In its February 2025 Procurement Orchestration – Market Overview and Provider Landscape, Everest Group presents a compelling portrait of the evolving procurement technology space, highlighting a set of innovative platforms reshaping how organizations manage complexity, compliance, and collaboration. Within this landscape, ORO emerges as a standout performer, demonstrating a robust combination of agility, intelligence, and integration capability that positions it at the forefront of modern procurement orchestration.
Meeting the moment: Why procurement orchestration matters now
As Everest notes, procurement teams today face rising macroeconomic pressures, tighter budgets, and broader mandates. There is an increasing need to reconcile cost-efficiency with sustainability, mitigate supplier risks, and integrate rapidly evolving technologies. The report identifies procurement orchestration solutions as key enablers in addressing these pressures—integrating disparate systems, ensuring compliance, and fostering stakeholder engagement across the procurement lifecycle.
In this context, Everest evaluates six major technology providers on core criteria including process automation, data integration, collaboration tools, analytics, and ease of integration. ORO not only meets these benchmarks but does so with a clarity of vision and execution that reflects deep procurement domain expertise.
ORO’s value proposition: Intelligence, agility, and human-centric design
ORO’s platform is described as a seamless orchestration layer that acts as a “single pane of glass” across procurement systems, streamlining operations while enhancing visibility and control. What sets ORO apart, according to Everest, is its architectural foundation rooted in procurement semantics. This allows workflows to dynamically adjust based on real-world conditions—such as supplier risk profiles or compliance triggers—leading to intelligent decision-making at every stage.
The platform’s drag-and-drop workflow configuration, combined with NLP-enabled AI assistants, creates a guided buying experience that is both intuitive and responsive. ORO’s generative AI and no-code/low-code capabilities empower teams to build and iterate on workflows with minimal IT intervention—enhancing agility without compromising control.
Moreover, ORO integrates seamlessly with ERPs, sourcing tools, project management platforms, and collaboration hubs like Slack and Microsoft Teams. This ensures that procurement doesn’t operate in isolation but is embedded in the broader digital fabric of the organization.
Driving results: Real-world outcomes and business value
The Everest report spotlights a case study of a global healthcare leader that partnered with ORO to overcome fragmented procurement systems and streamline supplier onboarding. By implementing ORO’s orchestration layer, onboarding time dropped from 21 days to just five. Just as significantly, ORO’s co-developed fraud detection tool blocked over 1,000 fraudulent attempts, averting up to $15 million in losses. These outcomes underscore the platform’s operational and strategic value, from risk mitigation to enabling innovation at scale.
ORO’s innovation roadmap
ORO is not resting on its current achievements. The report notes a forward-looking roadmap that includes the expansion of generative AI capabilities to eliminate redundant manual tasks and enable fully automated compliance processes. Of particular interest is the flexibility ORO offers in allowing organizations to integrate their own large language models (LLMs), which positions it as an adaptable platform built for the future of enterprise AI.
How ORO compares
While Everest Group’s report includes several leading orchestration platforms, ORO distinguishes itself in a few key ways. First, its commitment to procurement semantics enables deeper contextual intelligence than many peers. Second, its embedded integration platform (iPaaS) simplifies complex data exchanges, which is critical for organizations with a legacy-heavy tech stack. Finally, the focus on user experience—combining consumer-grade design with enterprise-grade control—makes ORO especially effective in driving adoption across decentralized teams.
ORO’s balanced excellence across all major dimensions—automation, data unification, stakeholder collaboration, reporting, and integration—makes it a compelling choice for organizations aiming for holistic procurement transformation.
As procurement evolves from a cost center to a strategic driver, orchestration platforms like ORO are becoming indispensable. The Everest Group’s analysis confirms that ORO is not only keeping pace with this shift but actively shaping it—enabling organizations to move faster, reduce risk, and align procurement with broader business objectives.
Download and read the Everest Group report to explore how ORO is redefining the future of procurement orchestration. Gain insights into trends, capabilities, and real-world case studies that can help your team drive smarter decisions and greater efficiency across the procurement lifecycle.
