Aravo vs. The Competition
Do you know why Global 2000 companies consistently choose Aravo over the competition?
Every Aravo customer has an ERP system, and many have spend management, financial and/or governance regulatory applications. So when it comes to enterprise-wide SLM for risk, compliance, performance and supplier management needs, why do they choose Aravo? The answers are many...
Aravo vs. The Competition
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ERP | Spend Management, GRC or SIM Niche Solutions | |
| Complete Supplier Lifecycle Management |
A single source of truth for all supplier lifecycle management information and key business processes providing a centralized 360 degree view for monitoring and managing risk, compliance, performance, spend and supplier data. |
Missing elements. Multiple modules, tools, and professional services means expensive and time consuming solution with partial capabilities. |
Missing elements. |
| B2B Social Network |
Aravo Assure. The first true many-to-many B2B Social Network for managing supplier relationships with a focus on risk, compliance, performance and sustainability. |
No B2B social network. |
No B2B social network. |
| Broad Configurability |
Configuration vs. customization. Aravo automates unique enterprise business processes without the need for lengthy programming and IT involvement. |
Relies heavily on long and expensive product customization. |
Relies heavily on long and expensive product customization. |
| Rapid Time to Value |
Best practices combined with SaaS-based solution means fast time to implement with little direct IT involvement and fast time to user adoption. |
On-premise software means long IT-dependent implementation cycles. |
Missing components and required customization mean long IT-dependent implementation cycles. |
| Supplier Self-service |
Lower administrative costs and improve accuracy by moving supplier information maintenance to the source... your suppliers. Supplier self-service is a core component of all Aravo solutions. |
If available, a separate cost module. |
If available, a separate cost module. |
| Dashboards & perspectives |
Each application has role-based Perspectives that can include dashboards tailored to the specific needs of the role and the user. |
Dashboards are a separate cost module. |
Dashboards are a separate cost module. |
| Automated Risk Mitigation |
Tie configurable risk or compliance corrective and mitigation workflows directly to triggers and alerts. |
Not available. |
Not available. |
| Supplier MDM |
Built in flexible integration framework with enterprise application data push and pull plugs into your existing MDM strategy. |
Separate MDM and integration tools required. |
Separate MDM and integration tools required. |
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| Risk Metrics | |
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| Supplier Performance | |
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"Companies that take the time to closely evaluate all aspects of supplier complexity and its impact on transaction costs, risks, responsiveness, and innovation are on the right track to improving the overall effectiveness of their supply management."
— Thomas Choi, Director Center for Supply Networks, Arizona State University
