Elementum reviews

Their software solution can't actually do what it claims, it does not integrate with enterprise solutions that all large companies us (e.g., Kinaxis, SAP, Oracle, Manhattan, etc), it is not a true cloud solution (more like a SaaS) using standard API/microservices, and even though they are hard-working, most (if not all) of the engineering & product teams LACK actual supply chain operational experience (e.g., pp, procurement, S&OP, logistics, WH, inventory management, O2C or P2P integration, etc) which means they have no business making the assumptions they do about how their clients can benefit - arrogance to tell mature manufacturing clients how to run their businesses when they don't even know basic supply chain concepts or how they actually operate. Their solution (at best) is a notification service that cannot manage, perform, or accurately analyze any of the operational functions that any supply chain operation would run (e.g., PP, P2P, O2C, logistics, WH, or 3PL). Credibility or product veracity would not be a significant issue if leadership actually had some supply chain operational experience or respected those who do. This company is a typical silicon-valley startup lacking real supply chain knowledge or solution-delivery experience. In a word, vaporware ... a very valid reason why the few clients they've signed up promptly cancelled ... red flags went wild during my interviewing process even though I really wanted to believe that they could evolve and learn from those they hired with real-world experience.

- Poor executive leadership. CEO thinks he knows everything and continually tells employees and teams what to do, and how to do it, rather than empower. The leadership team he's put around him are eventually forced into following his way, until they no longer believe and quit, or get fired due to dissension. Executives leave the company like a revolving door. - Horrible sales culture. New CRO brought in caused nearly every last sales person to leave within months. He was hired despite zero SaaS experience, zero supply chain experience, and an aggressive attitude that does not work with today's workplace culture. He demands high volume cold calls (em, this is enterprise sales, not telemarketing) and listens into nearly every phone call (using a 3rd party software that's likely crossing California and other state legal boundaries) to critique every move. Big Brother watch out! This is not a place to make any money either. - Unhappy, disappointed customers. Customers are not receiving value thru what was sold in powerpoint or an HTML demo. Remaining customers are either stuck in a long term contract, have a personal relationship or investment in the company, or blinded by CEO's salesmanship. Customer relationships are highly volatile and none have received enough value to justify their investment. - Lack of product (market fit). The vision of an end-to-end supply chain orchestration platform is appealing. The visual screens and UX are attractive on the surface. However, the product unfortunately lacks depth, flexibility and scalability. There are major technical issues on the back end due to short cuts, and multiple rebuilds have not fixed core issues. The Product Graph is a myth. - Experience doesn't matter (once you're hired) - experienced professionals, whether in sales, onboarding or engineering, are not leveraged for their experience - they're told how to do things. - Hire & fire. Numerous times the company hired like crazy, then fired months later to scale back. Entire teams were assembled and disassembled in a continual pivot from one strategy to another. Nearly all good people have already left. There are more issues but these are sufficient to know that Elementum has major challenges to overcome. The company has missed the opportunity to become a real player in the supply chain technology space.