Market Research by Lokad
Lokad’s Market Research series offers a detailed, no-nonsense look at various software solutions in specific industries and verticals. Each page compares vendors on their real technical capabilities—probabilistic forecasting, joint pricing-inventory optimization, automation, and more—while cutting through the buzzwords.
| Market Study | Details |
|---|---|
| A critical review of 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Solutions | Critiques the 2024 Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Solutions—its methodology and vendor rankings—through a skeptical, evidence-driven lens. Challenges the illusion of objectivity, highlights pay-to-play dynamics, legacy vendor dominance, inflated AI claims, and low real-world adoption rates. Exposes the disconnect between marketing promises and actual technical depth. Read more at A critical review of 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Solutions, April 2025. |
| Automotive Aftermarket Optimization Software | Evaluates key vendors specializing in joint inventory, pricing, and assortment for the automotive aftermarket. Highlights technical evidence of probabilistic modeling for highly intermittent demand, part interchangeability, and other aftermarket complexities. Read more at Automotive Aftermarket Optimization Software, February 2025. |
| Aviation MRO Optimization Software | Focuses on airlines and MRO providers needing to balance deep long-tail spares, intermittent demand, and criticality (AOG risk). Reviews software solutions—some claim “AI,” others deliver real probabilistic lead-time forecasting—for a hyper-complex environment. Read more at Aviation MRO Optimization Software, February 2025. |
| eCommerce Optimization Software | Ranks top eCommerce platforms claiming to jointly optimize inventory, pricing, and assortment. Takes a hard look at vendor “AI” marketing vs. genuine capabilities, with an emphasis on probabilistic forecasting for long-tail, online-specific demand patterns. Read more at eCommerce Optimization Software, February 2025. |
| Enterprise Inventory Optimization Software | Examines vendors offering enterprise-scale solutions for inventory optimization. Scrutinizes the presence (or absence) of true stochastic models, automated decision-making, and how vendors back up “AI/ML” claims with real engineering detail. Read more at Enterprise Inventory Optimization Software, February 2025. |
| Retail Optimization Software | Delves into the retail sector (brick-and-mortar and omnichannel), featuring solutions that promise integrated pricing, assortment, and replenishment. Investigates how vendors address complex cross-product effects like cannibalization, perishability, and promotional spikes. Read more at Retail Optimization Software, February 2025. |
| Spare Parts Optimization Software | Focuses on aftermarket and service parts across multiple industries. Evaluates vendor tech for tackling highly variable demand, repairables (rotables), and multi-echelon distribution networks. Separates legacy rule-based approaches from true probabilistic optimization. Read more at Spare Parts Optimization Software, February 2025. |
| Supply Chain Optimization Software | Surveys a broad set of end-to-end supply chain suites. We benchmark the software’s handling of economic-driven decisions vs. old-school static safety stocks. Considers scalability, integration challenges, and whether the “AI revolution” claims hold any water. Read more at Supply Chain Optimization Software, February 2025. |
| Supply Chain Planning and Forecasting Software | Compares leading planning and forecasting platforms on their capacity for probabilistic vs. deterministic forecasting, automation depth, and real-world performance. Dissects which solutions truly drive optimized decisions rather than just churning out forecast numbers. Read more at Supply Chain Planning and Forecasting Software, February 2025. |
Below, a list of software vendors, peers of Lokad, that we have reviewed.
| Company | Description |
|---|---|
| Dassault Systèmes | Dassault Systèmes develops integrated software for 3D design, simulation, digital manufacturing, and supply chain planning. |
| 3SC Solutions | Cloud-based SaaS platforms integrating AI/ML-driven demand forecasting, supply chain planning, transportation management, and simulation-based risk mitigation. |
| Aera Technology | Provides a cloud-based platform that aggregates enterprise data, applies machine learning for decision modeling, and automates decision execution. |
| Agents of AI | Provides modular AI agents to automate operations in supply chain, CRM, and risk management using real-time data, though technical specifics lack independent validation. |
| AIMMS | Provides mathematical optimization and prescriptive analytics software enabling users to model, solve, and deploy custom decision-making applications across industries. |
| Agentic AI | Develops autonomous multi-agent systems integrating predictive analytics for demand forecasting, inventory management, and risk management. |
| Algonomy | Cloud‑based SaaS platform that unifies retail customer data to deliver real‑time personalization and optimize inventory management via algorithmic decisioning. |
| Anaplan | Cloud-native enterprise planning platform integrating real-time data for scenario analysis and optimization via established statistical and linear programming methods. |
| Antuit.ai | Cloud-native SaaS using AI-driven probabilistic forecasting and stochastic optimization for demand planning, inventory replenishment, and pricing in retail, consumer, and manufacturing sectors. |
| AnyLogic | Simulation modeling platform employing agent‑based, discrete‑event, and system dynamics methods to develop digital twins with integrated real‑time data, ML, and cloud deployment. |
| anyLogistix | Supply chain analytics software using dynamic simulation and optimization to design supply networks, manage risks, and plan operations. |
| Arkieva | Provides integrated supply chain planning software that consolidates enterprise data for demand, inventory, and supply planning with dynamic scenario analysis. |
| Artisans Cloud | Cloud-native unified commerce platform integrating inventory, order management and merchandising via modular microservices. |
| Asper.ai | Cloud-based SaaS platform integrating internal and external data with AI to drive demand forecasting and optimize supply chain decisions for consumer goods and retail sectors. |
| aThingz | aThingz is a cloud-native supply chain platform that integrates logistics planning, execution, cost analysis, and real‑time tracking through a modular microservices architecture. |
| Atoptima | Deeptech software company developing cloud‑based optimization solvers for logistics, supply chain, and production planning based on decades of mathematical research. |
| B2WISE | Cloud-based DDMRP supply chain planning software with ERP connectivity and consulting services for demand-driven operations. |
| Blue Ridge Global | Provides a cloud-based supply chain management platform integrating demand forecasting, inventory replenishment, supply planning, and integrated business planning with ERP connectivity. |
| Blue Yonder | Provides digital supply chain management software that integrates demand forecasting, inventory optimization, replenishment, and transportation management into a unified data platform. |
| Board International | Develops enterprise planning software that integrates business intelligence, performance management, and predictive analytics for financial and operational planning. |
| Bright Insights | Cloud-based platform collecting, cleansing, and analyzing high-frequency public web data to deliver insights for regulated digital health products and retail/eCommerce applications. |
| C3.ai | Enterprise AI software provider using a model‑driven platform to integrate disparate data for machine learning, process optimization, and supply chain management applications. |
| ClearOps | ClearOps provides a SaaS platform integrating OEMs, dealers, and ERP systems to manage parts inventory, coordinate aftersales, and forecast demand in the machinery industry. |
| COMET Analysis | Web-based SaaS platform for incident investigation, audits, AI-powered risk analytics, and supply chain risk management using taxonomy-based root cause analysis. |
| Coupa Software | Coupa Software provides a cloud-native spend management platform that centralizes procurement, invoicing, expense management, contract and supplier management, and supply chain planning through integrated automation and data-driven analytics. |
| Daybreak | Develops an AI platform that automates data ingestion, forecasting, and decision workflows to support supply chain planning. |
| DecisionBrain | Provides decision support software combining mathematical optimization, forecasting, and machine learning to address complex planning, scheduling, workforce, logistics, and supply chain challenges. |
| DeepVu | AI-assisted supply chain planning platform employing digital twin simulation and multi-agent reinforcement learning for human-validated decision support. |
| DemandCaster | Cloud-based supply chain planning software automating demand forecasting, inventory optimization, and supply planning through ERP integration. |
| Demand Driven Technologies | Provides a supply chain planning software platform that combines demand-driven methodologies with AI/ML for inventory management, demand forecasting, and production scheduling. |
| Dista.ai | AI-enabled, low-code/no-code location intelligence platform that automates enterprise field operations using geospatial analytics and route optimization. |
| E2open | Cloud-based, end-to-end supply chain management software integrating planning, logistics, and trade compliance across global enterprises. |
| EdgeVerve Systems | Provides integrated enterprise software platforms for core banking, robotic process automation, document processing, and supply chain integration. |
| Elixum | Cloud-native supply chain planning platform integrating planning, simulation, and optimization based on decades of Camelot Group expertise. |
| eLogii | Cloud-based platform automating route planning, dispatch, and real-time tracking for last-mile delivery and field service operations. |
| Epicor Software Corporation | Provides modular ERP solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail, and service industries with flexible cloud and on-premises deployments. |
| Factible Tools | Cloud-native solution that applies mathematical modeling and scenario analysis to optimize supply chain design and network configuration. |
| Flowlity | Cloud-based supply chain planning tool that employs probabilistic forecasting and simulation to support inventory management and supply chain decisions. |
| FourKites | FourKites provides a cloud-based platform that integrates telematics, GPS, and enterprise data to create digital twins for real‑time supply chain visibility. |
| FuturMaster | FuturMaster is a software vendor providing a cloud-based SaaS platform that integrates supply chain planning, demand forecasting, inventory management, and revenue growth management using AI analytics and digital twin simulation. |
| GAINSystems | Founded in 1971 in Chicago, GAINSystems provides a cloud-based modular platform for supply chain planning and optimization that integrates demand forecasting, inventory management, and network design with ERP systems. |
| GEP | GEP provides cloud-native procurement and supply chain management software that integrates low-code development with AI and data analytics to automate enterprise workflows. |
| Getron | Cloud-native platform providing AI-driven solutions for inventory planning, supply chain optimization, and order management. |
| GMDH Software | GMDH Software develops global supply chain planning and integrated business planning systems that apply self‑organizing polynomial modeling for automated demand forecasting and inventory planning. |
| GoComet | Cloud-based platform automating international freight operations by integrating digital RFQ, real-time container tracking, invoice reconciliation, and predictive analytics. |
| Goflow | Cloud-based SaaS consolidating multi-channel e-commerce operations, including order processing, inventory management, shipping logistics, and statistical inventory forecasting. |
| IBM | Enterprise performance management platform evolving from TM1 that enables integrated planning, budgeting, forecasting, and in‑memory multidimensional analytics via flexible deployment options. |
| Ikigai Labs | Enterprise AI platform that leverages proprietary large graphical models to automate forecasting, planning, and data reconciliation on structured business data. |
| Impact Analytics | Cloud-based SaaS delivering AI analytics for retail, including demand forecasting, inventory planning, merchandising, and pricing automation. |
| Infor | Develops enterprise software integrating supply chain management, ERP, and analytics via cloud and on-premise platforms. |
| INFORM Software | Develops integrated software solutions for supply chain planning by combining demand forecasting, inventory management, and production scheduling. |
| Intelligent Audit | Cloud-based SaaS platform automating freight and parcel invoice audits, detecting discrepancies, and supporting logistics cost optimization through data analytics and machine learning. |
| InterDynamics | InterDynamics develops simulation-based decision support systems and fatigue risk management solutions for evaluating operational scenarios across sectors such as logistics, rail, and healthcare. |
| Intuendi | Cloud-based platform that applies machine learning and statistical methods to forecast demand, optimize inventory, and integrate supply chain processes. |
| Inventory Path | Cloud‑based modular inventory and ERP platform integrating real‑time stock tracking, order management, AI‑driven demand forecasting, and AR‑based warehouse verification. |
| John Galt Solutions | Provides forecasting and supply chain planning software for demand prediction, inventory management, and coordinated operations via cloud, hybrid, and on-premise deployments. |
| Kaleris | A cloud‐based supply chain execution platform integrating yard, transportation, and terminal management with real‐time data analytics. |
| Kardinal.ai | SaaS platform that optimizes last mile delivery using real-time combinatorial optimization, machine learning, and integrated dynamic data. |
| KetteQ | Cloud-based supply chain planning software integrating real-time data, AI, and machine learning to simulate multiple forecasting scenarios. |
| Kimaru.ai | Provides a decision intelligence platform that merges human expertise with AI analytics to optimize operational decisions in retail and supply chain management. |
| Kinaxis | Canadian software company offering a cloud‐based supply chain orchestration platform that supports concurrent planning, real‑time visibility, and multi‐party integration. |
| Koerber Digital | Develops machine-agnostic SaaS solutions that integrate AI, cloud computing, and real-time analytics to digitally transform manufacturing and supply chain operations. |
| Infios | Supply chain execution software integrating order, warehouse, and transportation management with simulation and automation for flexible SaaS and on-premises deployment. |
| Lanner | Lanner develops simulation software and digital twin technology to model supply chain operations, identify bottlenecks, and support strategic decision-making. |
| LeanDNA | Cloud-based supply chain execution platform that integrates ERP data to deliver real-time visibility and actionable inventory insights. |
| Locate2u | Cloud-based SaaS platform automating route planning, fleet tracking, and dispatch management for delivery and service businesses. |
| Locus | Provides an API-first, cloud-based platform that manages order capture, dispatch scheduling, route optimization, and real-time tracking. |
| Logility | Provides an AI-enabled platform for integrated supply chain planning, demand forecasting, inventory optimization, and automated order response. |
| Lokad | Cloud-hosted quantitative supply chain optimization platform that leverages a domain‐specific language for probabilistic forecasting and automated decision-making. |
| Manhattan Associates | Manhattan Associates offers integrated software for managing supply chain operations—including warehousing, transportation, and order fulfillment—via a cloud-native, microservices architecture. |
| Marradata.ai | Marradata.ai provides data science solutions that convert raw business data into actionable insights through data integration, predictive analytics, and reporting for supply chain optimization. |
| Microsoft | A multinational technology company that develops and licenses software, offers cloud services, and manufactures select computing devices. |
| MJC² | Develops decision‑support systems for planning and scheduling complex operations in logistics, manufacturing, supply chain, and workforce management. |
| Netstock | Cloud-based SaaS platform for inventory and supply chain planning, integrating ERP data for demand forecasting and automated ordering for SMBs. |
| NextBillion.ai | API-first platform offering customizable location services for route planning, mapping, and logistics optimization. |
| nuVizz | A cloud-hosted SaaS platform for last‑mile delivery that integrates real‑time tracking, AI‑powered route optimization, and modular logistics management. |
| o9 Solutions | A cloud-native platform for integrated enterprise planning and decision-making, leveraging AI, digital twin modeling, and real-time analytics in supply chain management. |
| Omniful | Cloud‑native B2B SaaS platform integrating order, warehouse, transportation, and POS systems to streamline omnichannel supply chain operations. |
| OMP | Provides cloud-hosted supply chain planning software that integrates ERP data with optimization, simulation, and explainable AI to support coordinated demand forecasting, production scheduling, and distribution management. |
| OnePint.ai | Cloud-hosted SaaS for inventory management featuring unified real-time views, simulation-based forecasting, and autonomous order promising. |
| OPTANO | German software company developing mathematical optimization and operations research solutions for scenario planning and decision support in automotive, logistics, production, and supply chain management. |
| Optessa | Provides advanced planning and scheduling software that employs patented optimization algorithms to generate production schedules and integrate with ERP and MES systems in complex manufacturing environments. |
| Optilogic | Cloud‑native SaaS provider integrating supply chain design, simulation, optimization, and risk analysis with AI‑based natural language interfaces. |
| Optilon | Nordic supply chain consultancy selecting, customizing, and integrating third‑party digital planning, simulation, and AI analytics tools to address operational challenges. |
| OptimiX Software | SaaS provider of pricing analytics and inventory forecasting solutions that integrates competitive data and historical sales to support retail decision-making. |
| Oracle | Enterprise technology company delivering integrated, cloud-based applications that unify supply chain planning and core business functions on modular, scalable architectures. |
| Orkestra Supply Chain Solutions | Cloud-native platform aggregating disparate supply chain data, automating order and shipment management, and providing real-time visibility and analytics. |
| ORTEC | ORTEC provides optimization software and analytics tools that use mathematical models to solve logistics, scheduling, and financial risk challenges. |
| Pando.ai | Pando.ai is an AI-enabled freight management platform that automates procurement, transportation planning, and audit processes by unifying supply chain data from ERP and TMS systems. |
| ParkourSC | Software company developing a digital twin platform that integrates real-time IoT data, rule automation, and AI analytics to monitor and manage supply chain operations. |
| PartnerLinQ | Cloud-native platform integrating supply chain systems via modular adapters, multi-protocol data exchange, and rule-based automation with AI insights. |
| Perfect Planner | Cloud-based software that automates material planning by converting raw MRP data into prioritized daily to-do lists. |
| Pigment | Pigment provides a cloud-native enterprise planning platform that unifies real-time financial, operational, and strategic data to support scenario analysis and AI-assisted decision making. |
| PlanetTogether | Provides an APS platform that integrates ERP, MES, and SCM systems for production scheduling, supply chain planning, and capacity optimization. |
| Plan Optimus | Provides integrated IBP and S&OP software for supply chain planning, combining demand forecasting and logistics optimization through established mathematical models. |
| Pluto7 | Pluto7 integrates ERP and external data for real‑time demand sensing, forecasting, and supply chain planning using machine learning analytics. |
| ProvisionAi | Provides supply chain optimization software that enhances truck load planning and transportation scheduling using mathematical programming and reinforcement learning. |
| PTC | American software company delivering integrated solutions for CAD, PLM, IoT, and service parts planning via advanced forecasting, multi-echelon optimization, and data analytics. |
| Pyplan | Pyplan is a Python-based planning and analysis platform that integrates sales, operations, HR, and finance functions with a low-code, node-based interface. |
| QAD Inc. | QAD Inc. provides cloud‑based ERP and supply chain software for adaptive manufacturing enterprises, integrating process intelligence to streamline operations. |
| RELEX Solutions | Cloud-based unified platform for supply chain and retail planning that integrates demand forecasting, inventory planning, and production scheduling through in-memory analytics, machine learning, and digital twin modeling to reduce waste. |
| River Logic | River Logic develops prescriptive analytics software using digital twin technology to simulate and optimize integrated enterprise value chains. |
| Sabre | Sabre is a travel technology provider delivering integrated, cloud-enabled solutions for airline fleet optimization, network planning, and revenue management using proven operations research methods. |
| Salesforce | Provides a cloud-based CRM platform that unifies customer data and automates sales, service, and marketing through integrated analytics and API connectivity. |
| SAP | Global enterprise software provider delivering integrated cloud solutions for supply chain planning, ERP, and data analytics. |
| SCM Globe | A cloud-based platform that models, simulates, and analyzes interactive supply chain network designs. |
| Siemens Digital Industries Software | Provider of industrial software integrating PLM, CAD/CAE, digital twin, and AI for product design, simulation, and lifecycle management. |
| Sigma Computing | A cloud-native analytics platform enabling real-time, collaborative data exploration directly on cloud data warehouses via a spreadsheet-like interface. |
| Silvon Software | Silvon Software delivers a business intelligence platform that integrates legacy and modern ERP data to provide operational analytics and performance management for manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. |
| SkyPlanner APS | Cloud-based APS software automating production scheduling by integrating real-time ERP and MES data with AI-driven optimization. |
| Slimstock | A software vendor specializing in supply chain planning and inventory optimization through demand forecasting, replenishment planning, and integrated business intelligence via flexible cloud or on‑premise deployments. |
| Solvoyo | Solvoyo provides a cloud-native platform that automates supply chain planning by integrating demand forecasting, inventory and production optimization, and vendor collaboration using MILP and AI. |
| Sophus Technology | Sophus Technology develops a supply chain network design and optimization platform that integrates production planning, inventory management, demand forecasting, and scenario analysis using advanced optimization algorithms and AI-driven data automation. |
| StockIQ Technologies | Offers supply chain planning software for demand forecasting, inventory and replenishment planning, supplier performance management, promotion planning, and SIOP integration with ERP systems. |
| Streamline | Integrated supply chain planning software that consolidates ERP data to drive AI-assisted demand forecasting, inventory optimization, and cross-department alignment. |
| SupplyBrain | Cloud-hosted AI platform that integrates digital twin simulations, predictive maintenance, and demand forecasting to manage supply chain operations. |
| Supply Chain dApp | A decentralized supply chain management platform that logs product lifecycle events via blockchain smart contracts and integrates IoT data for traceability. |
| SymphonyAI | Enterprise AI SaaS provider offering vertical-specific applications that integrate predictive, generative, and agentic AI capabilities for retail, financial services, and industrial operations. |
| Syncron | Cloud-based SaaS for aftermarket service lifecycle management integrating inventory control, dynamic pricing, and service fulfillment. |
| SyrenCloud | Cloud-based data engineering and supply chain software offering real-time visibility, predictive analytics, and rule-based data governance. |
| The Owl Solutions | Provides a cloud‑based supply chain analytics platform that aggregates manufacturing data into real‑time dashboards and automated reports. |
| thouSense | Cloud-based SaaS platform using AI/ML to forecast demand and optimize supply chain planning through integration of historical sales and external data. |
| ThroughPut Inc. | SaaS platform integrating enterprise operational data with predictive analytics and lean methodologies to optimize demand sensing, capacity planning, and logistics. |
| TigerGraph | Provides a graph analytics platform built on a native parallel database for real-time analysis of massive, interconnected datasets. |
| ToolsGroup | Software company specializing in supply chain planning and demand analytics using probabilistic forecasting, multi-echelon inventory optimization, and automated replenishment planning. |
| Transmetrics | Provides a cloud-based AI platform that integrates demand forecasting, analytics, and optimization to enhance transport planning, fleet utilization, and operational efficiency. |
| Turvo | Cloud‑based logistics platform unifying transportation management with real‑time tracking and cross‑stakeholder collaboration across shippers, carriers, brokers, and 3PLs. |
| UCBOS | UCBOS provides a metadata-driven, zero-code enterprise platform integrating supply chain, procurement, ERP, and AI/ML capabilities for real-time business process orchestration. |
| UnitySCM | Cloud-based supply chain management platform that aggregates and normalizes data from diverse systems, automating workflows to deliver real-time operational insights. |
| Vekia | French SaaS vendor delivering supply chain management software that applies probabilistic AI for demand forecasting, order automation, and inventory monitoring. |
| Waymetry | Develops an automated SaaS platform for road transport logistics pricing, integrating tender management, spot rate quoting, and fleet capacity planning. |