GEP Worldwide
GEP Worldwide
Type | Private limited company |
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Industry | Consulting, business services, software |
Founded | 1999 |
Founder | Subhash Makhija, Roopa Gandhi, Jagadish Turimella, Neha Shah |
Headquarters | Clark, New Jersey, United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Subhash Makhija (CEO)[1] |
Products | SMART by GEP supply chain and procurement software[2]www.smartbygep.com [45] |
Services | Supply chain transformation, supply chain management, procurement transformation, digital supply chain and procurement transformation |
Website | www.gep.com [46] |
GEP is a global provider of strategy (management consulting), software, and managed services to enterprise supply chain management and procurement at Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies worldwide. The company is headquartered in Clark, New Jersey, USA.[3]
Type | Private limited company |
---|---|
Industry | Consulting, business services, software |
Founded | 1999 |
Founder | Subhash Makhija, Roopa Gandhi, Jagadish Turimella, Neha Shah |
Headquarters | Clark, New Jersey, United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Subhash Makhija (CEO)[1] |
Products | SMART by GEP supply chain and procurement software[2]www.smartbygep.com [45] |
Services | Supply chain transformation, supply chain management, procurement transformation, digital supply chain and procurement transformation |
Website | www.gep.com [46] |
History
GEP was established in 1999 by four co-founders - Subhash Makhija, Roopa Gandhi, Jagadish Turimella and Neha Desai Shah. The company initially focused on providing strategic and managed procurement services to clients in the Americas and Europe. It also developed the world's first cloud-native, unified source-to-pay platform – SMART by GEP – for both upstream and downstream procurement operations through the Software as a Service (SaaS) model.[4]
Locations
Services and products
GEP offers end-to-end supply chain and procurement transformation solutions, both as an integrated, unified offering - i.e. a combination of strategy, software and managed services – and as discrete offerings. GEP's services and products are focused on digital transformation of the end-to-end supply chain, from demand and supply planning to procurement, manufacturing to logistics and distribution.
The company helps clients leverage new and emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, internet of things, and blockchain to digitally transform their supply chain and procurement operations. SMART by GEP is an AI-driven supply chain and procurement software that helps enterprises get end-to-end visibility and control over their supply chain operations by connecting ERP, MRP, MES and PLM systems and on a single, unified platform.[8][9]
Strategy (Consulting services)
GEP's supply chain and procurement consulting services include supply chain and procurement transformation, opportunity assessment, strategic sourcing, low-cost country sourcing, M&A services, zero-based budgeting, supply chain diagnostics and design, capacity planning, risk management, network optimization and inventory optimization.[10][10]
Software
SMART by GEP is a cloud-native, unified platform for end-to-end procurement and supply chain management, developed by GEP on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform and delivered through the “Platform as a Service” (PaaS) model.[11] SMART by GEP's core functionality includes spend analysis, master data management, sourcing, bill of materials management, contract management, savings tracking, supplier management, procure-to-pay, inventory management, and supply chain operations management for direct and indirect materials, as well as services.[12][13][14][4][15]
Managed services
GEP's supply chain and procurement outsourcing services comprise spend analysis, category management, supply market intelligence, transactions management, tail-spend management, procurement support services, inventory management, logistics management, planning & forecasting, and supply chain data management.[10][10]
Customers
GEP serves more than 350 Fortune 500 and Global 2000 enterprises across 30-plus industries and verticals, such as Chevron, ExxonMobil, Prudential, Macy's, Bristol Myers Squibb, Brooks Brothers, Brighthouse Financial, and Starwood Hotels & Resorts, in more than 110 countries.[10][5][14]
Acquisition
Partnerships
In 2016, GEP announced a strategic partnership with Global Risk Management Solutions (GRMS) to incorporate supplier risk profiling to the SMART by GEP procurement software platform.[18]
Awards and recognition
2018
GEP named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Strategic Sourcing Application Suites[21]
GEP won Best Procure-to-Pay Technology Solutions Provider award at Procurement Leaders Awards[22]
Best Innovations in Outsourcing - Future of Sourcing Awards by SIG[23]
Software Provider of the Year - Global Sourcing Awards [23]
Best Business Services Project - Global Sourcing Awards (U.K.)[24]
SMART by GEP ranked Leader in IDC Marketscape for Supplier Relationship Management Applications [25]
SMART by GEP ranked Leader in IDC Marketscape for SaaS and Cloud-Enabled and Procurement Applications [26]
2017
GEP named to the IAOP Global Outsourcing 100[27]
SMART by GEP ranked a Leader in The Forrester WaveTM: eProcurement Report[28]
SMART by GEP named Customer and Value Leader in Spend Matters SolutionMapTM[29]
2016
GEP named to the Winner's Circle in HfS Blueprint Report on Procurement as a Service[30]
SMART by GEP ranked Top Performer in PayStream's Procure-to-Pay Navigator Report[31]
Leader in Kennedy Consulting /ALM Research Vanguard for Supply Chain Risk Management Consulting[32]
Leader in Kennedy Consulting /ALM Research Vanguard for Sourcing & Procurement Consulting[33]
Leader and Star Performer on Everest Group's PEAK MatrixTM of Procurement Outsourcing Service Providers[34]
2014
SMART by GEP ranked among the top 10 spend management software by Business-Software.com[35]
Ranked among the top four procurement outsourcing providers in Latin America by Everest Group[38]
“Most Admired Vendor for BPO Sector” at the BPO Excellence Awards[39]
2013
GEP ranked as a Leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Strategic Sourcing Application Suites.[40]
Placed in the Winner's Circle in the HfS Procurement Outsourcing Services Blueprint Report[41]
Named a Star Performer and Procurement Outsourcing Leader in Everest Group's PEAK (Performance, Experience, Ability, Knowledge) Matrix report[42]
2012
“BPO Organisation of the Year” at BPO Excellence Awards, 2012[43]