Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Solutions
Gartner defines supply chain planning (SCP) solutions as platforms that provide technological support to enable a company to manage, link, align, collaborate and share its planning data across an extended supply chain. An SCP solution supports planning, ranging from demand planning through detailed supply-side response planning and from strategic planning through execution-level planning. It is the planning decision repository for a defined end-to-end supply chain. It is also the environment in which end-to-end-integrated supply chain decisions are managed. It establishes a single version of the truth for planning data and decisions, regardless of the underlying execution technology environment. Organizations use SCP solutions to improve their supply chain planning decisions and reach higher levels of maturity. These solutions enable and streamline planning decision making by providing access to planning data, application of logic such as business rules and priorities and process governance capabilities. If utilized optimally, this results in improved end-to-end supply chain planning processes, including aligning strategic priorities with resource allocations to drive improved business outcomes.
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Vendors must, among other requirements:
A: This research covers supply chain planning (SCP) solutions as platforms that provide technological support to enable companies to manage, link, align, collaborate and share planning data across an extended supply chain. It evaluates 20 vendors across capabilities ranging from demand planning and supply planning to strategic planning and execution-level planning, including standard capabilities (demand planning, supply planning, planning alignment, financial impact analysis) and optional capabilities (advanced analytics/AI, digital supply chain twin, supply chain design, continuous planning, multienterprise planning).
A: Supply chain technology leaders and SCP leaders should use this research to evaluate and select the most suitable software vendor to mature their supply chain planning. Users should: get clarity on business strategy, link business strategy to supply chain and SCP strategy, identify current maturity levels for relevant SCP processes, define desired maturity levels, construct an overall SCP technology vision and roadmap, and identify suitable technology options using this Magic Quadrant and Critical Capabilities for Supply Chain Planning Solutions.
A: To be included in this Magic Quadrant, vendors must have all of the following capabilities commercially available as of 10 November 2023: 1) Demand planning - support for development of a consensus-driven demand plan that optimizes the balance between market opportunity and supply network capability; 2) Supply planning - support for the translation of demand expectations into supply network requirements that orchestrate reliable, efficient delivery outcomes; 3) End-to-end SCP - support for aligning horizontal and vertical planning decisions across the internal enterprise supply chain and into external trading partners; and 4) Financial impact analysis and planning - support for the ability to handle more and more of an organization's financial decisions within the SCP process, rather than outside it.
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A: Ability to Execute evaluates vendors on their current capability to offer and support an SCP solution, including features available in their portfolio, methods used to help customers deploy and maintain instances, customer education opportunities, marketing effectiveness, number of customers, market recognition, and likelihood of customer expansion. It emphasizes product functionality, track record of delivering on vision, customer satisfaction levels, and operational effectiveness during and after implementation. Completeness of Vision assesses a vendor's ability to understand current market trends, envision how emerging technologies can further SCP goals, respond to customer needs and competitive forces, and articulate a statement of direction for the next two to three years that matches or surpasses Gartner's vision. It focuses on how vendors demonstrate their vision for supporting digital SCP aspirations, future planning transformation, convergence with cross-enterprise functions, and extension into multienterprise ecosystems.