ConnXus brings its ‘Smart’ approach to supplier discovery with new SmartSearch product

The supplier relationship experts at ConnXus on Wednesday announced the launch of SmartSearch, a new supplier discovery capability based on business intelligence that enables granular search across category, geographic and diversity criteria for millions of validated global vendor records.

SmartSearch takes advantage of ConnXus’ database of 22 million global suppliers to help buying organizations quickly identify potential suppliers that fit not only basic sourcing requirements but also various additional criteria, including diversity status and risk. It also bolsters the navigability of myConnXion, ConnXus’ open-ended supplier network, allowing ConnXus users to access richly maintained supplier profiles of current and potential partners as part of supplier discovery.

With SmartSearch, ConnXus is continuing to break further outside of its initial niche in the supplier diversity space, using its strengths in supplier master data management to power supplier discovery and sourcing efforts. This comes at a critical time for the Mason, Ohio-based vendor, which is defining its long-term vision alongside competitors Tealbook, Mastercard and others as they all attempt to define just what a next-generation supplier network looks like.

This SpendMatters PRO brief will look at ConnXus’ background and growing product footprint, like myConnXion that launched about a year ago; will provide an overview of SmartSearch; and will offer key takeaways about how this is an incremental release but an important one. SmartSearch is a key addition of usability for clients to get to all of the valuable supplier data available through ConnXus.