Direct procurement used to mean running a good sourcing event. Now it means keeping sourcing, cost, supplier collaboration, planning and execution connected — with full visibility into supplier networks, the resilience to absorb disruption and the speed to meet demand as it shifts — while material costs swing, engineering changes cascade and supplier risk multiplies across tiers.
GEP Quantum Intelligence was built for exactly that: one AI-native environment with a single source of truth across sourcing, suppliers and supply, purpose-built for the complexity of direct materials.
“Direct spend is no longer indirect procurement with longer lead times — it is the digital control plane linking product design, sourcing, supplier execution, and risk.”
— Patrick Reymann, research director, Procurement Applications and Agents, IDC
Disclaimer
IDC MarketScape vendor analysis model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each supplier’s position within a given market. The Capabilities score measures supplier product, go-to-market and business execution in the short-term. The Strategy score measures alignment of supplier strategies with customer requirements in a 3-5-year timeframe. Supplier market share is represented by the size of the icons.
Built for the Complexity of Direct Spend
IDC MarketScape's assessment points to the following strengths for GEP:
- Deep direct materials and BOM-native functionality: GEP describes component/subcomponent-level BOM sourcing, NPI orchestration linking sourcing to design milestones, and build-versus-buy analysis integrated with PLM systems (Teamcenter, Windchill, ENOVIA), functionality purpose-built for complex manufacturing rather than adapted indirect tools.
- Extensive should-cost and market-intelligence depth: The platform links cost models to over 100,000 live market indices and 5,000+ predefined cost models, supporting granular, index-driven should-cost analysis.
- Production-grade agentic AI with governance architecture: GEP claims agents are already live in production (touchless 3-bid-and-buy, negotiation agents, PO creation agents) governed through MCP, RAG grounding in tenant data, and a procurement knowledge graph — a more mature and specific AI governance story than many vendors provide.
From Sourcing Decision to Supply Execution
GEP Quantum Intelligence treats BOM-driven sourcing, cost intelligence, supplier collaboration, risk and supply chain operations as one connected system, not five tools stitched together after the fact, so market signals inform sourcing in real time, supply risk surfaces before it becomes disruption, compliance and sustainability are checked during sourcing, not after, and execution data flows straight back into planning.
Access the IDC MarketScape excerpt and see why GEP was named a Leader.