This IDC Market Analysis Perspective (MAP) summarizes key trends in the worldwide warehouse management systems market. The ability to track inventory in real time gives companies the advantage over companies that choose to remain with standalone software. Because cloud-based solutions allow all the company’s data…

AI is a top-funded initiative in supply chain organizations. This research highlights the technology capabilities that enable AI use cases within supply chains, and how product leaders should focus on the “whole product” with their partners to maximize its value within supply chains. Read the…

This IDC study provides an assessment of vendors providing professional services worldwide to retailers. The study discusses the criteria that are most important for companies to consider when selecting a services provider, as well as the strengths, weaknesses, and differentiators among the covered vendors. Read…

This IDC Market Analysis Perspective (MAP) provides technology suppliers and buyers with insight into technology trends influencing transportation, logistics, and global trade. Specifically, this perspective provides an overview of IDC’s insights and data on the technologies, industry dynamics, and trends influencing the transportation and logistics…

This IDC Market Glance outlines and examines the ecosystem of retail last-mile software and services vendors. With its high volume of individual stops, the final mile of delivery has long been the most expensive part of the fulfillment and shipping processes, requiring labor, fuel, maintenance…

Retail assortment management applications are an essential element of modern category management for selecting, structuring and optimizing the performance of long life cycle products. CIOs can use this research to identify technology trends and vendors to propel merchandising transformation. Read the report here (subscription required).

Quadrant Knowledge Solutions’ Warehouse Management System (WMS) market research includes a detailed global market analysis of major vendors. The research comprises vendors’ product features and functionalities and competitive differentiating factors. The research provides competitive landscape and vendor analysis to enable technology vendors to enhance their…

In 2024, Nucleus found that vendors have enhanced control tower solutions to address global supply challenges such as rising air freight costs, the aluminum shortage, and logistics bottlenecks. These improvements include introducing and enhancing tools like multi-tier supplier discovery, bill of material traceability, checkpoint geo-fencing,…

You can use order management systems (OMSes) to aggregate and allocate inventory across owned and non-owned selling channels, optimize order fulfillment processes to improve business metrics, and support customers through the order lifecycle. But to realize these benefits, you’ll first have to select from a…

The transportation management systems continue to evolve to support diverse requirements, and complex transportation and supply chain challenges. This note guides supply chain technology leaders to learn from ratings and reviews by their peers shared on Gartner Peer Insights. Read the report here (subscription required).