Planning benchmarks should test decision speed, not feature breadth

RELEX’s Nucleus Research recognition shows how Supply Chain Planning platforms are now evaluated across demand planning, inventory, supplier collaboration, IBP and commercial planning.

The affected decision is how planning leaders select or renew a planning platform. Value requires the benchmark to test cross-functional decision latency, scenario quality and execution handoff, not only feature coverage.

The principal failure mode is choosing a broad planning suite that still leaves demand, supply, finance and procurement negotiating outside the system.