Buyers Guides for Supply Chain Planning

2026 Software Provider and Product Assessment

The ISG Buyers Guides for Supply Chain Planning are the distillation of continuous market and product research. They are an assessment of how well software providers’ offerings address enterprises’ requirements for platforms software. The Value Index methodology is structured to support a request for information (RFI) for a request for proposal (RFP) process by incorporating all criteria needed to evaluate, select, utilize and maintain relationships with software providers. The ISG Buyers Guide evaluates customer experience and the product experience in its capability and platform.

The 2026 ISG Buyers Guides™ for Supply Chain Planning evaluate leading software providers across four platform industry areas: Supply Chain Planning, Midsize Supply Chain Planning, Retail Supply Chain Planning and Sales and Operations Planning. Each guide delivers unique research, detailed ratings and rankings and in-depth analyses to help enterprises assess and select the operations and supply chain software that best fits their requirements.

• The Supply Chain Planning Buyers Guide evaluates 27 software providers offering products that support demand planning, supply planning and cross-functional operational alignment. The guide assesses the following providers: Anaplan, Arkieva, Blue Ridge, Blue Yonder, Board, Coupa, Dassault Systèmes, GAINS, GEP, ICRON, Infor, John Galt Solutions, Kinaxis, Logility, Manhattan Associates, Netstock, o9 Solutions, OMP, Oracle, Pigment, QAD, RELEX, SAP, Slimstock, Sunstice, ToolsGroup and WiseTech.

• The Midsize Supply Chain Planning Buyers Guide evaluates 16 software providers offering products that support demand planning, supply planning and cross-functional operational coordination for midsize enterprises. The guide assesses the following providers: Arkieva, Blue Ridge, GAINS, GEP, ICRON, Infor, John Galt Solutions, Logility, Netstock, OMP, Pigment, QAD, Slimstock, Sunstice, ToolsGroup and WiseTech.
  
  
• The Retail Supply Chain Planning Buyers Guide evaluates 20 software providers offering products that support demand forecasting, replenishment planning and retail-focused supply chain optimization. The guide assesses the following providers: Anaplan, Blue Ridge, Blue Yonder, Board, Coupa, GAINS, ICRON, Infor, John Galt Solutions, Logility, Manhattan Associates, Netstock, o9 Solutions, Oracle, RELEX, SAP, Slimstock, Sunstice, ToolsGroup and WiseTech.
  
  
• The Sales and Operations Planning Buyers Guide evaluates 26 software providers offering products supporting demand planning, supply planning and cross-functional business alignment. The guide assesses the following providers: Anaplan, Arkieva, Blue Ridge, Blue Yonder, Board, Coupa, Dassault Systѐmes, GAINS, ICRON, Infor, John Galt Solutions, Kinaxis, Logility, Manhattan Associates, Netstock, o9 Solutions, OMP, Oracle, Pigment, QAD, RELEX, SAP, Slimstock, Sunstice, ToolsGroup and WiseTech.
  
  

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