Blue Yonder Luminate Planning vs. SAP Ariba

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
Score 1.0 out of 10
N/A
Luminate Planning from Blue Yonder headquartered in Scottsdale (formerly JDA Software Group) leverages a digital twin foundation to intelligently predict potential problems and opportunities, offer machine learning-based recommendations for action, and pivot production, inventory, and labor plans to minimize risk. It is an SCM platform that supports demand planning and inventory optimization, as well as production planning and supply network design, and replenishment.N/A
SAP Ariba
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
With advanced tools to automate manual processes and support close collaboration with suppliers, SAP Ariba helps streamline source-to-pay processes across organizations.N/A
Pricing
Blue Yonder Luminate PlanningSAP Ariba
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Blue Yonder Luminate PlanningSAP Ariba
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Features
Blue Yonder Luminate PlanningSAP Ariba
Supply Chain Planning
Comparison of Supply Chain Planning features of Product A and Product B
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
7.0
3 Ratings
5% below category average
SAP Ariba
-
Ratings
Custom alerts7.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Scenario-based planning6.32 Ratings00 Ratings
Resource optimization6.13 Ratings00 Ratings
Supply forecasting8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Capacity estimation7.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee allocation6.72 Ratings00 Ratings
Supply network coordination6.92 Ratings00 Ratings
Procurement Management
Comparison of Procurement Management features of Product A and Product B
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
6.4
3 Ratings
14% below category average
SAP Ariba
-
Ratings
Raw material sourcing6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Supply market analysis7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost analysis6.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Expense Logging6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Fulfillment Management
Comparison of Order Fulfillment Management features of Product A and Product B
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
7.7
2 Ratings
2% below category average
SAP Ariba
-
Ratings
Order fulfillment optimization7.32 Ratings00 Ratings
Return services5.92 Ratings00 Ratings
Purchase order generation9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Purchase order tracking8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
Supplier delivery scheduling8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Pricing and product configurations generation8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Logistics and Transportation Management
Comparison of Logistics and Transportation Management features of Product A and Product B
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
6.9
3 Ratings
6% below category average
SAP Ariba
-
Ratings
Packaging6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Delivery planning7.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Route optimization7.32 Ratings00 Ratings
Shipping performance7.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Fleet management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Warehouse & Inventory Management
Comparison of Warehouse & Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
7.2
2 Ratings
9% below category average
SAP Ariba
-
Ratings
Automation of warehouse operations7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory storage8.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Stock monitoring7.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory tracking7.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Warehouse asset management6.32 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory and price forecasting7.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Demand Management
Comparison of Demand Management features of Product A and Product B
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
7.1
2 Ratings
3% below category average
SAP Ariba
-
Ratings
Demand signal sensing8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Demand forecasting7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer analytics7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory stock optimization5.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales and operations planning8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Pricing and promotion tracking6.92 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Blue Yonder Luminate PlanningSAP Ariba
Likelihood to Recommend
7.3
(4 ratings)
7.9
(217 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
7.6
(6 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(169 ratings)
Support Rating
6.1
(3 ratings)
5.5
(21 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Blue Yonder Luminate PlanningSAP Ariba
Likelihood to Recommend
Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
JDA WMS is a tier 1 solution for warehousing environments. Due to its price, it may not be suitable for smaller operations. Since the system allows for multiple clients, and since my company is a 3PL, JDA WMS works well for 3PL providers.
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SAP
Adopted by various vendors, hence easy to reach out to do business. Enables centralized supplier onboarding and integrates with other CLM SAAS products. In general, it’s a great tool that has streamlined procurement and supplier management, though there’s still some room to improve usability and integration. Overall, it’s reliable and delivers strong value.
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Pros
Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
  • Great customer facing implementation team.
  • Predictable and communicated improvement processes.
  • Constant roll out of new features with a strong SIG committee.
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SAP
  • Complete Procurement of Inventory step easy through GUI-Ariba integration once Purchase order is created and it is sent to the SAP Ariba Supplier Network. Vendor confirms the order and sends notification of Inbound Delivery to the warehouse through ASN and the Inbound process, Goods Receipt Process, Unloading, Put away process easy.
  • SAP Ariba integrates the different SAP Sourcing platforms, services and their tools in order to optimize operations, saves cost and meeting customer requirements through its easy to use tools. Such as integration with SAP S/4 HANA, SAP EWM using Idocs for End to End sourcing and Procurement coverage.
  • As a part of the SAP Direct Sourcing suite, it helps allow customer manage their direct materials in the single dashboard and helping customer to have view of the comprehensive info about BoM and the structure. Based on requirements, buyers can run materials and/or entire Bill of Materials. When these are sent from ERP to SAP Ariba, managers can manage them in the direct spend dashboard. Can search for desired items in the dashboard and view details of BoM or deeper view of information of the material. Buyers can run sourcing, run details for materials, create material quotes, and create pricing using book quotes.
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Cons
Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
  • Efficiency - At times the response time to retrieve the data from DB could be improved.
  • Cheaper pricing - can provide some concession with the pricing.
  • Training - JDA could offer more free training programs.
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SAP
  • While SAP Ariba offers workflow capabilities, users have suggested more advanced customization options for workflows
  • SAP Ariba has a mobile app, users have suggested improvements in terms of functionality and responsiveness. Enhancements to the mobile app could provide a more seamless and efficient experience for users on the go
  • SAP Ariba integrates well with various enterprise systems, users have reported that the initial setup and integration processes can be complex. Improvements in integration tools and documentation could facilitate a smoother onboarding experience
  • AP Ariba provides robust reporting and analytics capabilities, some users desire greater flexibility in creating and customizing reports. Improvements in the ability to generate ad-hoc reports and customize dashboards could enhance analytics capabilities
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Likelihood to Renew
Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
No answers on this topic
SAP
Ariba is an excellent product for managing the buying activities and the sourcing activities. Ariba helps in setting up purchasing rules. Ariba ensures approval and compliance in place. Ariba ensures we get the right price through sourcing events
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Usability
Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
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SAP
After implementing SAP Ariba, our procurement operations have improved significantly. We know what to order, when, how much to order, and the dollar value we will spend. This helps us manage our inventory better and improve cash flow. Also, API enables us to integrate with external modules like logistics and freight booking and tracking.
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Support Rating
Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
It's still an older system which could use some updating.
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SAP
Customer support has always been top notch. From small configuration changes to overall process changes, support has the teammates in place with excellent knowledge and is able to provide solutions based on business challenges quickly. Their customer support through their Account teams continues to be hands on and very responsive to needs in a timely fashion.
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Alternatives Considered
Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
JDA WMS was a large step up from our legacy Infor solution. It filled many gaps that we couldn't fill with Infor's system. Rather than continuing to build solutions in-house to account for customer requirements, we decided to implement JDA WMS and use all of that system's capabilities to handled what we needed in our warehouses. Granted, Infor's solutions have probably improved since 2007 when we changed, but those were my experiences back when we changed WMS providers.
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SAP
It improves over all vendor management system of an organization by providing less costly ways of procurement and making business simple. AribaSAP Ariba digitally transforms your supply chain, procurement and contract management process. acts as supply chain, procurement service to do business globally In today’s world, there is a need to control your supply chain and to collaborate with your suppliers in an efficient way. To enable healthy supply chain, you need to have suppliers with visibility to every part of procurement process so that they can maintain an efficient supply chain and help organizations to grow their and own business..
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Return on Investment
Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
  • Alignment with customer service programs.
  • Visibility for optimization and transportation cost savings.
  • Vendor performance overviews.
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SAP
  • We saved nearly 10% of planned costs due to the large database of vendors we created within the company as a whole.
  • Saving in time due to shortening of procurement cycles. Procurement activities were never on the critical path and were accomplished with less Supply Chain resources than originally planned.
  • In the process we created a huge database of Vendors and Pricing which well be beneficial in our future projects.
  • It is an excellent tool and just what are business required and could afford.
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ScreenShots

SAP Ariba Screenshots

Screenshot of the advanced tools that automate manual processes and support close collaboration with suppliers. The SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing solution help streamline procure-to-pay processes across organizations.Screenshot of SAP Ariba's digitalization, which covers processes from contract requests, authoring, and workflows to negotiation, approval, and execution for lower costs and improved relationships.Screenshot of an instance of SAP Ariba's support for industry-specific processes and systems. This helps process manufacturers, retailers, and discrete manufacturers that rely on external manufacturers to capture more savings by improving source-to-contract processes and supplier collaboration.Screenshot of the digitalizing and automating of invoice management over a global business network, in SAP Ariba. This delivers visibility and efficiency to capture more early-payment discounts and optimize working capital.