Is EPM software (Anaplan, Pigment) the same as supply chain planning software?

No. Enterprise performance management (EPM) platforms are excellent at financial and connected planning: budgets, financial scenarios, headcount and cross-functional targets, including the financial side of S&OP. They do not, however, generate SKU-level demand forecasts or optimize inventory and supply. Those are the job of an advanced planning system (APS). Many enterprises run both, an EPM for the financial plan and an APS for the operational plan, because they solve different problems and integrate rather than replace each other.

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