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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Azure

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.

    $29

    per month

    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ASAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud) is a modular, cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution that brings embedded AI into core business processes to help organizations improve productivity, efficiency, and scalability. It supports critical business functions including finance, supply chain, human resources, and sales, while providing industry best-practice processes, predictable subscription-based costs, and the ability to add capabilities, users, and functionality as…

    $295

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Microsoft AzureSAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Editions & Modules
    Developer
    $29
    per month
    Standard
    $100
    per month
    Professional Direct
    $1000
    per month
    Basic
    Free
    per month
    SAP Supply Chain Base
    $295
    per month per user
    SAP Finance Base
    $295
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft AzureSAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional DetailsThe free tier lets users have access to a variety of services free for 12 months with limited usage after making an Azure account.—
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    Microsoft AzureSAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
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    Microsoft
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    SAP
    Chose SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud is far more ahead in term's of latest new dimension technology and closely integrated with business process and giving best industry and organisation solutions to the global client's. Frequent updating on latest relevant solution of digital transformation is …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud is widely used ERP in the Market. The Brand has already gained a lot of trust from the customers across the world. It is easier to convince the new clients or customers to upgrade or migrate their non-SAP legacy system to SAP S/4HANA Cloud due to its extensive …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    We selected SAP S/4HANA Cloud because it is a SAP product. It is a delight to work on from an integration perspective.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    SAP S/4HANA Cloud is the latest and works fast. It uses the integrated platform that SAP has always used and that works really well in setting up the business processes from scratch really fast.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
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    96%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    601 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
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    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    777 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    432 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    34 Answers
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    565 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft AzureSAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Microsoft Azure and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Microsoft Azure
    8.4
    27 Ratings
    2% above category average
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    -
    Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime8.126 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling8.725 Ratings00 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing8.624 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates8.225 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring tools8.326 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images8.424 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating system support8.926 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security controls8.626 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automation8.224 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Microsoft Azure and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.1
    442 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings7.9390 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.9376 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.7375 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Microsoft Azure and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.6
    673 Ratings
    0% above category average
    API for custom integration00 Ratings7.7646 Ratings
    Plug-ins00 Ratings7.5592 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Microsoft Azure and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.3
    769 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.5725 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.2757 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Microsoft Azure and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.7
    778 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings7.7717 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings7.8765 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings7.6705 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Microsoft Azure and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.2
    812 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Accounts payable00 Ratings8.2788 Ratings
    Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.2748 Ratings
    Global Financial Support00 Ratings7.8292 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings7.9310 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings7.9332 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting00 Ratings7.9306 Ratings
    Standardized Processes00 Ratings8.3343 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Microsoft Azure and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.3
    675 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Inventory tracking00 Ratings8.2661 Ratings
    Automatic reordering00 Ratings7.8567 Ratings
    Location management00 Ratings7.9545 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Microsoft Azure and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.2
    685 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Pricing00 Ratings8.0653 Ratings
    Order entry00 Ratings8.0664 Ratings
    Credit card processing00 Ratings8.827 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold00 Ratings8.3627 Ratings
    Order Orchestration00 Ratings7.9248 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Microsoft Azure and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.9
    325 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Billing Management00 Ratings7.94 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings7.9295 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings7.4253 Ratings
    Period Close00 Ratings7.9319 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Microsoft Azure and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.7
    4 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Project Planning and Scheduling00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers00 Ratings7.94 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools00 Ratings7.64 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of Microsoft Azure and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.0
    139 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings8.0139 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of Microsoft Azure and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.8
    267 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Bids Analyzed and Compared00 Ratings7.7188 Ratings
    Contract Authoring00 Ratings7.8188 Ratings
    Contract Repository00 Ratings7.6182 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings8.0241 Ratings
    Supplier Management00 Ratings8.0236 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of Microsoft Azure and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.2
    3 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Risk Repository00 Ratings7.93 Ratings
    Control Management00 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments00 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Issue Detection00 Ratings7.83 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of Microsoft Azure and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.9
    217 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings8.0192 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings8.0185 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings7.6168 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management00 Ratings8.2177 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings8.0172 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of Microsoft Azure and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.1
    204 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Production Process Design00 Ratings8.1185 Ratings
    Production Management00 Ratings8.1189 Ratings
    Configuration Management00 Ratings8.1177 Ratings
    Work Execution00 Ratings8.1182 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs00 Ratings8.1181 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of Microsoft Azure and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    7.7
    251 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings7.5226 Ratings
    Inventory Planning00 Ratings7.9242 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring00 Ratings7.7230 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Microsoft Azure and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Feature
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    8.1
    221 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Proposal Management00 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management00 Ratings7.9221 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft AzureSAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (96 ratings)
    8.4
    (881 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (17 ratings)
    9.0
    (23 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (36 ratings)
    8.0
    (769 ratings)
    Availability
    6.8
    (2 ratings)
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (27 ratings)
    6.7
    (80 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.9
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.7
    (10 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.7
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.4
    (3 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.4
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (5 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (5 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft AzureSAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Azure is particularly well suited for enterprise environments with existing Microsoft investments, those that require robust compliance features, and organizations that need hybrid cloud capabilities that bridge on-premises and cloud infrastructure. In my opinion, Azure is less appropriate for cost-sensitive startups or small businesses without dedicated cloud expertise and scenarios requiring edge computing use cases with limited connectivity. Azure offers comprehensive solutions for most business needs but can feel like there is a higher learning curve than other cloud-based providers, depending on the product and use case.
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    SAP
    SAP Cloud ERP is best suited for medium- to large-sized organizations seeking scalability, real-time insights, and standardized processes. It will help them streamline financial operations & core HR functions, optimize inventory management & procurement process. Its intelligent automation will help them automate repetitive, routine tasks and use machine learning for predictive analysis.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Microsoft Azure is highly scalable and flexible. You can quickly scale up or down additional resources and computing power.
    • You have no longer upfront investments for hardware. You only pay for the use of your computing power, storage space, or services.
    • The uptime that can be achieved and guaranteed is very important for our company. This includes the rapid maintenance for security updates that are mostly carried out by Microsoft.
    • The wide range of capabilities of services that are possible in Microsoft Azure. You can practically put or create anything in Microsoft Azure.
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    • The software helps in forecasting and identifying potential challenges that would affect our organisation in the near future. This enables us to prepare in advance and also adopt practical and viable measures.
    • It enables faster and accurate data processing, which enhances decision-making.
    • It's easily customizable according to specific organizational needs. This promotes overall efficiency and productivity of the organization.
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • The cost of resources is difficult to determine, technical documentation is frequently out of date, and documentation and mapping capabilities are lacking.
    • The documentation needs to be improved, and some advanced configuration options require research and experimentation.
    • Microsoft's licensing scheme is too complex for the average user, and Azure SQL syntax is too different from traditional SQL.
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    SAP
    • The beginner's user-friendly UI can help learners learn easily, and it feels a bit complex.
    • Implementation of AI bot on common tasks.
    • There are no offline functionality that users can use remotely.
    • As the scalability of the products grows, they become more expensive.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    Moving to Azure was and still is an organizational strategy and not simply changing vendors. Our product roadmap revolved around Azure as we are in the business of humanitarian relief and Azure and Microsoft play an important part in quickly and efficiently serving all of the world. Migration and investment in Azure should be considered as an overall strategy of an organization and communicated companywide.
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    SAP
    The cost of SAP as an ERP is quite high and the switching costs associated with ERP systems are even higher. That being said moving from one ERP to another only happens once in a great while for large organizations. Those switching costs include retraining, IT hardware requirements, outside consultants and more
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    As Microsoft Azure is [doing a] really good with PaaS. The need of a market is to have [a] combo of PaaS and IaaS. While AWS is making [an] exceptionally well blend of both of them, Azure needs to work more on DevOps and Automation stuff. Apart from that, I would recommend Azure as a great platform for cloud services as scale.
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    SAP
    SAP Cloud ERP is a useful solution for automating and streamlining business processes. It offers modern technologies such as built-in AI, machine learning, and real-time data analytics. It offers multi-currency, multi-language support to manage international operations smoothly. It comes with a modern, role-based user interface that enhances your user experience and lets you perform tasks smoothly.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    It has proven to be unreliable in our production environment and services become unavailable without proper notification to system administrators
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    We were running Windows Server and Active Directory, so [Microsoft] Azure was a seamless transition. We ran into a few, if any support issues, however, the availability of Microsoft Azure's support team was more than willing and able to guide us through the process. They even proposed solutions to issues we had not even thought of!
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    SAP
    The support system I find great as whenever I run into problems they rectify them quickly as possible they never reacted late the support is just up to the mark for me. They provide many solutions to the problems I faced the [technical] team support is always amazing they [listen] to mean work accordingly.
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    In-Person Training
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    More effective
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    As I have mentioned before the issue with my Oracle Mismatch Version issues that have put a delay on moving one of my platforms will justify my 7 rating.
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    SAP
    SAP requires
    a lot of internal and external resources to complete its successful
    implementation. The cloud version requires a deeper understanding of the
    different capabilities of the local systems (hardware) and the connection
    towards your local IT team. We found several problems on our systems that we
    couldn't foresee before the implementation and roll out.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    As I continue to evaluate the "big three" cloud providers for our clients, I make the following distinctions, though this gap continues to close. AWS is more granular, and inherently powerful in the configuration options compared to [Microsoft] Azure. It is a "developer" platform for cloud. However, Azure PowerShell is helping close this gap. Google Cloud is the leading containerization platform, largely thanks to it building kubernetes from the ground up. Azure containerization is getting better at having the same storage/deployment options.
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    The platform utilizes advanced predictive analytics to anticipate operational bottlenecks and put them out of commission before the problems become larger. We can proactively develop effective strategies that help keep service quality in the face of unexpected changes in the market, or external disruptions, by continuously analyzing historical performance data as well as elements of the current market
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • For about 2 years we didn't have to do anything with our production VMs, the system ran without a hitch, which meant our engineers could focus on features rather than infrastructure.
    • DNS management was very easy in Azure, which made it easy to upgrade our cluster with zero downtime.
    • Azure Web UI was easy to work with and navigate, which meant our senior engineers and DevOps team could work with Azure without formal training.
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    • Surpasses many well reputed applications in terms of performance and data insight when you are into SAP products
    • More reliable and secure as we are not going to create multiple copy of master data, one single shared master data and all will work like charm
    • For authentication we can also use Microsoft MFA or Google single sign-on , so less complexity
    • For customized business process, we can implement extension packages which are like templates
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud) Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Order to Cash Dashboard - For the management of the order-to-cash process more efficiently across revenue streams and business models - including sales of physical and digital goods, services, subscriptions, projects, and bundles.Screenshot of a Sales Management Overview - Helps ensure sales reps meet their goals with an overview of orders and key sales performance metrics, with status tracking for each order in real time for the early detection of potential issues.Screenshot of the Purchasing Spend Dashboard - For weighing various aspects of purchasing spend through quick access to clear, complete, and real-time data, with less risk, and without opening different reports and transactions.Screenshot of Operational Supplier Evaluation - Provides a transparent overview of suppliers. Users can approve the most reliable vendors and get the right mix to serve business needs while reducing risk.Screenshot of Inventory Management - Provides visibility to manage supply chains, to mitigate risk, avoid unnecessary costs, maximize efficiency, and fulfill customer orders on time.Screenshot of Inventory Processing - Enables real-time supply chain visibility and provides meaningful metrics, with customizable dashboards and reports that display real-time inventory that track the status of inbound and outbound deliveries.