IT Subway Map Europe 2026: what Europe’s software landscape says about supply chain architecture

Source attribution: Supply Chain Movement, “IT Subway Map Europe 2026.” This Radar entry curates and interprets the original work; it does not imply any partnership, sponsorship or endorsement. The 2026 IT Subway Map provides a useful snapshot of a European supply chain software market that is both expanding and becoming harder to classify. Supply Chain Movement’s landscape brings together software providers across planning, execution and adjacent decision-support categories, making visible how quickly long-standing category boundaries are starting to blur. For software buyers, that shift matters because category labels are becoming less reliable as a selection shortcut. A vendor positioned as an ERP, APS, TMS or specialist planning provider may now cover parts of several decision flows. Conversely, a broad platform claim does not prove equal depth across forecasting, inventory, scheduling, transport or execution. The practical value of the map is therefore architectural. Buyers should first identify which supply chain decisions they need to improve, where those decisions currently live and which capabilities are genuinely missing. Only then should the vendor landscape be used to structure a long list. The map reveals the market; it does not replace process requirements, implementation assessment or evidence that a solution works against the company’s own planning constraints. Dataleo interpretation: the increasingly blurred software landscape makes architecture more important, not less. The right unit of comparison is the decision flow rather than the vendor category. Value depends on defining the decisions, ownership and integration boundaries before comparing products. The main failure mode is turning an unclear requirement into a broader, more expensive platform commitment simply because consolidation makes the portfolio look comprehensive.