Its object-oriented Internet architecture facilitates optimal performance at peak levels of enterprise traffic. While iPlanet BuyerXpert can operate in a stand-alone environment, customers can add value by integrating it with general ledger, accounts payable, receiving, and purchasing systems. Designed to function as a complementary layer on top of one or more purchasing systems, iPlanet BuyerXpert provides Internet requisitioning, advanced workflow, order processing, and order status tracking. It is not uncommon for professional purchasing agents to continue to use their existing purchasing system for production purchases, while the larger requester community uses iPlanet BuyerXpert for indirect MRO purchases. A key advantage of BuyerXpert's underlying Netscape ONE architecture is scalability.
All views are user-specific.
The iPlanet BuyerXpert system administrator establishes views that are a subset of data and then restricts user access to those views. This functionality prevents specific users from having access to all of the products in the catalog. When someone with a restricted view performs a search, the system only displays products that match the search criteria and are within that person's privileges. For example, if an IT employee uses the system exclusively to purchase computers, iPlanet BuyerXpert may allow the individual to see only the computer-related items in the catalog. Or perhaps a division of your company negotiates its own contracts - you would give employees in that division access to the items and pricing contained in its division's contracts only.