Understanding IDC MarketScape Supply Chain Vendor Assessments

Updated March 19, 2024

Researching and adopting a new software solution can be a daunting task. How do you determine if the vendor is selling what your organization needs? How do you reveal the strengths and hidden weaknesses of each software and provider?

Unbiased evaluations  are crucial for the buying decision and are hard to come by.  The IDC MarketScape is a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the characteristics that explain a vendor’s success in a market and helps assess current and anticipated performance in the marketplace.

Overview of IDC MarketScape Assessments

IDC assesses vendors in various categories through the IDC MarketScape model. The IDC MarketScape is the leading vendor assessment tool for information and communications technology (ICT).

IDC’s research report helps IT professionals, business executives, and investment communities make fact-based technology decisions to achieve their company objectives.

The IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Multi-Enterprise Supply Chain Commerce Network 2023 Vendor Assessment (doc #US49948423, December 2023) is a great example. This IDC MarketScape study uses the IDC MarketScape model to assess several providers participating in the worldwide multi-enterprise supply chain commerce network market. The IDC MarketScape is an evaluation based on a comprehensive framework and a set of parameters that assesses providers relative to one another and to those factors expected to be most conducive to success in a given market during both the short term and the long term.

Tips for Finding the Right Supply Chain Vendor

The IDC MarketScape recommends “manufacturers, retailers, or wholesalers looking to participate in multi-enterprise supply chain commerce networks” keep these key points in mind:

• Take your time in evaluating your vendors
• Be clear about the need
• Look for vendors that have experience in market segment and have the established network scale
• Consider if the new system will integrate with or replace your current applications
• Ensure that the vendor has the existing and future functionalities that you will likely need

Looking for a Supply Chain Network? Get in Touch with TrueCommerce

If you are reviewing supply chain solution vendors, the IDC MarketScape advises manufacturing and retail organizations to consider TrueCommerce when they are “looking for a vendor of both network and supply chain applications.”

The report authors also describe TrueCommerce as a vendor that “offers robust integration capabilities with most ERP systems offering rapid implementations and a strong, reproducible ROI.”

The TrueCommerce global, integration-agnostic trading network comprises over 180,000 pre-configured trading partner maps, including retailers, distributors, and logistics service providers, such as global brands like Amazon, P&G, and Unilever.

Our high-performance network lets you easily connect with more than one million companies via our network—regardless of their platform or system—to expand your reach.

If one of your customers changes its EDI mapping specifications, you don’t need to worry or do anything to maintain EDI compliance. We automatically update trading partner maps in our network as part of our ongoing fully managed EDI, ensuring you maintain complete compliance at all times.

While we deliver the unrivaled scalability of a global trading network, as a TrueCommerce customer you also benefit from the peace of mind that comes from knowing that there are locally based support teams available to assist you, should issues arise.

To get started, contact our team to discuss the IDC MarketScape excerpt or to ask questions on how we can help you with your supply chain network needs.