RheinBrücke is pleased to share that MeRLIN Sourcing has been recognized in the 2026 Gartner® Market Guide for Sourcing Applications.
“A Market Guide defines a market and explains what clients can expect it to do in the short term.”*
Supporting Modern Procurement Environments
Manufacturing organisations today face increasing pressure from cost volatility, supplier risk, and complex supply networks. Procurement teams are expected to deliver strategic value while maintaining operational efficiency.
MeRLIN Sourcing is designed to support these requirements by enabling structured sourcing processes, stronger supplier governance, and analytics-driven procurement decision-making.
Enabling Structured and Data-Driven Sourcing
MeRLIN supports procurement teams with capabilities that help organisations:
- Standardise and manage direct material sourcing processes
- Strengthen supplier relationship governance
- Improve sourcing transparency and decision visibility
- Enable analytics-driven procurement insights
- Support multi-plant and multi-commodity sourcing environments
By combining strategic sourcing workflows with integrated analytics, MeRLIN enables procurement teams to operate with greater visibility, governance, and operational control.
Gartner, Market Guide for Sourcing Applications, Lynne Phelan, Magnus Bergfors, 2 March 2026 Gartner Research Methodologies, Market Guide, 9 March 2026
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About MeRLIN Sourcing
MeRLIN Sourcing is RheinBrücke’s enterprise sourcing platform designed for manufacturing organisations managing complex direct material procurement.
The platform enables procurement teams to manage sourcing activities through structured workflows, supplier governance capabilities, budgeting alignment, and analytics-driven procurement insights.
Built on the Microsoft technology stack, MeRLIN integrates with enterprise ERP environments including SAP, Epicor, Microsoft Dynamics, and other enterprise systems, enabling procurement decisions to align closely with operational and financial processes.
