Demand planning system vendors sell both software and implementation expertise. Many vendors have developed experience in specific market segments and offer best-practice information and forecasting engines with algorithms that are optimized for those industries. Vendors fall into two groups: best-of-breed vendors, and ERP vendors that offer an emerging class of integrated demand planning modules. Key players in this market include:
Best of Breed
i2Technologies Inc.: Market leader with most vertical-market modules—and most expensive offerings.
Manugistics Group Inc.: Offers best integration with other applications.
Logility Inc., Prescient Systems Inc.: Both have proven track records in consumer goods and collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment.
Demantra Ltd.: Has well-established offerings for distribution, media industries.
Integrated Products
SAP AG: Less expensive to install than best-of-breed offerings, but its technology is still evolving.
- Oracle Corp.: Relatively new on the scene; its offerings are still maturing.
Missing Links
Stories in this report:
- Bad News Everywhere
- Beyond Paper Clips
- CIOs Catch On to SCM Standards
- Case study: Unilever Crosses the Data Streams
- Courting the Dispossessed
- Dirty Data
- Just in Case
- Kinks in The Chain
- Other Challenges That Lie Ahead
- Patching the Supply Chain Together
- Supply Chain Management
- Tech Check: Getting Demand Planning Right
- The Weakest Link
- Tips for Success
- Vendor Choices: Know the Differences
- Your Crystal Ball
- Covisint's Stalled Start
- Data quality should be a boardroom issue
- Gaining better visibility
- Internet-based collaboration beats airport hassles
- Managing the people supply
- Perkins Takes Smart Approach to Online Parts Catalog
- Supply chain uncertainty requires better IT tools
- The cost-cutters
- Tips from the field: Deploying demand forecasting
