Solutions for controlling the supply chain

SC-Manager: central platform for SCM and purchasing

WELCOME TO SIMMETH SYSTEM

We are providers of the SC-Manager product suite: a digital information and control center for purchasing and supply chain management.

As a digital hub, our intelligent SaaS platform links all relevant data sources of your company and your supply chains, coordinates data and documents, optimizes and monitors processes with smart workflows and ensures maximum transparency through meaningful visualizations and reporting.

The SC-Manager sustainably increases the efficiency of your purchasing and the security of your processes across the entire supply chain.

Discover our many other apps for modern supply chain management: for example, for product group management, item management, tenders, our online store and much more. For a digitally networked and future-proof supply chain.

Optimize your purchasing and supply chains with centralized, structured and end-to-end digital supplier management along the entire supplier lifecycle: from onboarding and qualification to operational collaboration across the entire procure-to-pay process. From supplier evaluation to risk and compliance management through to action-driven supplier development.

Customer testimonials

"The solution-oriented and pragmatic way of working is not a matter of course and I personally really enjoyed it. With the SC Manager from Simmeth, we as a group have been given a great tool that gives us the opportunity to manage our supplier base better, develop it professionally and reduce procurement risks at the same time."

"The tool shows the status of costs and deadlines in 'real time' so that any delays can be recognized immediately and appropriate countermeasures can be implemented. The tool is also the basis for measuring processes using KPIs and implementing sustainable improvements."

"With SC-Manager, our purchasing department now has a central platform for all relevant data and documents. From central purchasing to category management to the clerks: there is now exactly one central tool in which everything can be found. The SC-Manager fulfills the most important requirements for users. Simple, centralized and intuitive."

THE SUPPLIER LIFECYCLE

The supplier lifecycle maps the phases of collaboration with your suppliers. With the SC-Manager, you control each of these phases with the appropriate tools, while the suppliers are directly integrated into the processes via the supplier portal.

Supplier manager

Central web store

Supplier portal

1. onboarding

6. suppliers
development

2. classification

3. COLLABORATION

4. suppliers
evaluation

5. RISK &
COMPLIANCE

Supplier manager

Central web store

Supplier portal

6. suppliers
development

5. RISK &
COMPLIANCE

1. onboarding

2. classification

3. COLLABORATION

4. suppliers
evaluation

Below you can find out more about the individual phases of the supplier lifecycle and how we can support you.

1. ONBOARDONG

Continuous process from self-registration to self-assessment to qualified supplier:

Registration form integrated on your website
Simple, workflow-controlled self-assessment via the supplier portal
General and material-related questionnaires
Document upload and download
Self-administration of questionnaires for your key users
Transparent checklists for purchasing
Automatic notification of all process participants
Release workflow for inclusion in the vendor master data

2. classification

The SC Manager classifies your suppliers according to your strategic needs using algorithms and links them with information from external sources.

Linking internal and external classes
Key figures as hard facts per classification criterion
Soft facts such as performance, market position, strategic importance
Assignment of standard strategies
Detailed dashboards for classifications and KPIs
Product group management with KPIs and dashboards

3. COLLABORATION

Workflow-controlled information and communication flow in daily collaboration with your suppliers via the SC supplier portal

Inquiries and tenders
Order and confirmation process
Transport documents
Complaints
Invoice transfer

4. supplier evaluation

Methodical assessment of your suppliers’ performance using a weighted scorecard.

“Hard facts” from document data
“Soft facts” about surveys with web-based questionnaires
Variable scorecards for areas as well as product groups
Detailed results dashboards and reports
Integrated action management
Self-configurable scorecard, questionnaires and surveys

5 Risk & Compliance

The Risk & Compliance Scorecard combines both internal and external information into a clear 360º Risk & Compliance Management.

Flexible Risk & Compliance Scorecard
Sustainability management (LkSG, EU regulations)
Supplier and product compliance (Reach & Roh, CBAM)
Financial Risk
Google Alerts, Fragile State Index
Supplier risk information via KPIs and risk checklists
Risk dashboards, reporting and alerts

6. supplier development

Integrated measures and an audit management system for planning and managing your supplier audits enable methodical supplier development.

Create, prioritize, schedule, distribute and process tasks
Internal and external responsibilities
Planning audits and filing audit reports
Measures linked to audits
Status reports and reminder emails ensure transparency and better adherence to deadlines

Successful use cases

Supply chain management at the Zurich transport company

17/02/2025

As a public transport operator, VBZ is part of the Swiss public transport system and is therefore subject to the guidelines of the Federal Office of Transport (FOT), which monitors and regulates public transport in Switzerland. VBZ was faced with the challenge of modernizing and optimizing its supply chain management.

The EKK plus "LiMiS" supplier management and information system

21/10/2024

Based on the “SC-Manager” software solution from software provider Simmeth System GmbH, EKK plus has created a central platform with the “LiMiS” supplier management and information system, which efficiently combines supplier management, knowledge management, member and supplier communication in an app-based portal solution.

Regionetz expands its "purchasing management system"

28/08/2024

Regionetz GmbH, one of the leading network operators in the Aachen region, relies on innovative digitalization solutions in purchasing. With the modular SC-Manager, the company optimizes processes, promotes transparency and ensures precise supplier evaluation

SCM-Portal: Digitalization of the supply chain at ÖBB-TS

29/11/2021

The SCM portal at the Austrian Federal Railways ÖBB supports the ordering and transportation processes. A management portal provides the ÖBB-TS team with maximum process transparency.

Purchasing 4.0. in plant engineering at KHD

28/12/2020

Digitalization and process optimization in the supply chain: annual savings of over € 400,000 in purchasing at KHD’s plant engineering department

With over 160 years of experience in the cement industry, Humbold Wedag GmbH (KHD) is a global leader in the field of cement plant technology, equipment and services.

Disruption management at MAN Energy Solutions

05/01/2018

MAN Energy Solutions Schweiz AG (“MES”) and its employees manufacture turbo compressors for the steel and oil and gas industries at its Zurich site. It has now introduced a tool for disturbance management with Simmeth.

Supplier Management Trade Fair Munich

11/12/2017

Messe München optimizes its supplier management with supplier evaluation and document management using software from Simmeth System.

With more than 50 of its own trade fairs for capital goods,

THE SC MANAGER TOOL

Supplier manager

With a 360° overview, you can control, edit and monitor all data, documents and processes in the supplier lifecycle.

Supplier file with clear register structure
Document and certificate management
Process and workflow control, traffic light systems
Transparency through KPIs, dashboards and reporting

Supply chain communication

The supplier portal turns the SC-Manager into a global information, process and communication platform.

It enables supply chain management to digitize and optimize supplier relationships across the entire supplier lifecycle.

Processes are not only faster and more direct, but also less complicated….

Central webshop

The SC-Shop enables e-procurement, taking into account external catalogs and internal article stocks. The most important functions at a glance.

Central store with integration of external supplier catalogs (e.g. BMECAT) and internal inventories
Individual shopping baskets
Automated ordering processes with approval workflows and ERP connection (e.g. SAP-Hana)