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2026 Inventory-Planning Review Shows Automation Shifting From Forecasting to Replenishment Decisions

US Defense Logistics Agency applies Nicolas Vandeput’s demand-forecasting framework

AGR compares the 2026 inventory-planning market as companies move beyond spreadsheets and basic ERP

Sandman connects AI pricing with forecasting and replenishment in RELEX

REMIRA positions AI-powered inventory and supply chain software for European planning teams

Amart replaces legacy planning with AI-driven forecasting and replenishment

Frutura selects RELEX for near-real-time fresh-produce forecasting

Anora reports channel-level forecasting gains with RELEX

SKU Science Showcases Forecasting and Inventory Features at Global Industrie 2025

Explainable AI Moves Up the Agenda for Forecasting and Inventory Decisions

Slimstock brings next-generation AI planning focus to SAPICS 2026

Flowlity positions probabilistic planning as an alternative to Excel-based workflows

Atlas Copco moves to probability-based supply-chain planning with ToolsGroup

Lokad continues to challenge forecast-centric planning with probabilistic and financially prioritized decisions

Blue Yonder adds agentic AI to retail inventory, replenishment and returns

Nissin Foods moves from spreadsheet forecasting to integrated AI planning

Slimstock expands inventory optimization with Mees van den Brink

Vekia reinforces automatic replenishment as a concrete AI planning use case for retail

Community Coffee selects RELEX for unified demand, inventory and S&OP planning

NEC launches cross-system SCM AI Agent for forecasting, procurement and planning

Petco Mexico selects RELEX for AI-driven forecasting and replenishment

Nissin Foods deploys AI-powered demand and supply planning

Wipak selects RELEX for connected demand, inventory and production planning

ToolsGroup combines demand planning and pricing for inventory-aware demand shaping

RELEX highlights AI planning breadth in Nucleus SCP Value Matrix

Slimstock customer Freedom of Movement uses AI-powered planning for retail growth

RELEX report: AI moves into core supply chain decisions as volatility persists

SKU Science keeps lightweight demand planning relevant for SMB and e-commerce teams

Amart Furniture replaces legacy planning with RELEX

Flowlity Introduces Forecast Studio to Make AI Demand Forecasts More Transparent

Senior Service Parts Forecasting Manager

Network Deployment Refresh Planner I

Supply Chain Planning Engineer

Category Planner — Central Hub

ICQA Area Manager, Inventory Control and Quality Assurance

Finance Business Manager — Supply Chain

Associate Director, Demand Planning & Purchasing

Manager, Supply Planning

Applied Scientist, Worldwide Grocery Stores Data and Science

Global Process Owner — Sales and Operations Planning

Demand & Inventory Planner – Food Import & Trading

Senior Specialist, Supply Chain Automation and Demand Planning

Executive — Demand Planning

Demand Planner

Data Scientist / Data Engineer for Supply Chain

Manager / Senior Manager, Supply Chain AI-Driven Planning Advisory

Revenue AI Solutions Analyst

Data & AI Consultant — Autonomous Supply Chain

Demand Plan & Orders Scheduling Analyst

Head of AI & Advanced Apps

EVENT: Algo Hosts “The Trillion-Dollar Forecast” Webinar on Forecasting as a Scenario Tool

EVENT: AI-based demand forecasting in manufacturing course starts

EVENT: IBF Examines AI Proof of Value in Forecasting and Demand Planning

EVENT: Supply Chain & AI Event highlights practical forecasting, automation and agent use cases

WARNING: AI alone cannot run inventory planning without human decision controls

EVENT: Alteryx examines the data foundation for AI supply-chain planning

EVENT: Manufacturers review supply-chain resilience strategies

EVENT: Slimstock User Day covers supply, demand, inventory and production planning

EVENT: CII programme covers AI-driven intelligent supply-chain management

EVENT: Supply Chain Village Roundtable Questions Whether APS Remain Best Placed to Reduce Inventory Without Hurting Service Levels

EVENT: Bosch demonstrates AI-based inventory intelligence for MRO and production materials

EVENT: ISF 2026 brings forecasting research and practice together in Montreal

WARNING: Unexplained AI Forecasts Can Create Inventory and Capacity Decision Risk

EVENT: Advanced demand-planning and forecasting programme opens

EVENT: Chain Reaction 2026 examines AI decision-making in Supply Chains

EVENT: Sunstice to host webinar on touchless demand planning and Agentic AI

EVENT: CILT Hong Kong examines practical AI applications in supply chains

EVENT: Demand orchestration replaces forecasting as the organizing concept

EVENT: China supply-chain expo opens with dedicated AI zone

Lessons from VN2, the first global inventory-planning competition

Lead-time forecasting should produce a probability distribution—not a single ERP parameter

Spare-parts forecasting is a planning stress test for AI trust

How to optimize inventory without sacrificing service levels

Machine-learning forecasting with promotions, prices, sell-outs and inventory

Category planning is policy governance—not spreadsheet maintenance

Erik Bush reframes the trillion-dollar inventory problem as an operating-model failure

David Simchi-Levi’s 2026 research shows how information delays shape forecastability and inventory cost

AI begins taking on merchandising, assortment and vendor decisions

Predictive inventory risk needs an operational fallback and a financial loss owner

LogiPharma: AI and machine learning rise among pharma supply-chain investment priorities

How AI-Native Demand Forecasting Limits Peak Season Weather Disruptions

Supply-chain planning software is becoming accessible to SMBs—implementation discipline is not

GenAI lowers the automation threshold, but error economics determine what should be automated

Forecasts Predict Demand; Demand Plans Translate It Into Action

Stress-testing an AI-built IBP engine across 2,736 SKUs and 10 plants

Tillamook turns supply-chain planning into a growth capability

Tillamook turns supply-chain planning into a growth engine

Forecast vs. actual: why protocol design breaks clinical supply plans

The inventory-planning platform is not the operating model

Forecast accuracy is an input, not the Supply Chain decision

Mid-market planning vendors are converging on the same AI narrative—but not the same architecture

Logility white paper reframes demand planning around AI, sensing and explainable forecasts

Forecast accuracy is an input to the decision—not the business outcome

US Manufacturers Front-Load Orders While Factory Employment Falls

Modern Demand Planning Requires Model Selection, External Signals and Governance

From Forecast Accuracy to Connected AI-Assisted Planning in CPG

LeanDNA argues that the next frontier of Supply Chain AI is smarter action, not better prediction

Ankur Gupta argues supply chain needs world models, not just agents

Mapping the First Wave of Vibe-Coded Supply Chain Applications

22 practical Data Science projects for Supply Chain teams

Build an AI-assisted demand forecast in IBM Planning Analytics

Supply Chain Outlier Detection 101: Build a simple demand-sensing review team with AI agents

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Intuendi

Avercast

Demand Solutions

AGR

Streamline

Smart Software

EazyStock

frePPLe

Afresh

Prediko

REMIRA

Vekia

Flowlity

ToolsGroup

Lokad

Infor Supply Chain Planning

Crisp

SKU Science

StockIQ Technologies

Netstock

Autone

FuturMaster

Slimstock

Arkieva

Enmovil

SymphonyAI Retail CPG

Logility

RELEX Solutions

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management

EyeOn

Nicolas Vandeput

Joannes Vermorel

Samir Saci

Jonathon Karelse

Chris Caplice