RELEX Named a Leader in Four IDC MarketScape Worldwide Supply Chain Planning Vendor Assessments

RELEX recognized as a Leader in the 2026 Supply Chain Planning Overall report, alongside the reports for Supply Chain Planning for Process Industries, Consumer Packaged Goods, and Distribution Industries

ATLANTA and HELSINKI, Nov. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- RELEX Solutions has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Supply Chain Planning Overall 2026 Vendor Assessment (Doc# US54139326, November 2026), IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Supply Chain Planning for Process Industries 2026 Vendor Assessment (Doc# US54138926 , November 2026), IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Supply Chain Planning for Consumer-Packaged Goods 2026 Vendor Assessment (Doc# US54138126, October 2026); and IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Supply Chain Planning for Distribution Industries 2026 Vendor Assessment (Doc# US54138526, October 2026).

These IDC MarketScapes evaluates solution providers on capabilities and strategy, across demand forecasting, distribution and replenishment, master planning and production scheduling. RELEX Open, RELEX's agentic AI platform allows organizations to deploy these capabilities and allows for them to extend the supply chain capabilities within RELEX and orchestrate decisions across their entire supply chain landscape.

According to the IDC MarketScape for Supply Chain Planning Overall, "RELEX's distinguishing capability is connecting retail point-of-sale demand directly into manufacturing supply planning. RELEX operates on both sides of the manufacturer-retailer boundary (roughly 400 retail and distribution customers alongside close to 100 CPG manufacturers), so the consumer demand signal can propagate upstream into production and purchasing decisions instead of being approximated by shipment history. For manufacturers whose demand volatility originates at the shelf, this is a structural advantage." ⁽¹⁾

"RELEX's ability to connect demand, supply, and execution across the full planning process, rather than offering pieces of functionality that do not talk to each other, is the kind of differentiator that matters to organizations evaluating supply chain planning platforms today," said Eric Thompson, Research Director, Worldwide Supply Chain Planning and Services, IDC. "In addition to this, RELEX's approach to AI, letting organizations dial automation up or down deliberately reflects a more grounded read on where buyers actually are."

Recognition in these reports follows RELEX's report on strong manufacturing momentum, supporting nearly 140 manufacturers globally, including Bonduelle, Carhartt, and Camco, and introducing RELEX Open, the extensible platform architecture along with productized AI agents for forecast troubleshooting, supply constraint unlocking and plan stress testing.

"Manufacturing is now our fastest-growing business, and this recognition across four reports reflects the platform behind that growth," said Mikko Kärkkäinen, co-founder and group CEO, RELEX Solutions. "We built our forecasting and planning capabilities inside some of the world's most demanding retail environments. We're now applying that same rigor to complex manufacturing environments, connecting demand with supply while optimizing production around real-world constraints such as capacity, materials, sequencing and inventory."

RELEX was also positioned as a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Supply Chain Planning for Discrete Industries 2026 Vendor Assessment (doc # US54138326, October 2026), IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Supply Chain Planning for Life Sciences Industries 2026 Vendor Assessment (doc # US54138726, October 2026).

Read the excerpt to the 2026 Supply Chain Planning Overall report here.

About IDC MarketScape
IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each supplier's position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of technology suppliers can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective suppliers.

About RELEX Solutions
RELEX Solutions provides a decision orchestration platform that coordinates decisions across retail and manufacturing operations, connecting strategic planning with operational execution.

Drawing on 700+ customer deployments and deep industry expertise, RELEX helps organizations make better decisions across demand, inventory, merchandising, pricing, and supply chain operations. With RELEX, companies can deploy proven AI, build their own applications and agents, and orchestrate decisions across functions and systems.

Leading brands like ADUSA, Camco, Carhartt, COSMOS Pharmaceutical Corporation, Circle K, Dollar Tree and Family Dollar, M&S Food, PetSmart, Rituals, The Body Shop, The Home Depot, Sun Tire & Auto Service, and Vita Coco use RELEX to run and continuously evolve their operations. Learn more at: relexsolutions.com/customers

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