Lavante Vendor Portal As organizations are asked to do more with fewer resources, Lavante’s Vendor Portal provides the solution for organizations to quickly set up new vendors, automatically request required data and documentation, and routinely ask for updates and renewal of information to ensure vendor compliance. Lavante’s Vendor Portal offers is an on-demand consolidated platform in which to manage complex vendor information globally and gives organizations real-time visibility into the vendor information management process.

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LAVANTE SIM™
Supplier Information Management
Optimizing supplier relationships and ERP system effectiveness
Well-maintained supplier data drives system effectiveness, time and resource savings, as well as dollars to the bottom line.
Large volumes of data across multiple systems and departments, as well as data decay are significant challenges to
maintaining integrity of supplier data. Up-to-date supplier information is more important than ever in maintaining compli-
ance with regulations and controls, such as OFAC screening, diversity tracking, SOX reporting and new tax legislation.
Lavante SIM: Connecting Companies and Suppliers
Lavante SIM is the industry’s most advanced Supplier Information Management application, enabling companies to
proactively engage with suppliers and providing real-time visibility into supplier data and relationships. Delivered
on-demand, Lavante SIM drives supplier compliance across the entire supplier lifecycle–from initial vendor master
file cleansing, to on-boarding, to data capture, validation, and maintenance. Lavante SIM automates the collection
and validation of tax information (including TIN matching and collection of W-9s and W-8s), diversity information,
certifications, and more.
Create an enterprise-wide single source of truth for supplier data with Lavante SIM:
• Ensure integrity of supplier data • Drive corporate compliance with new 1099 Tax Legislation
• Gain insight into your suppliers and relationships • Reduce supplier risk
• Drive compliance with regulations and internal controls • Reduce cost of managing supplier information
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Why Lavante SIM?
Supplier Compliance:
Lavante delivers the highest supplier compliance in the industry, averaging 8X results of alternative methods
Ongoing Engagement:
Lavante drives ongoing supplier communication to maximize participation and compliance
Funded by Recovery:
Lavante SIM works seamlessly with Lavante Recovery to identify credit opportunities within the supplier base
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LAVANTE SIM™
Lavante SIM Features:
Collection and Management of Supplier Data
Lavante SIM captures, validates and manages a robust set of supplier data; ensures ongoing integrity of supplier
data across an entire organization and drives ongoing compliance with regulations and internal processes.
Supplier data includes:
• Core Supplier Data Contacts I Locations I Remit-to I Basic Business Info
• Tax Information TIN Collection and Matching I W-9 I W-8
• Ownership & Diversity Ownership & Diversity Information I Diversity Certifications
• Supplier Classification UNSPSC I SIC I NAIC
• Risk Information Insurance I SAS 70 and ISO Certs I Disaster Recovery
• Financial Information Banking I Payment Methods I Payment Terms
• Contract Information Contract Uploads I Expiration and Terms
Vendor Master File Cleansing Supplier Self-Service
Lavante SIM enables clients to load existing vendor Lavante SIM provides suppliers with self-service
master file information for validation and cleansing. capabilities to proactively comply with customer
Lavante drives outreach and compliance with suppliers, requirements. Suppliers are provided with automated
validating and enhancing supplier information, while alerts requesting updated information. Within Lavante
identifying duplicate supplier information, SIM, suppliers can manage a list of tasks and outstanding
parent/subsidiary relationships, and the like. The resulting requests, update their information and upload required
cleansed supplier information can then be used as the certifications and supporting documentation.
single source of truth for the vendor master file(s)
in ERPs and other systems. Validation Services
Lavante SIM supports real-time validation services
Supplier On-boarding of supplier data, ensuring the integrity of provided
Lavante SIM enables companies to automate the supplier information and certificates. Validation
supplier outreach and invitation process, individually services include TIN and legal business name matching
or in bulk. Suppliers are notified of the on-boarding with the official IRS database, OFAC screening, and
request and guided through a self-service registration USPS address verification.
process. A supplier’s information is collected and
validated, then routed for approval before the supplier Supplier Reporting and Monitoring
becomes active. Lavante SIM provides companies with ongoing visibility
and transparency across their suppliers and relationships.
Ongoing Supplier Compliance Companies can report on suppliers, compliance level,
Lavante SIM supports communication workflow to diversity, and the like, to better understand and analyze
maximize supplier participation and compliance. their supplier base and trends.
Outreach includes the initial supplier invitation, as well
as ongoing request for updates to information based Security and Permissions
on regulations and internal processes. Lavante Lavante SIM provides role-based access and views,
supports automated outreach by email and fax, as well ensuring that only appropriate information is available to
as mail and phone outreach. users across the organization, including Accounts
Payable, Procurement, Finance, Sourcing, and others.
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