GAMe

Head Office Catalogue Management, Contract Management and Data Warehousing
Game Detail

GAMe is a Head office system only. It is designed for a Group Purchase Office working in conjunction with remote sites with CHECK Client systems installed (any version of XP, FS or ER). For groups that require centrally-deployed head office and site functions, consider Check SCM or CHECK through Citrix server.

Central Catalogue
This first step allows the user to set up Group Purchasing master files for Product, Group, Type, Supplier, Recipe and PLU master files. These files are exported to member properties. In the member property, the corresponding files are updated with the Group Purchasing master files. Different mechanisms in the Check system can be used to restrict the users in the member properties to use the same products, suppliers, groups etc.

The group can select different levels of integration between the group and member files. The conformity can range from ‘optional’ (up to the property to select and link their products) to mandatory (group control all updates). Once this step has been implemented, information can then flow between Group Purchasing Office and member properties with consistency.

Broadcasting price/supplier information
The second stage of implementation allows the user to set contract (or preferred) supplier prices (quotes) by product in the Group Purchasing Office. This pricing can be selectively applied to individual properties based on geographical region. This pricing information is then sent to member properties to update their Check systems.

Central Purchasing
An alternative to broadcasting price/supplier information to member site is for member sites to enter their purchase requests, then head office generates orders for the member sites. Supplier and pricing for the sites are selectively applied to individual properties based on user-defined filters.

Central Data Warehouse
This is the final step to pull purchase information from remote sites and create a central data warehouse in the Group Purchasing Office. The data warehouse provides consolidated purchase and pricing information across the entire chain.

OLAP (On Line Analytical Processing) tools can be used to perform analysis on the data gathered.

For more information, contact McKenzies IT Services:

Tel: 01883 717077 Fax: 01883 712243

Greg Mackey
E-mail: gregmackey@mckenziesgroup.com