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HICX: Vendor Analysis (Part 2) — Strengths, Weaknesses, Competition and Customer Fit

04/20/2016 By

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Those procurement organizations that have already deployed supplier management solutions or are familiar with the details of them are likely aware that they are often as — or more — complicated as purchase-to-pay (P2P) and other related solutions. While some providers targeting this area offer focused solutions (e.g., supplier risk management, supplier performance management, supplier portals), others go broad (and deep) spanning all of these areas and more. One such provider is HICX, which we previously provided a company and solution overview for in the first installment of this series. HICX competes against a range of suite providers (e.g., Ariba/SAP, Emptoris/IBM, Coupa, GEP, Determine, Ivalua, Oracle, SciQuest, Zycus, etc.) as well as vendors that target specific or broader aspects of the supplier management area (e.g., Aravo, Biznet, CVM Solutions/Kroll, ConnXus, DiversePoint, DIR, Hiperos/Opus Global, Lavante, OpenText/GXS/Rollstream, Source Intelligence, SourceMap, etc.). It also competes against “substitute” providers offering supplier management capabilities on a managed services basis (e.g., Achilles, Helios, Global Risk Management Solutions, etc.). This Spend Matters PRO research brief provides insight into HICX’s strengths, weaknesses, competition and ideal customer fit.

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