For enterprise buyers
SourceSage partners with like-minded enterprises to launch comprehensive vendor prepayment and management programme that streamlines procurement across your Approved Vendor List (AVL*) and Non-Approved Vendor List (NAVL), delivering operational efficiency and cost savings.
*AVL management means Buyer passed their existing approved vendors to SourceSage to manage contracted prices
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The Problem:
US$68 billionis lost each year to procurement inefficiency driven by the disconnect between suppliers and buyers' procurement processes. Lengthy onboarding, long payment terms, and the lack of digital catalogs make it difficult for suppliers to meet enterprise buying standards and transact efficiently.
Everything you need to streamline procurement — from supplier management to marketplace access and fast payments.
Supplier Connect Platform
A unified platform that digitizes your approved and non-approved suppliers into punchout-ready catalogs. Manage contracted prices, streamline onboarding, and enable your buyers to search, compare, and order within your existing procurement system — all through one connectivity layer.
Multi Catalog Supplier Connect Platform
Supplier Dashboard & Management
>100 Local Marketplaces' Catalogs Access
Tap into over 100 local B2B marketplaces for categories where they add value. Keep your negotiated supplier pricing and approved-supplier relationships intact while gaining marketplace breadth — all managed through a single integration inside your procurement system.
Access Great Deals
Being a member of this programme means you have access to all the participating merchants' discounts through this structured promotional programmes. Similar to how participating merchants sponsor offers in card programmes, you can ask your participating suppliers can use marketing dollars to fund discounts, rebates through points accumulated to gain visibility and grow transactional volume with other enterprise buyers. For Platinum tier, SourceSage may co-fund selected campaigns with your suppliers to accelerate buyer adoption and support strategic supplier growth.
Pay on your Behalf
SourceSage can act as a payment intermediary, settling invoices with your suppliers on your behalf. We manage the payment cycle — from invoice receipt to funds disbursement — so your team can focus on procurement strategy rather than payment operations. This service is especially valuable for NAVL suppliers who require faster payment terms or lack the financial infrastructure to handle extended enterprise payment cycles.
Tier-specific Perks
Higher engagement tiers unlock enhanced benefits — from faster payment terms and prioritized supplier onboarding to dedicated support and volume-based discounts. The more you integrate, the more value you extract from the SourceSage network.
| Feature | Platinum Enterprise | Gold Professional | Silver Starter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Management Fee | 3.0% | 3.25% | 3.5% |
| Financing Fee (30 days) | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.5% |
| Additional 30 days | +1% | +1% | +1% |
| Local Support Fee | 0.75% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| AVL Pricing Discount | -0.25% | -0.15% | 0% |
| Supplier Onboarding | 48 hours | 3 days | 5 days |
| API/Punchout | Up to 30 | Up to 10 | Up to 3 |
| Local Marketplace Integration | All | Selective | Selective |
| Selected Suppliers' Discounts | All | Selective | Selective |
| Account Management | Dedicated | Shared | |
| Support Coverage | 24/7 Priority | Business Hours | Business Hours |
| Analytics Dashboard | Advanced | Standard | Basic |
| Review Meetings | Monthly | Quarterly | None |
| Credit Line | Negotiable | $100K USD/month | $50K USD/month |
Programme Flow
Buyers are classified based on AVL and NAVL spend into three tiers — Platinum, Gold, and Silver — each with adjusted fees and benefits tailored to your procurement volume and complexity.
Tier Calculator
AVL Metrics
*AVL management means Buyer's existing approved vendors with set of contracted prices
NAVL Metrics
The cost of doing nothing — and the cost of each approach
Not all approaches to tail-spend digitization deliver the same value. Here's how the three most common strategies compare for an enterprise managing fragmented supplier catalogs.
Approach A
Building punchout integrations in-house or through system integrators typically costs $30K–$100K per supplier, with ongoing maintenance of $5K–$15K per supplier per year.
For 50 tail suppliers, the initial investment alone can exceed $1.5M–$5M — before counting IT team overhead, change management, and the 6–18 month timelines per integration.
Economically viable only for a handful of your largest suppliers — not for tail spend at scale.
Approach B
Marketplaces can help cover certain spend categories quickly. But you're limited to the marketplace's seller pool, and transaction fees of 10–20% are common.
Pricing may not always be the most competitive — marketplace sellers set their own prices, and your negotiated supplier rates don't apply. Many of your best-performing approved suppliers may not be listed on the marketplace at all.
Useful for some categories, but not a complete solution — and potentially more expensive than your current approved-supplier pricing.
Approach C — Best of both worlds
SourceSage digitizes your existing approved suppliers into punchout-ready catalogs — at a fraction of the cost of per-supplier integrations — and connects you to B2B marketplaces for categories where they add value.
You keep your negotiated supplier pricing. You gain marketplace breadth where it makes sense. And you manage it all through one connectivity layer inside your procurement system.
The strongest outcome: connect both your approved tail suppliers and marketplaces, with SourceSage managing that complexity.
$50–$150
Processing cost per manual PO (APQC benchmark)
5–10%
Typical savings when tail spend is actively managed (BCG, Hackett Group)
80%
Of enterprise supplier base typically in the long tail
The math is straightforward: digitizing tail-spend catalogs through SourceSage costs a fraction of per-supplier integrations, preserves your negotiated pricing (unlike marketplace-only approaches), and delivers procurement-system connectivity that manual processes simply cannot match.
Buyer benefits package
A structured set of benefits designed to reduce procurement overhead, improve supplier relationships, and deliver measurable cost savings.
Core
Commercial
Strategic
Implementation Plan
A structured rollout approach designed to get you operational quickly, with minimal disruption to your existing procurement processes.
Phase 1
Sign NDA, conduct kickoff meeting to understand your procurement landscape, and deliver a tailored commercial proposal based on your AVL/NAVL metrics.
1–2 weeks
Phase 2
Launch with 10–20 AVLs and 10–20 NAVLs in one country. Onboard suppliers, configure catalogs, and train your procurement team and users.
2–4 weeks
Phase 3
Scale to other countries with full supplier onboarding, additional trainings, and ongoing support to ensure organization-wide adoption.
4–12 weeks
Multi-Country Rollout Plan
Need a customized rollout across multiple regions? Our team will design a phased implementation tailored to your global procurement footprint.
Frequently asked questions
The Supplier Connect Programme (SCP) is a comprehensive vendor management solution that helps organizations streamline their procurement processes by connecting approved vendors (AVL) and non-approved vendors (NAVL) through a unified platform with catalog management, RFQ capabilities, and financing options.
No. SourceSage extends systems like SAP, Coupa, BeNeering, and Ivalua. Your approval workflows, policies, and controls remain exactly as they are today.
No. You define supplier strategy, commercial terms, and governance. SourceSage provides execution and orchestration across channels — it does not take over supplier ownership or override your negotiated pricing.
Under Supplier Connect Programme, it is not dependent on which procurement systems you used or the state of your software (even if it is legacy and not upgraded). SCP provides an easy workaround for you to appoint a master vendor (third party) to manage the tail spend without the headache of software or integration. Integration or Punchout is still possible under SCP. Connecting to B2B marketplaces remain to be only a feature under Supplier Connect Programme.
Suppliers are onboarded through SourceSage workflows without requiring heavy IT integration per supplier. We handle catalog digitization, punchout enablement, and procurement-system connectivity so your team can scale supplier coverage faster.
Direct suppliers, distributors, service providers, and marketplace sellers — especially fragmented and long-tail suppliers that are difficult to manage natively in enterprise systems.
Join leading enterprises already streamlining procurement across their AVL and NAVL suppliers. Start with a discovery call to see how SourceSage fits your organization.
