维多利亚/土坯股
正如我们所指出的第1部分在这个七部分的支出事项专业系列中,Ivalua不再是Rodney Dangerfield的采购套房,我们不再需要向已故的漫画道歉。自从我们上次评估了2016年深入评估的Ivalua以来,提供商已获得分析师社区的尊重,即投资界(有一个“独角兽”估值在上一轮的最后一轮融资中,其最重要的是,尽管Ivalua的98%的客户保留率证明了客户社区,即使Ivalua的客户满意度得分在其最后的解决方案映射排名中略有下滑。
但是,即使Ivalua成立于2000年,该公司的较大同行仍然往往很快就将这一“新来者”视为S2P竞技场!As a perceived newcomer in the North American marketplace, with a smaller customer count, less revenue and less perceived history, it still is often not even known, or well known, to some practitioners that we’ve run across who’ve not research the market deeply. This is despite the fact they Ivalua has:
*几乎一样大的全球存在(在美洲,EMEA和APAC上设有办事处)
*支持全球客户群的记录
*较小的S2P玩家可能会将其劳动力卖给契约奴役的估值
*一个平台如此广泛,如此之深,以至于许多同行很难竞争开箱即用的功能,尤其是在直接材料/采购领域,在具有广泛需求列表的较大的客户中。
正如我们著名的2016年底,,,,“if we add up the differentiated combination of its architecture/platform, industry enablement, functional/modular capability (across the source-to-pay continuum), analytics and ‘overlay’ process support capabilities, the sum of the Ivalua package stands out from all others in a true ‘deadpan’ way — albeit with no laughing involved.”
When you augment this with leading direct sourcing support (with the re-platforming of its DirectWorks acquisition), improved workflow management, UI improvements, one-search, improved (direct) catalog management and bot-assisted guided buying, you get a platform that’s a force to be reckoned with.
简而言之,伊瓦卢(Ivalua)值得与迄今为止所收到的同龄人更加重视,因为它在全球市场上的巨大凹痕处于良好状态,这将很难不引起注意。也就是说,可以改进应用套件的某些部分(正如我们在第5部分),围绕材料管理清单(在允许深入何种情况分析),资产和工具管理,计划和项目管理,第三方数据集成和记分卡的框架中,有很多意想不到的能力(在集中式模块中)创建,应计和全球税收合规管理。另外,成本分解分析,NPI(新产品简介),纠正措施能力,扩展的供应商个人资料管理以及每天(甚至每小时)将数据从环境中吸引到环境中的能力比一个更深可能会期望的,尤其是在开箱即用的大量预配置接口以及通过附加商店获取更多的能力。
And while Ivalua is still not perfect (but to be honest, no provider is), as it’s still missing a few capabilities that we feel are becoming core with S2P (and even its updated UI is not industry-leading), we still believe that anyone who invests the time to get to know the solution on a product level will come away very impressed if they have the same technology-and-capability-centric proclivities as the Spend Matters team (even if it’s not the right “fit” for the organization at the end of the day).
因此,事不宜迟,在我们更新的支出的倒数第二部分中,我们在Ivalua上的快照,我们为您提供了对公司的客观分析,以及一份选择候选名单,以帮助公司决定Ivalua是否应该在十字架上,他们是否有他们的视线设置在平台,套件或模块化功能上。
明天,在第7部分中,我们将完成竞争性的市场细分,比较分析和一些最终想法。我们还将推荐的短清单候选人作为替代供应商,并提供一些提供商选择指南。