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Linkage is a SaaS platform designed to create a bridge between corporates and small businesses to drive supplier diversity and localization. It allows various corporate stakeholders to collaborate and automate workflows towards onboarding small businesses and tracking their development journey to become suppliers. The platform onboards, tracks assessments, growth plans and facilitates procurement and funding opportunities for small businesses.
Overview
Product Overview: Streamline your supplier diversity and localisation workflows effortlessly with Linkage, a dynamic SaaS platform revolutionising corporate-small business interactions. We empower enterprises in South Africa and other countries embracing SDG #8 to automate their engagement with small businesses. Linkage seamlessly connects corporations with an extensive network of small enterprises, simplifying their onboarding process and amplifying their role as vital participants in corporate programs and policies fostering localisation. By integrating Linkage, corporate stakeholders navigate the complexity of sustainably managing small businesses while ensuring support for SMEs from multiple perspectives. Our platform covers their journey from development to becoming suppliers, facilitating their seamless integration into existing ERP systems to enhance efficiency, diversity, and resilience within your supply chains. Join us in reshaping supplier diversity and fostering economic growth for all.
Key Features:
Linkage offers an all-encompassing approach to supplier development, encompassing onboarding, continuous assessment, and growth planning. The platform generates valuable insights and data-driven recommendations, assisting corporate users in making informed decisions when selecting and nurturing suppliers or businesses to develop, potentially becoming strategic suppliers in the future through a focused development programme. Beyond supplier management, Linkage extends opportunities for small businesses to access procurement and funding resources, levelling the playing field for all. With Linkage, you're not just investing in software; you're championing supplier diversity, promoting localisation, and propelling positive change within the business ecosystem by leveraging data-driven decisions to integrate small businesses into their supply chain.
Why Choose Linkage:
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Transparent Tracking: Seamlessly track supplier diversity and enterprise supplier development spend in South Africa to measure your ROI effectively.
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License to trade and SDG Compliance: Fulfil your legal obligations related to integrating small businesses into your supply chain, ensuring adherence to government regulations.
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Efficient Management: Streamline your small business development efforts and objectives efficiently, saving time and resources.
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Pro Package: Contact us on sales@linkage.co.za to explore our uniquely tailored robust Pro Package solution (includes an annual license fee, subscription fee per 5 users, SMME verification and grading costs, reports and analysis costs, and support costs)
Highlights
- Supplier Diversity and Localization: Linkage is a cutting-edge SaaS platform that enables corporates to enhance supplier diversity and localization efforts. It establishes a bridge between large enterprises and small businesses, fostering collaboration and automating workflows to drive local supplier engagement.
- Comprehensive Supplier Development: Linkage offers an end-to-end solution for supplier development. It simplifies the onboarding process for small businesses, tracks assessments, and assists in creating growth plans. With Linkage, corporate stakeholders can nurture and support small businesses as they progress toward becoming trusted suppliers.
- Access to Procurement and Funding Opportunities: Linkage goes beyond supplier management by facilitating procurement and funding opportunities for small businesses. It empowers them to access vital contracts and financial resources, promoting sustainability and innovation within the supply chain. Choose Linkage to not only streamline supplier management but also contribute to a more equitable business ecosystem.
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Dimension | Description | Cost/month |
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Subscription | Monthly fee (per 5 Users) | $500.00 |
Dimensions summary
You pay a single monthly subscription fee charged per 5 users. Pricing scales in blocks of 5 users, so your cost grows as you add each group of 5. This gives you access to the standardized, plug-and-play version of the platform used to manage enterprise and supplier development programmes. There are no other tiers or usage add-ons in this listing. Optional customisation, training, and change management services are quoted separately based on scope and are not part of this subscription fee.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
Each user is one individual account on the platform. Billing groups accounts into blocks of 5. You buy capacity in these blocks, so 6 active users needs two blocks, covering up to 10 users. Add another block for each additional group of 5.
No. The monthly subscription covers standardised platform access only. Customisation like business process mapping, custom APIs, and subdomain setup is quoted separately by scope. Training is quoted per seat, with a recommended minimum of five attendees. Change management services are also quoted case-by-case.
You get the standardised, plug-and-play version of the platform. This includes modules for enterprise development, supplier development, and preferential procurement. You can run growth plans with SMMEs, track their development, and use the automated diagnostic tool that vets SMMEs. The platform is configurable but not customised at this level.
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Linkage Refund Policy: We offer a 30-day money-back guarantee for your initial purchase only. To request a refund, email support@linkage.co.za with "Refund Request" in the subject line, including your name, contact, purchase date, and reason. Approved refunds processed in 30 business days to the original payment method. Exceptions include violations of our Terms of Service and post-30-day requests. Questions? Contact support@linkage.co.za .
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Support contact email address support@linkage.co.za
Refund Policy Linkage Refund Policy: We offer a 30-day money-back guarantee for your initial purchase only. To request a refund, email support@linkage.co.za with "Refund Request" in the subject line, including your name, contact, purchase date, and reason. Approved refunds processed in 30 business days to the original payment method. Exceptions include violations of our Terms of Service and post-30-day requests. Questions? Contact support@linkage.co.za .
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