GEP SMART vs Oracle E-Business Suite iProcurement comparison

GEP SMART vs. Oracle E-Business Suite iProcurement

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Automation Anywhere

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Venkat Sivaprakash

Management Consultant at Accenture

Has significantly improved document-driven workflows and reduced processing time across finance and HR functions

Automation Anywhere has evolved significantly and upgraded itself to provide agentic AI and AI-based automation solutions for document automation. The product has matured considerably over time. We can create workflows that can call an API. We can include prompts in particular workflows for ChatGPT-related functions, connecting to an LLM and RAG to perform tasks. For document automation, modern features are available to train documents, ensuring high accuracy and repeatability over time. The system is very easy to use. I recently completed a course in document automation, typically designed for people involved in coding and technical aspects. Though I understand coding comprehensively, I don't do actual coding. The course was very accessible. Currently, extensive coding isn't necessary due to the hybrid model incorporating GenAI aspects, low-code, no-code capabilities, APIs, and numerous pre-built objects in Automation Anywhere. The features include GenAI-driven prompting methods and workflow creation capabilities. In these workflows, we can create decision boxes and call APIs without coding. We simply pull objects, drop them, connect them, and add minimal coding when needed. The most crucial aspect isn't coding but rather sizing the automation and fleshing out the details. Automation Co-pilot takes notes and performs automated analysis. It can extract details from videos, summarize conversations, and provide detailed information. During calls, it identifies instructions and performs tasks such as preparing reports and reconciliation. Automation Anywhere can also connect with Microsoft Co-pilot. Through Co-pilot, real-time operations can be executed, allowing direct interaction between vendors and automation through this component.

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it_user1709418

Senior Product Manager at a university with 10,001+ employees

Doesn't require a background in analytics to run reports

SMART has been helpful for sourcing and public bids. For regulatory purposes, our university posts bids, depending on the scope of the bid. We get a lot of value out of SMART's ability to post to a public site and have suppliers see that information, register in the tool, and participate. SMART features for collecting information and its timeline capabilities are highly useful. Then on the contract side, the reporting capabilities are the most valuable. Our use case focuses primarily on post-execution and lifecycle management, so it's essential to be able to report accurately especially compliance-related reports. SMART is easy to use, especially when reporting. It isn't designed for a hardcore analyst. You don't need to have a background in analytics to run reports, which is huge. I realized I hadn't touched too much on the spending side, but we use SMART for all spending analytics, and any commodity manager procurement professional can go in and run a spending report. That was a business decision to restrict who can run reports since that data can be exported and used. But the reporting capabilities are incredibly easy to use.

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Atif_Khan

Technical Consultant at AAK

Cloud procurement has automated requisitions and approvals and delivers stronger purchasing control

The features and capabilities of Oracle E-Business Suite iProcurement that I have found most valuable include its market reputation, its ability to automate all processes such as creating requisitions and receiving items, and its e-commerce interface that allows vendors and suppliers to browse and automate tasks. I was engaged with the team for the initial setup and deployment of Oracle E-Business Suite iProcurement, providing technical support which helped me understand its main features, the use of iProcurement, and why people consider the shopping experience and automation to be excellent, with increased efficiency and control resting with the company's key personnel who oversee notifications and similar functions. The catalog for suppliers to access content and categories makes it a very flexible tool.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It improves accuracy and reduces manpower. It is easy to learn."

"Some processes that have taken 24 hours for our guys to do, now take seven to eight hours for our bots."

"The best features of Automation Anywhere include the user interface, which is quite easy to use now compared to its previous versions that were more difficult, and all code is visible during coding, showing what is going ahead and what follows in the code, which is not available in other RPA tools such as UiPath, making it a standout feature."

"As for the stability of the product, we can use it in any use cases or to automate anything, like manufacturing or for the banking sector. We can automate all things. The stability is quite good. It is easy to use and user-friendly. You can automate whatever you do manually and day-to-day things work. We can automate repetitive tasks as well."

"It is really helpful that this solution is deployed in the cloud."

"Automation Anywhere is quite easy to use for users who are not technical, especially business users."

"Automation Anywhere has helped save many man-hours in my organization by letting us automate monotonous and repetitive tasks."

"The Automation Copilot is helpful. It will automatically give you all the solutions your bot requires. It's like a dictionary."

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"Spend gives us a way to put all of our spend in one area and use a category hierarchy to pull real-time spend data."

"It's user-friendly, in terms of the design of the tool."

"I love it because everything is done within the contract module. The previous tool that we had really acted more as a repository, whereas this is the lifecycle. Once a business owner gets to the point where they want to enter into a contractual relationship with a party, from that point, including the drafting of it through to the signature on it, it covers the lifecycle. It's from the beginning to the end to even the archiving. It's all done within the tool, including e-signature."

"The one we use the most is the sourcing module... It's really easy to use. You don't have to train vendors. You can add a new vendor at any time, and that vendor will get an email saying, "You've been selected to participate in our RFP, and you do X to get your ID set up." That works really well."

"On the spend side, it's integrated with our accounting system and has bimonthly uploads of data. So we have pretty current spend information that we can access and build reports on."

"Through using GEP, we've been able to gain respect; the other departments in our company have come to rely upon us even more, and we have become a more trusted department within the company, among our peers, because we can speak to their spend at greater depth."

"In terms of ease of use, GEP has done a lot of work through its enhancements over the years to make the user experience more intuitive. There is a more standard-Amazon-like experience, where manuals and tutorials are not really required, simply because the user experience and what's on the screen are pretty intuitive."

"We operate with three different systems that input data. The fact that GEP consolidates all that information into one place is a big deal for us. It streamlines that data for us."

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"It is a scalable product."

"It is a scalable solution."

"The features and capabilities of Oracle E-Business Suite iProcurement that I have found most valuable include its market reputation, its ability to automate all processes such as creating requisitions and receiving items, and its e-commerce interface that allows vendors and suppliers to browse and automate tasks."

Cons

"The marketing for Automation Anywhere has room for improvement."

"There should be more available Data Analytics and more AI Front and Deep Learn concepts."

"The solution could improve the integration with some web applications. It was difficult to manage them."

"The Automation Anywhere Control room component features can be improved, as of now it contains too many roles and rules which makes it confusing to use it."

"The analytical dashboard in the Control Room could use some improvement."

"When we are moving from one version to another version, it's very difficult because most of the features stop working."

"I have noticed that after the bots have been delivered to run in a production environment, there are issues in terms of quality and performance."

"Although the UI and elements are user-friendly, it is still difficult for business users without experience to understand how to use Automation Anywhere."

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"While it captures all the fields and requirements, when any supplier updates or new supplier registration happens, then the supplier needs to update their bank details. Our IT team has made it so every half an hour the GEP SMART system will push the supplier to the Oracle Database. So, we have faced some problems, like bank details, etc. We addressed this issue with GEP. They are working on it to make bank details a mandatory field for any supplier and match our requirements. Their engineering team has taken up creating a customized process for us."

"If our organization could use it as a full-fledged solution, then it would be valuable and give a return on investment. However, since we are not currently using it as a full-fledged solution, even facing some bugs and problems with the synchronization with some of the internal software, we are not able to use it in a full-fledged manner."

"We had a lot of challenges and disagreements with SMART. It's been a long road, for sure, on the contract side."

"I want to see continued investment in analytics and reporting."

"The manuals, especially the ones for the suppliers, are currently available only in English. If these can also be translated into different languages, that would be excellent."

"We didn't like their dashboard initially, but they responded to that very well. They've given us some customizable dashboards and have also made it so that the dashboards can be exported into PDF and other formats, so that we can share them with the rest of the company... That was a weakness at the beginning, but one that they have responded to adequately and we're really pleased with the result."

"We had a lot of challenges and disagreements with SMART. It's been a long road, for sure, on the contract side. There is a little bit of pushback on their part when we need stuff done. Things aren't done very efficiently. I'm still waiting on some changes that were requested well over a year-and-a-half ago."

"One of the areas where they could do better is by creating more standard templates when it comes to IT cost."

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"The interface lags a bit since it is a heavy application."

"There could be a mobile application for the product."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I am not involved in the pricing, but based on what I hear from our central RPA team, it is not very expensive; it is also not cheap. Its price is in the midrange."

"The licensing cost for Automation Anywhere is high."

"There may be room for the product to be more competitively priced to excel in the market."

"We only deal in annual licenses. There are no pay-as-you-go licenses."

"Pricing is affordable and I would recommend beginning with the Starter Package."

"They give us a good deal on the licensing because we bundle and customize things. If you ask to get a bulk business deal, you will receive more benefit. If you take other products from the suite, like IQ Bot, you can also receive a deal on the licensing."

"While calculating the setup cost you should account for the server, virtual machines, product licenses, maintenance costs, and running costs."

"I think the pricing is reasonable, but clients often perceive it as expensive."

More Automation Anywhere pricing and cost advice

"My advice is to think wisely when it comes to estimating the number of licenses that you will require. If you settle on a number too early and you need additional ones, then the extra licenses might be quite expensive."

"The product is more expensive than one of its competitors."

"The product is somewhat expensive. Only large organizations can handle such an application."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Construction Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Outsourcing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

16%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Energy/Utilities Company

Comms Service Provider

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	157
Midsize Enterprise	82
Large Enterprise	558

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Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	14

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Questions from the Community

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How good is Automation Anywhere for RPA processes?

It is a highly preferred RPA tool. You can check my Automation Anywhere Review to know more.

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Also Known As

Automation Anywhere, Testing Anywhere, Automation Anywhere Enterprise, Agentic Process Automation System (Now Certified for WorkSpaces)

SMART by GEP

E-Business Suite iProcurement

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Overview

Automation Anywhere offers ease of use, robust system connectivity, and GenAI-driven document automation through a cloud-native platform, significantly enhancing productivity across multiple industries with advanced AI features.

Delivering a comprehensive suite of tools designed for easy integration and rapid deployment, Automation Anywhere drives efficiency by reducing costs and automating repetitive tasks. Its cloud-native platform supports broad industry adoption, including advanced AI features like process automation and Co-Pilot, streamlining complex workflows with minimal technical skills required. Users benefit from robust integration capabilities, which facilitate seamless interaction with multiple systems. However, there is room for improvement in areas such as user-friendliness for beginners, stability, flexible licensing, and enhanced OCR functionality. Organizations in sectors such as banking, finance, manufacturing, and healthcare gain from the improved operational efficiency and ROI Automation Anywhere offers.

What are the important features of Automation Anywhere?

Ease of Use: Simplifies automation tasks with a user-centric interface.
Robust Connectivity: Provides seamless integration with multiple systems.
GenAI-Driven Document Automation: Leverages AI to automate document management.
Process Automation & Co-Pilot: Enhances workflow automation with advanced AI.
Cloud-Native Platform: Enables rapid deployment and integration.

What benefits should be evaluated in reviews?

Time Savings: Automation drastically reduces manual processing time.
Cost Efficiency: Decreases overall operational costs by automating tasks.
Productivity Enhancement: Streamlines workflows with AI-driven tools.
Improved Integration: Enhances ability to work with multiple systems.
Scalability: Supports growth with a flexible cloud-native architecture.

In the insurance industry, Automation Anywhere is utilized for automating processes such as enrollment management and compliance checks. Its applications extend to supply chain management, financial transactions, and business performance monitoring across sectors like banking, finance, manufacturing, and healthcare, helping organizations to automate routine tasks, improve efficiency, and reduce costs.

Automation Anywhere

GEP SMART is a comprehensive procurement platform offering a centralized contract repository, intuitive spend analytics, and AI-driven opportunity identification.

GEP SMART provides a user-friendly interface that enhances procurement transparency and efficiency. It accommodates electronic signatures, supports streamlined project management, and enables effective regulatory compliance. Its flexibility and consistent advancements improve user experience, accessible to those without extensive IT expertise. While challenges exist in supplier management scope and search functions, improvements are needed in contract handling and data integrity.

What are GEP SMART's key features?

Centralized Contract Repository: Easy access and management of contracts.
Intuitive Spend Analytics: In-depth analysis for better decision-making.
User-friendly Interface: Simplified navigation with efficient reporting.
Electronic Signatures: Streamlined procurement processes with digital verification.
AI Tools: Assists in opportunity identification and data consolidation.

What benefits do users gain from GEP SMART?

Enhanced Transparency: Improved visibility across procurement activities.
Streamlined Procurement: Efficient handling of RFQs, RFPs, and RFIs.
Improved Compliance: Supports adherence to regulatory requirements.
Cost Efficiency: Reduces unnecessary data entry and streamlines system configurations.
Flexibility: Consistent updates and enhancements improve the overall experience.

Organizations across industries implement GEP SMART for procurement activities such as sourcing, contract management, and spend analysis. They utilize its SaaS capabilities to facilitate sourcing events and manage contract lifecycles without needing full P2P integration. The platform is used to report on spend, diversity, and savings, ensuring efficient procurement processes.

GEP Worldwide

Oracle E-Business Suite iProcurement streamlines procurement processes, enhancing efficiency for well-versed users.

Oracle E-Business Suite iProcurement offers comprehensive features designed for advanced procurement needs. It simplifies requisition processes, improves cost management, and ensures compliance with purchasing policies. Users benefit from a streamlined workflow that enhances procurement efficiency through seamless integration with existing enterprise systems.

What are the important features of Oracle E-Business Suite iProcurement?

Requisition Creation: Simplifies the creation and management of purchase requisitions.
Catalog Management: Maintains comprehensive and up-to-date supplier catalogs for easy access.
Approval Workflow: Customizable workflows ensure timely approvals and compliance.
Order Tracking: Real-time tracking of procurement orders enhances visibility and transparency.
Supplier Management: Facilitates seamless communication and relationship management with suppliers.

What are the benefits users should consider in reviews?

Cost Reduction: Efficient procurement processes help in lowering operational costs.
Time Savings: Automated workflows cut down the time spent on manual tasks.
Improved Compliance: Adheres to regulatory and corporate procurement policies.
Enhanced Transparency: Offers visibility into procurement processes and supplier performance.
Scalability: Adaptable to growing organizational demands without loss of efficiency.

Oracle E-Business Suite iProcurement is implemented across diverse industries including manufacturing, financial services, and healthcare. Each sector leverages its customizable features to meet specific procurement challenges, ensuring maximum operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

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Sample Customers

Google, Linkedin, Cisco, Juniper Networks, DellEMC, Comcast, Mastercard, Quest Diagnostics

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Portobello S.A., Gulf Air, Dubai Holding LLC, Grupo Aerom_xico SAB de CV, Flexera Software, Imperial College London, Byblos Bank SAL, Y-Telecom, Cyprus Telecommunications Authority, Trombini Embalagens S.A.

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