Blue Yonder Luminate Planning vs. SAP Ariba

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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Industries with stringent regulatory compliance requirements, such as healthcare and finance, benefit from SAP Ariba's robust features for maintaining compliance throughout the procurement process. The platform helps organizations adhere to industry-specific regulations and standards.Organizations seeking an end-to-end source-to-pay solution find SAP Ariba suitable. Its seamless integration of procurement processes, from sourcing to invoicing, simplifies workflows and improves overall operational efficiency.

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• 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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• Its data driven user solution helps in gaining visibility into the landscape and thus helps in informed decision making
• End to end procurement process under single platform and integration makes it easier
• We have always experienced cost reduction using SAP ariba

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• 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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• User Interface Complexity:
• Some users find the user interface to be complex, particularly for new users. Simplifying the interface and providing more user-friendly navigation could enhance the overall user experience.
• Customization Challenges:
• Customizing certain aspects of the system, such as reports or templates, can be challenging. A more intuitive customization process would empower users to tailor the system to their specific needs more easily.
• Learning Curve:
• The platform has a steeper learning curve for some users, especially those less familiar with advanced procurement tools. Improved onboarding resources and training materials could help users get up to speed more quickly.

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Established product and we are now using it as a mean for our procurement transformation

UI is good from tech perspective Customisations and personalisations are very intuitive and allows user to make the maximum usaage of the dashboard. Integrations with existing systems matters a lot for large enterprises. Training and support is very crucial. Mobile availability enhances the overall customer experience. Feedback is underrated but comapnies take it very seriously now a days.

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It's still an older system which could use some updating.

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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.

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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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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• Alignment with customer service programs.
• Visibility for optimization and transportation cost savings.
• Vendor performance overviews.

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• 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.