Kinaxis is a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Supply Chain Planning Solutions reports for Discrete Industries and Process Industries
Kinaxis marks over a decade of recognition as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant™ for Supply Chain Planning Solutions
Today’s supply chains are under relentless pressure. Constant disruption and greater demands from the business have made traditional planning approaches obsolete. Investing in concurrent planning capabilities is no longer optional; it’s foundational to competing and winning in a volatile world. Concurrent, AI-powered supply chain planning enables organizations to keep up in this environment, helping them make smarter decisions faster, model complex scenarios in real time, and build resilience into every layer of the supply chain.
That’s why we’re proud that Kinaxis has been named a Leader in two new reports: the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Supply Chain Planning Solutions for Discrete Industries, where we’re also positioned highest on Ability to Execute and furthest on Completeness of Vision, and the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Supply Chain Planning Solutions for Process Industries.1 These acknowledgements continue our over decade-long history of being recognized as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant™ for Supply Chain Planning Solutions.2
Keep reading to learn more about how we were assessed.
How Gartner evaluates supply chain planning solutions
According to Gartner, supply chain planning (SCP) solutions are “platforms that provide technological support to enable a company to manage, link, align, collaborate and share its planning data across an extended supply chain. SCP solutions support a wide range of planning activities, from demand planning and detailed supply planning, to strategic and execution-level planning. They establish a single version of the truth for planning data and decisions, regardless of the underlying technology environment.”1
The report goes on to state:
Mandatory features of the SCP solution are:
- Demand planning, such as demand forecasting and consensus demand planning
- Supply chain planning, such as inventory planning, replenishment planning, order promising, production planning, and production scheduling
- Support for the alignment of planning decisions across the enterprise and multiple planning decision layers
- Support for financial impact analysis and planning
The common features of an SCP solution are:
- Advanced analytics and AI
- Digital supply chain twin
- Supply chain design, modeling, and segmentation
- Continuous planning
- Supply chain segmentation
- Multienterprise planning
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- And ultimately, select the platform that’s right for your organization
1. Gartner, 2026 Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Solutions for Process Industries
Gartner, 2026 Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Solutions for Discrete Industries
2. Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Solutions – 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning System of Record – 2014, 2016, 2018
Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Sales and Operations Planning Systems of Differentiation – 2019, 2017, 2015
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