Conrad Smith has gained more than 30 years of experience in procurement, mostly at Intel and Adobe. After realising how slow and archaic procurement is regarding supplier onboarding, supplier data, and more, he founded Graphite.
But what exactly is Graphite Connect System? We asked Conrad to outline the basics.
Conrad what is Graphite Connect System?
Graphite Connect is a social network for business data sharing. Suppliers create and manage a single profile containing all their onboarding information; when a buyer wants to do business with a supplier, the supplier simply shares their profile. This allows suppliers to bypass the hassle of repetitive onboarding questionnaires and creates a rich network of supplier data available to buyers at the click of a button. Graphite validates new and updated supplier profiles before syncing data into your ERP or P2P tools, giving you authenticated, de-duplicated supplier data within your critical business systems.
Graphite also leverages third-party integrations to supplement supplier information, creating a “golden record” of supplier data. This “golden record” allows you to centralise supplier data, inputs from your organisation, and third-party data into one place.
What issue does your solution solve?
Supplier onboarding, supplier information management, and supplier relationship management.
Who is your solution aimed at? What does your perfect client look like?
We serve businesses of all sizes and in all industries. Our customer is typically the head of procurement, procurement operations, or procurement centre of excellence.
Why pick Graphite Connect?
Graphite is procurement software built by procurement professionals. With our patented network approach, Graphite has created a network of validated supplier data that makes it easy for buyers and suppliers to instantly share critical information, reducing onboarding times by more than 70%.