What are the main types of supply chain planning software?

There are four:

• Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems run transactions and execution with little native planning.
• Enterprise performance management (EPM) tools such as Anaplan, Pigment and Board handle financial and connected planning, not supply optimization.
• Advanced planning systems (APS) are the tools that actually plan the Supply Chain, and they split in two:
  • legacy suites (SAP IBP, Blue Yonder, Kinaxis, RELEX, Slimstock) that add AI mostly to forecasting
  • SaaS / AI-native platforms (Flowlity, o9, Lokad and others) built around probabilistic forecasting and automated decisions.

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