Apps Purchases: 10+ Million Software Purchases
Founded in 2010, APPS RUN THE WORLD is a leading technology intelligence and market-research company devoted to the application space. Leveraging a rigorous data-centric research methodology, we ask the simple B2B sales intelligence question: Who’s buying enterprise applications from whom and why?
Our global team of 50 researchers has been studying the digital transformation initiatives being undertaken by 2 million + companies including technographic segmentation of 10 million ERP, EPM, CRM, HCM, Procurement, SCM, Treasury software purchases, aggregating massive amounts of data points that form the basis of our forecast assumptions and perhaps the rise and fall of certain vendors and their products on a quarterly basis.
Apps Run The World Buyer Insight and Technographics Customer Database has over 100 data fields that detail company usage of emerging technologies such as AI, Machine Learning, IoT, Blockchain, Autonomous Database, and different on-prem and cloud apps by function, customer size (employees, revenues), industry, country, implementation status, year deal won, partner involvement, Line of Business Key Stakeholders and key decision-makers contact details, including the systems being used by Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 companies.
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Bradfords Building Supplies | Distribution | 950 | $272M | United Kingdom | Epicor | Epicor Building Supply | Inventory Management | 2019 | n/a | In 2019 Bradfords Building Supplies deployed Epicor Building Supply to strengthen its Inventory Management capabilities and rapid response to changing customer requirements. The implementation focused on Epicor BisTrack Delivery together with BisTrack Journey Planner to orchestrate timed collection slots and route planning across more than 40 branch locations, with approximately 700 employees trained on the new process. Bradfords adapted the BisTrack Delivery application into a touchless Click & Collect workflow within 24 hours, repurposing Journey Planner delivery time slots as branch collection slots. Configuration work included branch-level slot capacity settings based on yard size and staffing, printed picking notes for yard staff, and the creation of a ‘‘collect later’’ document generated at customer arrival, which became the transactional record for each pickup. Operational coverage spanned yard operations, store pickers, and customer collection points, with yard staff assigned picking tasks and the delivery app used to photograph signed customer paperwork. Epicor Building Supply recorded the photograph as a related document attached to the transaction, removing the need to scan or exchange physical paperwork and enabling a contactless handoff. Rollout and governance were executed as a rapid pilot and scale program, with training videos delivered to roughly 700 employees to standardize the new pickup workflow across all branches. Bradfords continued operating while many competitors were initially closed, and reported that one-month online purchases exceeded £1M in sales, supporting growth in its retail segment as demand for do-it-yourself projects increased. | |
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Wren Kitchens | Manufacturing | 7000 | $1.2B | United Kingdom | Descartes Systems | Descartes Route Planning and Fleet Scheduling | Fleet Management | 2024 | n/a | In 2024 Wren Kitchens implemented Descartes Route Planning and Fleet Scheduling, a Fleet Management solution from Descartes Systems. The deployment targeted field survey operations that schedule home visits for kitchen and bedroom estimates across the United Kingdom, with an operational focus on surveyor productivity and appointment throughput. The implementation configures dynamic appointment scheduling with two hour customer time windows, automated route planning and optimisation, and integrated mobile execution. Descartes Route Planning and Fleet Scheduling was deployed as part of a cloud based last mile delivery suite, combining an optimisation engine with an integrated GPS based mobile application to deliver optimized itineraries and electronic proof of delivery capture. Operational coverage extends to surveyors, drivers, dispatchers and call center personnel, and it impacts transport and logistics, field operations and customer service functions. The solution coordinates booking inputs from customers, automatically optimises who, where and when a surveyor visits, and routes exceptions to dispatch and call center workflows for manual handling when required. Governance and process changes centered on automated scheduling and execution, with Transport and Logistics leadership embedding the platform into appointment booking workflows and field execution protocols. The mobile application enforces route adherence and ePOD capture, while self service customer engagement provides real time order and appointment visibility to end customers. Reported outcomes from the deployment are explicit, Wren completed 56% more customer appointments, reduced its cost per appointment and achieved annual savings of approximately £2 million. The rollout also delivered a 13% reduction in annual fuel costs, equivalent to about 354,000 fewer miles driven, and produced sustainability benefits through lower distance per appointment and reduced CO2 emissions. | |
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Consumer Packaged Goods | 9350 | $1.9B | United Kingdom | RELEX Solutions | RELEX Demand Planning | Demand Forecasting and Planning | 2024 | Logic Information Systems |
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Retail | 35 | $2M | United Kingdom | Descartes Systems | Descartes Peoplevox WMS | Warehouse Management | 2024 | n/a |
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Distribution | 20 | $36M | United Kingdom | Descartes Systems | Descartes e-Customs | Global Trade Management | 2024 | n/a |
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Retail | 1021 | $265M | United Kingdom | RELEX Solutions | RELEX Automatic Replenishment and Allocation | Allocation and Replenishment | 2024 | Demandtex |
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Retail | 10000 | $4.5B | United Kingdom | Enactor | Enactor OMS | Order Management | 2020 | n/a |
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Retail | 8500 | $878M | United Kingdom | Nedap Security Management | Nedap iD Cloud Platform | Inventory Management | 2020 | n/a |
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Retail | 32000 | $7.4B | United Kingdom | Enactor | Enactor OMS | Order Management | 2020 | n/a |
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Retail | 1500 | $1.9B | United Kingdom | Slimstock | Slimstock Inventory Management | Inventory Management | 2016 | n/a |
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