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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Emptoris

    Score5.5 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $59

    Per User Per Month

    SAP Integrated Business Planning

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ASAP supports supply chain management with Integrated Business Planning, the company's real-time cloud-based supply chain planning platform supporting demand response, supply planning and inventory management oriented features, with supply chain analytics to support decisioning.N/A
    Pricing
    EmptorisSAP Integrated Business Planning
    Editions & Modules
    Emptoris
    $59.00
    Per User Per Month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    EmptorisSAP Integrated Business Planning
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    EmptorisSAP Integrated Business Planning
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
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    SAP
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    89%
    Would buy again
    58 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    52 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    60 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    36 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    47 Answers
    Features
    EmptorisSAP Integrated Business Planning
    Contract Authoring
    Comparison of Contract Authoring features of Emptoris and SAP Integrated Business Planning
    Feature
    Emptoris
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    SAP Integrated Business Planning
    -
    Ratings
    Contract creation9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract templates7.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Clause library/saved fields8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Guided logic8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Collaboration
    Comparison of Contract Collaboration features of Emptoris and SAP Integrated Business Planning
    Feature
    Emptoris
    7.9
    4 Ratings
    4% below category average
    SAP Integrated Business Planning
    -
    Ratings
    Contract sharing8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract editing8.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaborating on contracts7.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    MS Word plug-in7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Approval process8.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interdepartmental workflows7.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Monitoring
    Comparison of Contract Monitoring features of Emptoris and SAP Integrated Business Planning
    Feature
    Emptoris
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    5% below category average
    SAP Integrated Business Planning
    -
    Ratings
    Contract database7.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract search7.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract milestone reminders & alerts8.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom contract reports7.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tracking contract status8.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance check7.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supply Chain Planning
    Comparison of Supply Chain Planning features of Emptoris and SAP Integrated Business Planning
    Feature
    Emptoris
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Integrated Business Planning
    7.8
    61 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Custom alerts00 Ratings7.657 Ratings
    Scenario-based planning00 Ratings8.258 Ratings
    Resource optimization00 Ratings7.852 Ratings
    Supply forecasting00 Ratings8.152 Ratings
    Capacity estimation00 Ratings7.850 Ratings
    Employee allocation00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Supply network coordination00 Ratings7.944 Ratings
    Procurement Management
    Comparison of Procurement Management features of Emptoris and SAP Integrated Business Planning
    Feature
    Emptoris
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Integrated Business Planning
    8.4
    2 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Raw material sourcing00 Ratings8.72 Ratings
    Supply market analysis00 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Cost analysis00 Ratings7.82 Ratings
    Expense Logging00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Order Fulfillment Management
    Comparison of Order Fulfillment Management features of Emptoris and SAP Integrated Business Planning
    Feature
    Emptoris
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Integrated Business Planning
    8.1
    2 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Order fulfillment optimization00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Return services00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Purchase order generation00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Purchase order tracking00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Supplier delivery scheduling00 Ratings8.72 Ratings
    Pricing and product configurations generation00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Logistics and Transportation Management
    Comparison of Logistics and Transportation Management features of Emptoris and SAP Integrated Business Planning
    Feature
    Emptoris
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Integrated Business Planning
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Packaging00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Delivery planning00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Route optimization00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Shipping performance00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Fleet management00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Warehouse & Inventory Management
    Comparison of Warehouse & Inventory Management features of Emptoris and SAP Integrated Business Planning
    Feature
    Emptoris
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Integrated Business Planning
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Automation of warehouse operations00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Inventory storage00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Stock monitoring00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Inventory tracking00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Warehouse asset management00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Inventory and price forecasting00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Demand Management
    Comparison of Demand Management features of Emptoris and SAP Integrated Business Planning
    Feature
    Emptoris
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Integrated Business Planning
    7.8
    56 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Demand signal sensing00 Ratings8.245 Ratings
    Demand forecasting00 Ratings8.353 Ratings
    Customer analytics00 Ratings7.538 Ratings
    Inventory stock optimization00 Ratings8.640 Ratings
    Sales and operations planning00 Ratings8.051 Ratings
    Pricing and promotion tracking00 Ratings6.434 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    EmptorisSAP Integrated Business Planning
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (15 ratings)
    8.5
    (64 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.3
    (63 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    EmptorisSAP Integrated Business Planning
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    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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    SAP
    One of the best parts is how it is suited to global or multi-site organizations with complex supply chains. It just operates across multiple regions with various manufacturing facilities, and that too with very much ease; it is simple, solid and very reliable in terms of working when the logistics is an issue and fetches data and insights very quickly.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • 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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    SAP
    • Comfortable database, it adjusts to what we know how to use.
    • The platform acts quickly, and throws metrics and analysis adjusted to the times we need, thus automating the results.
    • Complete and detailed reports, we can dynamically evaluate all the information.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • 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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    SAP
    • The system does not work as smoothly when processing large volumes of data. There are processing delays when we are busy planning.
    • Moreover, because inventory exceptions are not automatically alerted, employees have to check them manually, which takes extra time. Upgrades in these sections could raise our operational efficiency.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    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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    SAP
    Very useful. Already have a team that learnt the system and although took a while, they now use it seamlessly
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    Usability
    IBM
    Emptoris is a pretty robust tool overall. Learning curve is small and it is simple to use
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    SAP
    User experience has various issues, from the way to represent data on the Dashboard to complex graphical interfaces for making the right report of something that is easiest to make on other similar platforms. SAP Integrated Business Planning is difficult to integrate into other operating systems and ecosystems. Activity planning, in some cases, is confused, and access is limited if customers or end-users don´t use the platform over the internet using a desktop computer.
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    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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    SAP
    Fast reaction specialists available
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    Implementation Rating
    IBM
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    SAP
    Set up a supply chain strategy. Define your north star. Follow it with good consultants. Get know how from consultants with a deep know how in the system. Do proper change management.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    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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    SAP
    Well at least, the cost factor und the implementation time. 4 month from the decision to the productive use. This is overall being accept very fast! SAP Integrated Business Planning definitely increased the quality of our data and decision making process.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • 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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    SAP
    • The biggest positive is improved forecast accuracy; now, I can work in a structured manner to reduce my costs and anticipate demand for the products.
    • Now, one certain item is that the Enhanced Data Quality is helping us a lot in making quicker decisions and a faster work life.
    • The sales and operations teams are aligned now in a much better manner, and work is faster.
    • Planning has become easier and smoother.
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