USU - Business Service Management

The increasing complexity and distribution of IT structures, along with new sourcing models, makes IT expertise indispensable. What really matters is finding the right IT component, which means that procurement of IT goods and services is assuming an exceptional position within purchasing departments.

Faster innovation cycles put great strains on IT budgets due to more frequent investments coupled with shorter depreciation periods. Increased standardization and consolidation can help you to cut costs and minimize risks.

The Valuemation Procurement Manager will let you set up a more or less automated IT procurement process. Utilizing shopping carts results in acquiring mainly such IT products that meet your company's guidelines and standards, thus achieving greater standardization in your IT topology and keeping lifecycle costs low. By bundling IT purchases into combined orders, you'll significantly lower your procurement costs.

Your Benefits: With the Valuemation Procurement Manager, you can:

Lower your procurement processing costs by employing efficient, automated workflows
Leverage cost advantages by combining orders and receiving discounts
Ensure adherence to your organization's procurement guidelines
Reduce subsequent costs by procuring standard components
Make better-informed decisions due to greater transparency over costs and services

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Valuemation provides you with all relevant information on the entire IT asset life cycle - from initial procurement on down to ultimate disposal. In addition to the Procurement Manager, the following specialized modules are also available:

Asset Manager for achieving the greatest transparency over your entire IT inventory
SAM/License Manager for optimum management of software licences
CMDB Manager for quick access to the latest IT configuration data
Service Request Manager for automated application for and approval of IT goods and services
Contract Manager for managing contracts and suppliers

When it comes to IT Asset Management, Valuemation's proven strengths have already been well recognized by numerous international analysts:

"USU software is extremely function-rich and able to compete well with the rest of the full-blown IT asset lifecycle management and IT service management (ITSM) suites out there."
(Forrester Research Inc.; The Forrester Wave™: IT Asset Life-Cycle Management, Q2 2009 - 10. April 2009)

You can download recent evaluations by analysts free of charge.