latest features, which are the result of close collaboration between our R&D team and our customers. Combined with a precisely defined purchasing process, Auction is an effective tool that allows negotiating in a dynamic and collaborative way to obtain the best quality-price ratio with suppliers. Auction targets two strategic goals: reduce purchasing costs and maintain the quality of associated services," says Gérard Dahan, General Manager EMEA for Ivalua.

Innovations include:

Dynamic, detailed tracking of all offers attached to a bid: With just one click, this functionality gives buyers a detailed view of bids submitted by suppliers and, more globally, lets them directly track price changes by item or by lot. This graphic tracking screen also allows ranking and filtering of bids according to criteria established by the buyer (by supplier, from best to worst bidder, etc.) and exporting all bid data in an Excel format.

A new instant messaging system ensures better communication during the bidding process. Developed on the "chat" model, this system allows smooth-flowing, real-time discussions between the auction administrator and participating suppliers. Administrators will be able to quickly detect "non-read" or "no response" messages in a thread and answer questions by suppliers in the shortest possible time.

"We are convinced that these innovations will bring users better results, improve collaboration between buyers and suppliers and, in the end, extend the auction system to new purchasing categories," concludes Gérard Dahan.

Ivalua will present the latest innovations in its Spend Management suite during the Ivalua On Air event to be held on October 13, 2015, at the UGC Normandie movie theater on the Champs Elysées, Paris.

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About Ivalua

Ivalua is a global provider of spend management solutions and a leader in Gartner's 2015 Strategic Sourcing Magic Quadrant. Ivalua's cloud-based software is used by procurement and finance organizations in large, global companies, and every day more than 500,000 users and millions of suppliers from over 70 countries log into the Ivalua platform. Ivalua offers a single platform solution with highly configurable functionality across all major procurement and finance processes, including performance and risk tracking, sourcing, contracts, procure to pay, invoice automation and analytics. The breadth and flexibility of Ivalua's offering accelerates user adoption, spend category coverage and bottom-line savings. For more information, please visit

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