The “Take a Shot” program allows prospective customers to confirm Slingshot’s software satisfies all essential requirements before signing a software subscription agreement.  Set-up data, enter transactions and confirm results in a secure, private environment.

A number of significant RFx processing enhancements have been added to Slingshot’s Strategic Sourcing application.  Slingshot automates the process of creating, distributing, scoring and awarding RFx initiatives (e.g. Request for Proposal, Request for Quotation or Request for Information). 

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The Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington has licensed Slingshot’s procurement suite.  Applications licensed include requisitioning, purchasing, and inventory management. 
In addition to general procurement needs, the system will be used to print daily schedules of food and medicines required by each animal.  The transfer sheet includes a list of the items and the deliver-to locations within the zoo.  Delivery will be confirmed at “drop off” using tablet computers.  When the delivery is confirmed, inventory balances are adjusted, and the request is closed.  An automated process informs purchasing when stock balances require replenishment.
The Recurring Requisitions feature within Slingshot produces the daily list of materials needed by each animal.  This list is based on a schedule input into the Slingshot system.  The schedule can be on any frequency (e.g. daily, weekly, bi-weekly) and can change at any future date.  Multiple schedules can be set up for each animal.

Many procurement environments do not have formal buying organizations.  Often the requisitioner is the buyer and is responsible for identifying the needed material or service and the best supplier.  Slingshot now allows your security administrator to authorize requisitioners to create “self-filling” requisitions.

The user constructs the requisition in normal manner using Slingshot’s powerful and easy to use search functions, internal catalogue, shopping lists and “punch out” facilities.  A supplier can be specified for the entire request or separately for each item requested.  The unit price is entered for each item on the Checkout Form.  When checkout is completed, the request is routed for approval.  Once approved, the system automatically creates one or more purchase orders as needed and fills all request lines.  No buyer needed.

The “Self-Filling” option is particularly useful in decentralized organizations where the requestor acts as the buyer.  It saves effort, reduces human errors and shortens the fulfillment cycle.  Control is guaranteed through Slingshot’s approval workflows which can require multiple approvals based on the type of request, its value or the material on it.   This is yet another Slingshot innovation driving cost and time out of the procurement process.

“Self-Filling” requisitions will be provided in release G2-9 of all Slingshot applications.  This release is scheduled for general availability in December of this year.  For more information contact your Slingshot sales representative at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..