Workday, Inc.

Workday Strategic Sourcing

Composite Score

7.6 /10

CX Score

7.7 /10

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What is Workday Strategic Sourcing?

Workday Strategic Sourcing (includes Scout RFP) streamlines the source-to-contract process. With unprecedented levels of collaboration and visibility, sourcing has never been easier.

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Awards & Recognition

Workday Strategic Sourcing won the following awards in the Strategic Sourcing category

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6 Top Rated Capabilities

7 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

6 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2023

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022

6 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2022

Workday Strategic Sourcing Ratings

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81 Likeliness to Recommend

2
Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+82 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Workday Strategic Sourcing?

2% Negative

7% Neutral

91% Positive

Pros

Efficient Service
Effective Service
Acts with Integrity
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 78

Procurement Management

Supplier Management

Community Support

Capacity Management

Catalog Management

Communications

Contract Management

Spend Analysis

Workflow Management

Auction Management

ERFx

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 79

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Workday Strategic Sourcing Reviews

Abigael M.

Role: Operations
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2021

Perfect Strategic Planning Program

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Workday Strategic Sourcing from other similar products?

Scout Sourcing is a planning software, with comprehensive communication and integration procedures. Again, Scout Sourcing helps to process data, and come up with procedures that foster decisions and business operations.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Scout Sourcing never get breakdowns, and since the business operations are many, the success rate of a company is well considered. Again, the vendors support and response is incredibly important, and satisfying.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Scout Sourcing has resulted the many setbacks that we encountered, and so far, we are smiling with the assistance of Scout Sourcing. Consolidation of business activities has been fully sorted by Scout Sourcing.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Scout Sourcing gives the process of strategic planning high stability, and in the process of executing different business roles, there is teamwork, and inventiveness.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Role: Finance
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2021

Easy to use and implement.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

Pros

Enables Productivity
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable

Workday Strategic Sourcing

What is Workday Strategic Sourcing?

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Awards & Recognition

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Workday Strategic Sourcing Ratings

81 Likeliness to Recommend

2 Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+82 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Workday Strategic Sourcing?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Procurement Management Includes purchasing and procurement management, as well as supplier management and optimization.

Supplier Management Supplier collaboration, including Quarterly Business Review Meetings, Scorecards, KPI and SLAs.

Community Support Highly personal support service to both buyer and supplier communities, ensuring proposal uptake and supplier help.

Capacity Management Monitor system utilization and provide alerts when pre-defined thresholds are reached.

Catalog Management Includes customizable shipping and payment options, product pricing, advanced catalog search, and navigation.

Communications Includes communication portals or secure messaging or automated alerts.

Contract Management Includes automated contract renewal, approval process, compliance management, and contract database.

Spend Analysis Includes data visibility and quality, supplier ranking, and compliance and reporting.

Workflow Management Includes ability to support flexible and comprehensive workflow-based capabilities.

Auction Management Includes bid management, bidder management and buyer notifications.

ERFx Evaluation and scoring of supplier responses.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Workday Strategic Sourcing Reviews

Abigael M.

Perfect Strategic Planning Program

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Easy to use and implement.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Procurement Management

Supplier Management

Community Support

Capacity Management

Catalog Management

Communications

Contract Management

Spend Analysis

Workflow Management

Auction Management

ERFx

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training