Vendor Engagement with Outreach & Events Management

Optimize certified vendor engagement with integrated email campaigns and event management.

Better engage your small and diverse vendor community and encourage their participation in your projects with this comprehensive module enabling users to create automated outreach campaigns and target only the appropriate vendors for email blasts. Increase your open rates and decrease your opt-out rates, customize vendor lists, search for certified vendors, monitor event registrations and attendance, leverage contracting history when identifying firms, and document impact of your outreach efforts.

Create More Effective Campaign Materials

Customize content, including text, graphics, web links, and attachments.

Reach the Right People

Easily identify the right firms with robust search capabilities, including by certification type, certifying organization, commodity codes, business description and/or location, or based on participation on your contracts.

Spend Less Time Identifying Potential Suppliers

Integrated with certified vendor directories means less manual work and better data integrity.

Enhance User Engagement

Send messages that include automatic pre-set reminders and the ability for recipients to respond with attachments.

Boost Event Impact

Offering public access to online or in-person gatherings with online registration, automated reminders, and attendance tracking.

Simplify Vendor Interaction

Facilitate onsite check-in for event attendees with a phone- and tablet-friendly tool, ensuring a smooth and efficient process.

Better Understand and Share Your Organization's Outreach Results

Impression-tracking metrics and auditable outreach records strengthen an organization’s ability to increase the impact and effectiveness of outreach activities.

Outreach & Events Key Features

1
Flexible Campaigns

Customize campaigns for a wide range of scenarios, incorporating program notices, bid notifications to diverse and certified firms, Requests For Information (RFIs), seminar/training sessions with optional online RSVP capabilities, and other custom messages.

2
Customizable Emails

Use the built-in formatting tool to make even the most mundane messages eye-catching, embed links or images, and add unlimited attachments.

3
Vendor Sourcing

Match interest and impact from bidding to specific outreach campaigns. Identify ideal vendors by building and saving contact lists. Easily search across multiple certification directories based on firm specialty, certification type, and location, and determine if the vendor is presently engaged with you on a contract as a prime or subcontractor.

4
Surveys

Integrate external survey links in messaging for seamless data collection, enhancing insights into outreach campaigns, events, and program activities.

5
Event Tracking

Provide public access to online or in-person events, online registration, automated reminders, and RSVP vs. attendance tracking.

6
Reporting

Seamlessly track your outreach activities as well as impact with several standard reports, all of which can be exported to Excel, Word, or PDF.

25+ Modules to Simplify Every Step of Supplier Diversity Management

Baseline & Vendor Management

  • Contract Compliance
  • Outreach & Events
  • Utilization Plans
  • Goal Calculation & Setting
  • Online Vendor Registration
  • Spend Analysis
  • Projects
  • Certified Directory Connections
  • Airport Concessions
  • On The Job Training
  • Workforce
  • Certified Payroll / Prevailing Wage
  • Reviews
  • Hire Module
  • Sales Reporting
  • Insurance Certification Management
  • Dashboard & Economic Impact
  • Recipient Reporting Suite
  • Certification Suite
  • Bid Management Suite

Contract Compliance

Ensure adherence to contract compliance requirements and regulations.

Outreach & Events

Organize and manage outreach campaigns and events efficiently.

Utilization Plans

Build subcontractor plans and allocate subcontractors based on certification status and work categories.

Goal Calculation & Setting

Set and monitor contract- and project-specific diversity goals based on US DOT standards.

Online Vendor Registration

Simplify the vendor registration process with online forms and workflow management.

Spend Analysis

Analyze and report on M/W/D/SBE utilization and expenditures to enhance diversity spend tracking.

Projects

Efficiently monitor and manage projects with multiple contracts through our supplier diversity software.

Certified Directory Connections

Access and manage certified directories seamlessly within the supplier diversity system.

Airport Concessions

Manage concession contracts efficiently with integrated tools in our easy-to-use supplier diversity software.

On The Job Training

Facilitate on-the-job training programs with streamlined processes.

Workforce

Accurately track and analyze workforce utilization data.

Certified Payroll / Prevailing Wage

Ensure compliance with prevailing wage rates and labor regulations.

Reviews

Track ongoing vendor review requirements and efficiently collect necessary information.

Hire Module

Manage the hiring process seamlessly with our business diversity software’s tools and workflows.

Sales Reporting

Submit detailed vendor sales reports online according to predefined policies.

Insurance Certification Management

Manage vendor insurance requirements directly in the supplier diversity software.

Dashboard & Economic Impact

Present program information and economic impact reports to the public.

Recipient Reporting Suite

Oversee enterprise diversity program with comprehensive reporting tools.

Certification Suite

Streamline certification management with automated processes and audit trails.

Bid Management Suite

Facilitate bid posting, bid tracking, and online bidding through our integrated supplier diversity software tools.

Baseline & Vendor Management

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