Strategic sourcing application suites are a set of related, integrated solutions that support upstream procurement activities; in other words, the strategic work the procurement team does for planning, assessment and performance management. Strategic sourcing application suites are used primarily by companies with $800 million or more in annual revenue that, typically, have the necessary critical mass of spend. The strategic sourcing application suite delivers four primary capabilities. Most vendors offer these capabilities as separately licensable modules: Spend analysis is a software- and service-based solution for cleansing, enhancing, classifying and analyzing spend data. It features rule-based data cleansing, automated category-level classification, analytics and decision support. Automated spend analysis is used in procurement and sourcing to quantify spend by supplier, category and part, and to identify opportunities for cost reduction and supply base resizing.

Strategic Sourcing Application Suites

Gartner defines the source-to-pay (S2P) suite market as an integrated set of solutions to source, contract, request, procure, receive and pay for goods and services across an enterprise. These solutions typically are sold as cloud-based software as a service.
Source-to-pay suites allow organizations to manage all of their sourcing and procurement activities within a single integrated solution. These solutions are modular in nature allowing customers to activate the functionality that is relevant for their needs. The integrated nature of these solutions allows for data to easily flow across the source-to-pay process providing needed visibility to upstream and downstream documents. An example of this would be the ability to view a purchase order and see the contract that the purchase is related to, the e-sourcing event that led to the contract and downstream documents such as receipts, invoices and payments.

Source-to-Pay Suites

Gartner defines multienterprise collaboration networks (MCNs) as solutions that support a community of trading partners of any tier and type that need to coordinate and execute on business processes extending across multiple enterprises. Gartner considers cloud-based MCNs to be a key technology to coordinate, orchestrate and automate an organization’s extended supply chain within the overall business ecosystem they operate in. The key capabilities of MCN solutions include three layers:
Network representation and management,
Application functions,
Embedded analytics and intelligence.

Multienterprise Collaboration Networks

E-sourcing applications enable organizations to organize, solicit and evaluate requests for information (RFIs) and requests for proposals (RFPs) from suppliers. These applications enable competitive bidding where the outcome is typically a long-term agreement. Most e-sourcing applications also support reverse auction capabilities. Some applications enable large-scale complex bid events with thousands of line items and awards spanning multiple suppliers.

E-Sourcing Applications

Category management solutions allow category managers to create and monitor their midterm to long-term sourcing by enabling strategic management of categories in procurement and supply chain processes. They optimize category performance, enhance supplier relationships, and improve cost efficiencies. The key features include spend analysis, strategic sourcing, supplier management, contract tracking, and analytics. These solutions empower data-driven decision-making, identify cost-saving opportunities, and align category strategies with organizational goals, ultimately driving operational excellence and value delivery.

Category Management Solutions

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Additional Context

SAP Ariba Sourcing Suite

Workday Strategic Sourcing

Workday

Coupa

GEP SMART

Zycus Source to Pay Suite

Zycus

Ivalua Strategic Sourcing

Ivalua

JAGGAER ONE

JAGGAER

SAP Contract Lifecycle Management (On-Premise)

Synertrade Accelerate Source to Contract

Synertrade

Unit4 Source-to-contract by Scanmarket

Unit4

3B - 10B USD

10B - 30B USD

500M - 1B USD

1B - 3B USD

250M - 500M USD

Gov't/PS/ED <5,000 Employees

Gov't/PS/ED 5,000 - 50,000 Employees

<50M USD

50M - 250M USD

30B + USD

Purchasing Analyst

We have gained more efficiency in the procurement process and our communication and collaboration with Jaggaer through JAGGAER ONE has been enhanced. Nevertheless, the small possibility of reporting hinders forming a much broader picture of the sourcing processes we engage in.

SAP Ariba

Fullstep

Other...

TESISQUARE

i-Faber

e-Procurement Technologies

EU-Supply

Gatewit

iSOCO

Mercado Eletrônico

VORTAL

Tradeshift

Niuma

MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ANALYST

The Supplier Management product from Jaggaer has gone along way in helping us consolidate and store informatino for our suppliers. We are quite happy with the performance of the product at our institution.

Sr. Director, Strategic Sourcing

Very good for what we use it for.  We only use it to create and store contracts currently.

Logistics Engineer, I

I am truly satisfied with the customer service that I receive with this product. The system is easy to operate but when I do have issues come up, I receive quick responses from knowledgeable representatives at Jaggaer.  

Director, E-Commerce

Great to work with, strong customer support, dynamic product development. They've suffered some growing pains, several recent changes in ownership and leadership, rapid growth rate. Singular focus on new enhancement/development while allowing bugs and minor flaws to fester. 

Active

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Category Manager

Very responsive and highly capable support team. Over various calls, all of which were the result of my own errors, their staff are always very understanding and quick to resolve my mistakes. Further, the support staff are, without exception, bright and engaging, which makes a world of difference.

Sr Sourcing Manager

Fantastic Responsive Service. The Software is less quirky than many others, with a lot of slick configurable options that set it apart. Reporting options are fantastic.

Procurement Manager

Very detailed interaction with the Bravo agent who went beyond the question that I had asked and taught me how to solve a different problem as well as the reason why I called in the first place.

Senior Purchaser

I received a very good response from the JAGGAER France hotline. My urgent request was quickly treated by proposing me an adequate solution.

Head Of Group Procurement

Jaggaer sourcing platform is complete, secure and guarantees more efficient processes.
New needs can be discussed to identify new process improvements

Senior Category Manager

Jaggaer has helped us implement both eSourcing and Spend Visibility in our organization. We always receive excellent service from Sales to Support and everyone along the way.

Jaggaer operational Team skills and market knowledge helped us to design and implement an e-Procurement platform that fits our procurment needs in terms of vendor management, vendor performance and strategic sourcing initiatives.  

Head Of Procurement Excellence

The overall interaction with Jaggaer is professional, yet flexible and very approachable to ensure solutions that are oriented according to our industry, size and maturity.  

Buyer - Project Manager

strong proactiveness
high reliabiity
the tool could be more flexible, but customizations are still possible

the supplier available and attentive, always tries to interpret and anticipate the customer's needs by proposing innovative solutions but in line with the customer's budget and operational capabilities

Director, Supply Chain Optimization

We began utilizing Jaggaer Advance Sourcing Optimizer(ASO) to support its Freight RFP events through a 3rd party in 2018. We immediately recognized the analytical and modeling power of the tool. As soon as that event was completed, we began an engagement with Jaggaer to license the solution directly. This enabled us to manage procurement events in-house which is a savings in and of itself. The capabilities and intuitiveness of the application's cost models allow our team to navigate the complexities a freight bid across all modes. Difficult strategies such as balancing inbound and outbound assets at a specific location, capping awards for new service providers to mitigate risk, favoring incumbents with high service levels, prioritizing drop trailers, managing bundled & contingent bids, etc. can all be easily executed with a few clicks of a button. I can confidently say that Jaggaer has been one of the primary catalysts for our logistics transformation. We saw a ROI after our first event and have achieved double digit spend reductions with every iteration all while significantly improving service levels. 

JAGGAER fundamentally operates as a pioneer within the Autonomous Commerce sector. The enterprise has engineered a self-operating B2B commercial experience inclusive of buyers, suppliers, and partners utilizing Internet of Things (IoT) technology. It enables a substantial flow of goods annually, across its Enterprise Commerce Network. AI and machine learning technology underpin JAGGAER's innovative procurement solutions, aligning the requirements of buyers with the competencies of suppliers via smart-match recommendations. These solutions are designed to autonomously conduct recurrent, backstage tasks required for facilitating commerce on the enterprise level. With a workforce exceeding 1,200, the focus of JAGGAER's operations revolves around ensuring customer success.