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What are the main types of supply chain planning software?

Answer:

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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