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GEP is an enterprise software and consulting company, providing procurement and supply chain management software, and management consulting services. GEP’s clients include Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies such as Kellogg’s, Chevron , ExxonMobil , and Prudential. The company’s SaaS is developed on Microsoft Azure. GEP is headquartered in Clark, New Jersey, and has regional offices throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.

History
GEP was founded in 1999 by Subhash Makhija, Roopa Gandhi, Jagadish Turimella, and Neha Shah.

Since the early 2010s, the company publishes annual detailed reports on macroeconomic trends and technological developments in procurement and supply chain management.

GEP was first included in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites List as a Leader since 2013.

In 2020, the company saw a 300% more usage in its software due to Covid-19’s impact on the supply chain of many companies. GEP execs have provided the press insights and predictions related to the Covid-19.

Industries and markets
GEP services a variety of industries such as consumer packaged goods, travel and hospitality, pharmaceutical, chemicals, renewable energy, utilities, oil and gas, government, industrial manufacturing, insurance and more. Among GEP's corporate clients are Walmart, Kellogg’s, Honda, Chevron, ExxonMobil, John Deere, Prudential, Macy's, , Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Dentsply Sirona, Cathay Pacific , and Ingram Micro.

Products
GEP SMART was launched in 2013 and is a cloud-based procurement management software built on the Microsoft Azure platform. It has been named a Top 10 procurement management software by several industry sources.

GEP NEXXE is a supply chain management software.