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今天早些时候，正好赶上其收入报告，SAP宣布正在购买一个加工资本技术提供者的南南 - 也恰好提供AP自动化，电子发票和相关功能。这标志着在采购技术部门的SAP公司开发前面的繁忙的一周，建立之前宣布的战略投资和近期工作伙伴关系with CLM specialist Icertis.
For those close to the procurement and finance technology market, especially the working-capital area, the Taulia deal is likely not surprising. Not only was Taulia rumored to be “in market,” but it was an SAP partner with full, pre-existing technology integration, having用Prime收入取代了以前的SAP关系，并补充来自SAP阿里巴的内部技术以及与Rairtone Capital的合作关系。
鉴于SAP Ariba和Taulia之间的功能重叠，我们认为通过提供Taulia所做的快速概要来开始我们对交易的覆盖范围，以及在比较基础上突出各种提供者的各种优势和弱点来开始审慎营运资本，供应商信息管理（SIM），付款和发票区域 - 这将有助于为潜在的头划线绘制更清晰的图片，以便为什么SAP致以如此热衷于在一定程度的Venn Diagram重叠到其产品组合。
In subsequent Spend Matters PRO analysis, we will spitball the valuation and enterprise value of the transaction, offer customer and competitive recommendations, and explore how the transaction is likely to impact the landscape for working capital and B2B payments alongside procure-to-pay and AP automation.
In this post, we use our SolutionMap scoring and ranking information to compare the two firms in the areas in which they overlap. Taulia, appears in theAP自动化/I2P category，SAP竞争套件类别源代码(which encompasses AP Automation/I2P), as well as other individual SolutionMap module and suite categories.
让我们开始。