Apps Purchases: 10+ Million Software Purchases
Founded in 2010, APPS RUN THE WORLD is a leading technology intelligence and market-research company devoted to the application space. Leveraging a rigorous data-centric research methodology, we ask the simple B2B sales intelligence question: Who’s buying enterprise applications from whom and why?
Our global team of 50 researchers has been studying the digital transformation initiatives being undertaken by 2 million + companies including technographic segmentation of 10 million ERP, EPM, CRM, HCM, Procurement, SCM, Treasury software purchases, aggregating massive amounts of data points that form the basis of our forecast assumptions and perhaps the rise and fall of certain vendors and their products on a quarterly basis.
Apps Run The World Buyer Insight and Technographics Customer Database has over 100 data fields that detail company usage of emerging technologies such as AI, Machine Learning, IoT, Blockchain, Autonomous Database, and different on-prem and cloud apps by function, customer size (employees, revenues), industry, country, implementation status, year deal won, partner involvement, Line of Business Key Stakeholders and key decision-makers contact details, including the systems being used by Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 companies.
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Marks & Spencer_x000D_ | Retail | 64000 | $18.1B | United Kingdom | o9 Solutions | o9 AI-powered Digital Brain | Demand Forecasting and Planning | 2024 | n/a | In 2024, Marks & Spencer deployed the o9 AI-powered Digital Brain to consolidate end-to-end planning for its Clothing & Home business, focusing on Demand Forecasting and Planning. The multi-year rollout is scheduled over the next three years, with phase two bringing forecasting and replenishment capabilities onto the platform. The program targets integration of merchandise planning, sales stock and intake, and range planning into a singular enterprise planning environment. o9 AI-powered Digital Brain is configured on a single, extensible data model powered by o9 Solutions' Enterprise Knowledge Graph, providing a unified semantic layer for Merchandise Financial Planning and Assortment Planning. The implementation includes downstream Demand Forecasting and Planning capabilities such as Forecasting, Allocation, Replenishment, Promotion and Markdown Optimization, and Supplier Collaboration covering capacity planning, material planning and purchase order workflows. The deployment emphasizes AI-driven decision support and integrated planning workflows consistent with retail forecasting and replenishment paradigms. Operational scope is scoped to the M&S Clothing & Home business, aligning cross-functional teams and supplier networks into a common planning fabric. The platform centralizes sales stock, intake and range signals to inform allocation and replenishment processes and to coordinate supplier collaboration on capacity and purchase orders. Integrating these planning signals aims to create a single source of truth for assortment, inventory and downstream execution. Governance and process restructuring focus on building greater visibility and collaboration between teams and suppliers and enabling more tailored and localised ranging decisions. Stated objectives include improving planning and availability and using data and AI to inform decision making and future planning. The deployment ties Marks & Spencer, o9 AI-powered Digital Brain and Demand Forecasting and Planning together to enable the Clothing & Home business to respond more quickly to customer needs and emerging trends. | |
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Auchan | Retail | 160407 | $35.3B | France | RELEX Solutions | RELEX Demand Planning | Demand Forecasting and Planning | 2024 | n/a | In 2024, Auchan Retail France expanded its use of RELEX Demand Planning to extend supply chain planning into food e-commerce while retaining coverage for physical stores. This extension builds on a RELEX relationship that began in 2019 and situates the project within the Demand Forecasting and Planning category, applying advanced forecasting and replenishment capabilities to Drives and Home Delivery formats across more than 500 outlets in France. The implementation of RELEX Demand Planning in 2024 includes deployment of delivery flow smoothing and fresh produce optimization modules, and the addition of complementary sales forecast capabilities that incorporate machine learning and weather forecast inputs. Functional emphasis is on demand forecasting, automated replenishment planning, inventory optimization for perishable categories, and improved sales forecast calculations to better match supply with consumer demand. Operational scope for the rollout ties point of sale locations, distribution centers, and upstream preparation and transport flows so that delivery flow smoothing can balance deliveries and resource allocation across stores and DCs. The project spans the supply chain organization, retail operations for Drives and Home Delivery, and inventory planning teams, enabling the planning system to orchestrate replenishment across store and e-commerce fulfillment channels. Project governance is managed by Auchan Retail France’s Supply Chain project department with project manager Julien Henrion overseeing deployment and supply chain leadership defining objectives. Reported outcomes stated by the company include improved demand forecasting, optimized replenishment, reduced waste, higher product availability and freshness, and a stated aim to reduce carbon footprint. | |
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Retail | 84504 | $10.4B | Mexico | RELEX Solutions | RELEX Supply Chain | Supply Chain Management | 2024 | n/a |
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Retail | 84504 | $10.4B | Mexico | RELEX Solutions | RELEX Demand Planning | Demand Forecasting and Planning | 2024 | n/a |
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Manufacturing | 1250 | $342M | Germany | SAP | SAP EWM (Extended Warehouse Management) | Warehouse Management | 2024 | n/a |
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Leisure and Hospitality | 400 | $100M | United States | AvidXchange | AvidBuy | Order Management | 2023 | n/a |
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Retail | 160407 | $35.3B | France | RELEX Solutions | RELEX Automatic Replenishment and Allocation | Allocation and Replenishment | 2024 | n/a |
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Retail | 320 | $35M | Italy | RELEX Solutions | RELEX Supply Chain | Supply Chain Management | 2022 | n/a |
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Automotive | 40640 | $14.5B | Japan | project44 | Movement by project44 | Real-Time Transportation Visibility | 2024 | n/a |
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Retail | 20100 | $9.0B | United States | o9 Solutions | o9 AI-powered Digital Brain | Demand Forecasting and Planning | 2024 | n/a |
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