Отрывок из перевода заявки на соискание гранта Сколково для реализации бизнес проекта (с русского на английский). В этом отрывке дан анализ ситуации на рынке. "...«Gartner»’s analytics estimate that the combined revenue of world SCM products developers will reach $10 bn in 2014, which is 12.2% higher than in 2013. At the same time the SCM solutions market is affected by the economic recession. This factor gives an impetus to the introduction of solutions offered by subscription, which provides more focused opportunities and less costly while faster introduction... Concurrently market consolidation is taking place. In 2012 «SAP» acquired «Ariba» for $4.3 bn ($335.1 mln turnover in 2011). In 2012 there was a merger of «RedPrairie» and «JDA Software» ($650 mln turnover in 2012), etc. As experts see it, such a series of M&A deals demonstrates a high potential for growth in the SaaS model SCM/SRM market..."