CoreIntegrator Workflow vs Emptoris

Likelihood to Recommend

I have found CoreIntegrator to work well for our needs as an Accounts Payable workflow solution. The system was implemented with very little internal technical assistance. It can be administered by a business user without a great deal of technical knowledge because the CI support staff is knowledgeable and helpful.

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Manager in Finance and Accounting

Insurance Company, 501-1000 employees

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If you have a highly bureaucratic organization that is heavily focused on procurement, Emptoris can provide some value. It seemed to be very good at linking the contract information to procurement for better spend control. If you are trying to implement a standalone contract management solution that allows you to easily create contracts and store them in a central location, this isn't the tool for you. There doesn't appear to be a simplified implementation. In general, when a SaaS solution has a complicated and expensive implementation, I am very skeptical. This does not show that the vendor is trying to move customers forward on a single code base. If that many things need to be done during implementation, you are starting to customize the solution for every customer. This hurts the vendor's ability to scale and make improvements in the future.

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Director in Information Technology

Internet Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

CoreIntegrator Workflow

Emptoris

Contract creation

Contract templates

Clause library/saved fields

Guided logic

CoreIntegrator Workflow

Emptoris

Contract sharing

Contract editing

Collaborating on contracts

MS Word plug-in

Approval process

Interdepartmental workflows

CoreIntegrator Workflow

Emptoris

Contract database

Legacy contracts

Contract search

Contract milestone reminders & alerts

Custom contract reports

Tracking contract status

Compliance check

Pros

Integration to Great Plains
Simple to use

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Document protection - the Check Out contract feature is a great way to allow external parties to make modifications to contract language without the ability to accept those changes. Those redlines can then be imported back into Emptoris and reviewed or further modified as needed.
Notifications & reminders - you can trigger an email manually from within the system, or you can configure automated notifications andreminders to alert users when a new task is received or has aged a given amount of days, etc.
Interview wizard - there is a lot of value in the interview wizard. Administrators can configure screens with selecting options via check boxes, radio buttons, or typed-in values. Variables and conditions can be used to selectively populate fields within the contract or apply other options, making for a quick and convenient method to generate contracts conforming to corporate standards.
Field customization - administrators can customize a list of options for various fields including contract substatus, address type, and user created business term variables.
Approvals - many different options are available to configure approvals to trigger automatically upon presenting and/or executing the contract including specific individuals, one or more approver groups, or based upon various criteria including terms within the contract, type of contract, or the contract's owning organization.

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Supervisor in Corporate

Hospital & Health Care Company, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

The system administration is somewhat difficult for someone that is not highly technical.
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Manager in Finance and Accounting

Insurance Company, 501-1000 employees

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Reporting, Emptoris comes with standard reports which can not always can be fit into our business. This needs to be improved. I hope Emptoris is addressing this issue in their latest releases.
Though the feature of editing language in MS word is excellent, loading MS word takes time.

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Mahesh Aluvala

Technical Lead

iGATE global solutionsInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

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Emptoris 8.0

Based on 10 answers

There are a lot of new, exciting products coming out in every field and I believe that there is always something better right over the horizon. If it was my choice, I would review my usage of Emptoris and other software periodically to make sure I'm using the most efficient software possible.

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Verified User

Analyst in Corporate

Hospital & Health Care Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Usability

No score

No answers yet

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Emptoris 8.0

Based on 2 answers

Emptoris is a pretty robust tool overall. Learning curve is small and it is simple to use

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Digvijay Singh

Sr. Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Warner Bros. Entertainment Group of CompaniesEntertainment, 10,001+ employees

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Support Rating

CoreIntegrator Workflow 7.7

Based on 2 answers

Sometimes we receive slow responses.

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C-Level Executive in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Emptoris 8.0

Based on 2 answers

The above rating for the overall support from Emptoris is for their product / product support, roll out training and refresher training / ongoing training, which is not only good but superior. There is no major or reconizable bad review that can be given to Emptoris at this point in time, from where is stands.

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Consultant in Other

Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees

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Alternatives Considered

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I am a fan of Ariba to be used for the entire lifecycle of Sourcing. From RFX's to cutting PO's. I feel Emptoris misses the boat on the idea of a "One Stop Shop" for all of your Sourcing/Purchasing needs

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John Klucharits

IT Sourcing Manager

Novartis Pharmaceuticals CorporationPharmaceuticals, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

CoreIntegrator has allowed us to remove two timely manual processes that have provided positive ROI.
CoreIntegrator accomplished all our objectives and more.

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Verified User

Manager in Finance and Accounting

Insurance Company, 501-1000 employees

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We won the 2005 Baseline Magazine Award for best ROI related to a technology implementation with an ROI 5544% (see 2005 Baseline ROI Awards, GlaxoSmithkline).
We always felt we could do "two times the work, with half the people and deliver double the savings".

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Gregg Brandyberry

Vice President global Systems and Operations

RDPE Inc.Pharmaceuticals, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

CoreIntegrator Workflow

Emptoris

CoreIntegrator Workflow

Emptoris

CoreIntegrator Workflow

Emptoris

CoreIntegrator Workflow

Emptoris

Likelihood to Recommend