Compare Oracle Cloud SCM for Healthcare to Workday
Healthcare organizations find themselves in an environment of rising costs and slim margins buffeted by changing patient care patterns. With these headwinds, supply chain leaders find themselves continuously innovating to add value while controlling costs. Oracle empowers organizations with the most comprehensive solutions for healthcare organizations today, including new and engaging cloud services for the entire patient, healthcare worker, and back-office lifecycle.
Optimize your healthcare supply chain with Oracle Cloud SCM for healthcare
Oracle Cloud SCM for healthcare is purpose-built with healthcare-specific functionality that includes rebates, recalls, automated demand planning, receipt-based forecasting, bill-order entry, guided buying, Oracle Healthcare Marketplace, and item substitution. Our solution is rounded out with healthcare specific data sets to facilitate seamless buying, usage, and cost savings.
Oracle Cloud SCM for Healthcare vs. Workday
Oracle consistently leads the way in industry analyst reports with both analysts and advisory firms citing Oracle's leadership. In fact, our customers are consistently able to decommission third-party solutions due to the breadth and depth of Oracle’s solutions. You can begin with a specific solution and continue moving forward at your own pace or embark on an entire transformative effort. With Oracle, you have the flexibility to deploy based upon your timeframe and competing priorities.
Compare Workday's healthcare supply chain solution to Oracle Cloud SCM and see why Oracle is the better choice for you.
Business advantages |
Oracle |
Workday |
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| Leadership in SCM | |||
| Native Contract Management 1 | available |
incomplete |
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| Comprehensive procurement and sourcing2 | available |
incomplete |
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| Comprehensive warehouse management3 | available |
1/4 offering |
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| Comprehensive transportation management4 | available |
not available |
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| Advanced analytics5 | available |
1/4 offering |
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| Native AI assistants6 | available |
incomplete |
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| SCM AI Agents7 | available |
1/4 offering |
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| Leadership in AI and AI for SCM | |||
| AI agent studio with optimized large language models included at no additional fee8 | available |
Extra costs | |
| Agentic AI included at no additional fee9 | available |
Extra costs | |
| Single security model for AI and applications10 | available |
incomplete |
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| Built-in credential store for external data11 | available |
not available |
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| Built-in agentic AI development tools 12 | available |
not available |
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| Agentic AI embedded knowledge store13 | available |
not available |
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Product comparison as of February 2026
* U.S. only
Oracle Cloud SCM healthcare customers see results:
*Value metrics source: Oracle Value Realization, Cloud Benchmark Report, June 2020.
4 reasons to choose Cloud SCM for Healthcare over Workday
01Align your supplies to demand for a patient-centered supply chain
Improve planning and predict demand so you can direct supplies where and when they’re needed.
02Reduce the time spent tracking down supplies
Manage inventory flow—from order to delivery to replenishment. Reduce the time clinical staff spends tracking down supplies on hand and procuring new ones.
03Streamline procurement of capital assets and medical equipment
Simplify supplier management, enforce compliant spending, and improve profitability.
04Improve safety and reduce risk by proactively managing product recalls
Enable precision recalls of medical devices by tracking and tracing their exact locations in the supply network, provider, and PAR location. Standardize product data in a centralized catalog.
Take the first step to migrate to Oracle Cloud SCM for healthcare
Oracle offers a complete suite of integrated cloud applications built on our next-generation infrastructure with built-in advanced technologies. Healthcare organizations can start their cloud migration immediately, no matter where they are in their technology transformation.
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Leadership in SCM
1. Workday purchased Evisort for contract management: https://newsroom.workday.com/2024-09-17-Workday-Signs-Definitive-Agreement-to-Acquire-Evisort.
2. Workday purchased Scout, a third-party RFP solution:
https://tracxn.com/d/acquisitions/acquisitions-by-workday/__DyUd78Xz8sWRW5Gcfx_gqRV-nj7mQEgalZQPr301Ha0; Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Source-to-Pay Suites doesn’t include Workday, while Oracle is a Leader: https://www.gartner.com/en/documents/7337530.c
3. Workday announced it is developing a WMS solution but currently partners with Tecsys when a client needs a warehouse solution: https://marketplace-setup.workday.com/en-US/apps/414693/tecsys-elite-healthcare-wms-for-workday-scm/overview.
4. Workday partners with Cargoson for transportation management: https://www.cargoson.com/en/integrations/partners/workday.
5. Workday is not included in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms, while Oracle is rated a Visionary: https://www.gartner.com/en/documents/5519595.
6. Workday’s two AI agents are in HiredScore, an acquired solution: https://itwire.com/guest-articles/company-news/workday-unveils-new-ai-agents-to-transform-hiring,-finance-and-frontline-operations.html.
7. Workday only offers SCM in healthcare and offers no SCM-specific AI agents except those related to procurement and contract management: https://itwire.com/guest-articles/company-news/workday-unveils-new-ai-agents-to-transform-hiring,-finance-and-frontline-operations.html.
Leadership in AI and AI for SCM
8. Workday charges for the use of AI agents: https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/11/workday-launches-a-platform-for-enterprises-to-manage-all-of-their-ai-agents-in-one-place/.
9. Workday charges for the use of AI agents: https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/11/workday-launches-a-platform-for-enterprises-to-manage-all-of-their-ai-agents-in-one-place/.
10. Workday does not fully support activity-based access control: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/app-provisioning/workday-attribute-reference.
11. Workday Agent System of Record overview: https://www.workday.com/en-us/artificial-intelligence/agent-system-of-record.html.
12. Workday Agent System of Record overview: https://www.workday.com/en-us/artificial-intelligence/agent-system-of-record.html.
13. HiredScore overview: https://marketplace.workday.com/en-US/apps/421790/hiredscore/overview.