The Hidden Gems of the Enterprise Application Space
Part Two: Sorting and Selecting SRM Software
P.J. Jakovljevic - October 30, 2003

Sorting the SRM Software Suppliers

Given the enthusiasm from early adopters, it is hardly surprising that a wide range of software suppliers is adopting the SRM acronym. There are several dozen vendors that are offering suites of SRM functionality and coming from different worlds, based on their origins. A great part of these logically hail from the SCM space such as i2 Technologies, Logility, and Manugistics, which regard SRM as a natural extension to their core supply chain planning (SCP) and procurement applications. These vendors have recently added functionality to support some sourcing business processes between manufacturer and supplier. As for most ERP vendors, which first extended their offerings to include supply chain activities, they have also added functionality and staked their claims in the SRM market. These vendors have the advantage of being able to tap into functionality from their other core applications like ERP, CRM, PLM, and SCM to support supplier-oriented processes, given they also have access to data in those systems to support such processes...