Strategic Sourcing and Procurement Powered by Complete and Accurate Product Data
Symmetric Health Solutions empowers sourcing and procurement teams make critical decisions that shape cost, continuity, and operational performance. Yet most organizations rely on product and supplier data that is incomplete, inconsistent, or misaligned with contracting and purchasing systems. Symmetric provides the structured intelligence required to evaluate spend accurately, compare products confidently, negotiate effectively, and ensure that every purchase aligns with contract terms and clinical needs.
Symmetric transforms fragmented supply chain data into a unified, accurate, and actionable foundation that strengthens every stage of sourcing and procurement..
Building a Confident Sourcing Baseline by creating a centralized contract repository
Procurement success depends on knowing precisely what each product is, who manufactures it, and how it compares to alternatives.
Symmetric resolves these challenges by cleansing and enriching every item in the catalog with 1,600+ attributes, including:
Verified manufacturer names, brands, and catalog identifiers
Accurate GTINs and packaging hierarchy aligned to purchasing units
Standardized naming and complete attributes for clarity across categories
Reliable cross-references to suppliers, distributors, and contracted equivalents
Cross-walking and updating parent and child companies, supplier masters, and Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable lists with accurate supplier information
This clarity enables sourcing and procurement teams to:
Purchase with confidence by eliminating ambiguity around product identity and packaging units
• Strengthen contract compliance through accurate mappings to contracted equivalents and suppliers
• Reduce purchasing errors with precise GTINs, validated identifiers, and structured attributes
• Improve supplier management by maintaining accurate parent child relationships and up-to-date vendor files
• Enhance AP accuracy with clean supplier records that prevent invoice mismatch and payment delays
• Negotiate more effectively using clear visibility into manufacturer lineage and distributor relationships
• Support inventory and P2P systems with reliable data that aligns ordering, receiving, and charging
A credible sourcing baseline strengthens procurement outcomes and improves supplier engagement.
Organizing Categories for Better Decision Making
Sourcing teams need visibility into how products relate to one another, how suppliers intersect, and where vulnerability exists. Symmetric provides intelligence that supports:
Supplier diversification across product families
Evaluation of high-risk or single-region sourcing
Understanding of category-level dynamics and spend drivers
Detection of clinical equivalence clusters that support consolidation
With this insight, teams make decisions grounded in actionable intelligence rather than incomplete spreadsheets.
Expanding Substitutes Through Product Insight
When pricing changes, products backorder, or supply disruptions occur, procurement must adapt quickly. Symmetric provides millions of clinically comparable substitutes mapped across categories, enabling teams to:
• Identify viable alternatives that maintain clinical acceptability
• Develop resilient sourcing strategies that anticipate disruption
• Support contract negotiations with cross-manufacturer comparability
• Enable substitution pathways that streamline purchasing decisions
Procurement becomes more agile, more informed, and less dependent on single-source options.
Operational Precision Through Accurate Purchasing Data
Day-to-day procurement functions rely on clean, structured product data. Symmetric ensures purchasing teams can:
• Reduce PO errors caused by inconsistent identifiers
• Ensure correct units of measure through precise packaging data
• Eliminate mismatches between ordered and received items
• Support accurate invoice reconciliation and charge capture
Accurate product data reduces operational churn and strengthens financial accuracy across the transaction lifecycle.
Contract Alignment That Improves Financial Performance
Contract strategies succeed only when product data aligns cleanly with contract terms. Misaligned identifiers, outdated manufacturer details, or missing attributes lead to pricing errors, missed tiers, and leakage.
• Accurate mapping of items to contracted equivalents
• Clear visibility into off-contract spend
• Identification of missed volume thresholds
• Detection of pricing variation and outdated terms
• Insight into supplier concentration and diversification opportunities
This clarity strengthens negotiation positions and prevents financial loss before it occurs.
Financial Clarity and Control for Strategic Procurement
Procurement teams need accurate visibility into pricing, contracts, and category spending to make informed decisions and capture savings. Symmetric provides structured, item level financial intelligence that strengthens procurement strategy and ensures data remains reliable over time. With clear insight into contract alignment, spend behavior, and ongoing data accuracy, teams can improve category performance and support stronger organizational outcomes.
Contract Alignment That Improves Cost Control
Symmetric connects enriched item data with contract pricing and purchasing history to reveal issues that affect financial performance. Teams gain visibility into compliance gaps, price variation, missed tier thresholds, and opportunities to shift items to preferred suppliers. This clarity helps procurement teams refine sourcing strategies and protect contract value across categories.
Spend Intelligence That Guides Strategic Action
Procurement leaders require precise spend insight to evaluate supplier performance and identify improvement opportunities. Symmetric links standardized product data directly to spending patterns, highlighting category distribution, supplier dependency, variation among comparable items, and opportunities for simplification or consolidation. These analytics support prioritized sourcing initiatives and informed strategic planning.
Continuous Data Accuracy for Reliable Procurement Decisions
Product data changes frequently as suppliers update catalogs, pricing, and specifications. Symmetric maintains long term data accuracy through continuous monitoring and structured updates. With reliable data, procurement teams can preserve category integrity, avoid sourcing delays caused by outdated information, ensure contract terms remain aligned, and keep strategies rooted in current product details. This sustained accuracy supports consistent and effective procurement decision making.