Introduction

Overview
Emptoris Strategic Supply Management Platform is the central repository in which you can create and master records or business objects within the suite. This enables the application to maintain a single record of all the instances of the business objects and therefore avoid duplication.

Single Sign-On
The single sign-on facility allows you to access several applications by logging in to the main application. The main application then permits you to access the other integrated applications without requiring you to login again to those integrated applications.

Integrated Applications
Emptoris Strategic Supply Management Platform consists of various integrated applications.

Modules
Apart from serving as a portal to access different IBM Emptoris products, Emptoris Strategic Supply Management Platform consists of the following modules:

Unique ID
The unique IDs are parameters that distinguish an entity across all the integrated applications. This parameter ensures that all entities have a specific ID and this ID is not duplicated for any other entity.

Seeded Administrator User
When you install Emptoris Strategic Supply Management Platform, the application is provided with a seeded or predefined root-level user with “admin” as the user name. You must use this user only for some specific functions.