In 2021, the top 10 Supply Chain software vendors accounted for nearly 43.6% of the global SCM market which grew 19.7% to approach nearly $10.3 billion in license, maintenance and subscription revenues.
Last year SAP led the pack with an 11.8% market share, while Oracle was #2, followed by Blue Yonder, E2open, and SPS Commerce.
We ask the simple question: Who’s buying SCM applications from whom and why? And we provide the answers – supported by decades of research – to our clients around the world. (Sample from our Apps Database)
Through our forecast period, the SCM applications market size is expected to reach $12.3 billion by 2026, compared with $10.3 billion in 2021 at a compound annual growth rate of 3.8%.
| Exhibit 2: Worldwide SCM Software Market 2021-2026 Forecast, $M | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 2021 | 2026 | 2021-2026 CAGR, % |
| Total | 10277 | 12354 | 3.8% |
Source: Apps Run The World, September 2022
Top 10 SCM Software Vendors
Supply chain management covers Inventory Optimization (Warehouse Management, Replenishment), Transportation and Logistics (Routing, Scheduling, Carrier/Fleet/Fuel Management), Planning (Advanced Planning and Scheduling, Forecasting, Supply Chain Planning through Execution), Distribution Management (Order Orchestration, Management, Global Trade Management), E-Commerce (POS, Store Inventory & Fulfillment, EDI).
Internet of Things, global trade management are considered growth drivers, offset by retailing woes.
Here are the rankings of the top 10 SCM software vendors in 2021 and their market shares.
| Rank | Vendor Name | 2020 Supply Chain Management Apps Revenues, $M | 2021 Supply Chain Management Apps Revenues, $M | YoY Growth | 2021 Supply Chain Management Market Share, % | Recent Developments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAP | Subscribe | Subscribe | -0.2% | Subscribe | The 2021 acquisition of Signavio is expected to help SAP better compete with fast-growing vendors such as ABBYY Solutions, Blue Prism, and Celonis in the process mining market as well as adjacent space like Supply Chain Management. |
| 2 | Oracle | Subscribe | Subscribe | 4.8% | Subscribe | Since 2015, Oracle has made tremendous headway into the Cloud SCM market by delivering a series of enhancements and accelerated go-live templates, moves that have resonated with hundreds of net new customers including many that find strategic value in a common Oracle cloud platform. Oracle’s Fusion Cloud SCM applications is now exceeding 3,500 customers, compared with about 1,000 in 2018. |
| 3 | Blue Yonder | Subscribe | Subscribe | 5.8% | Subscribe | In September 2021, Panasonic Corporation has completed the acquisition of Blue Yonder, Panasonic has purchased the remaining 80% of shares of Blue Yonder, adding to the 20% which Panasonic acquired in July 2020. More than 3,000 global organizations use Blue Yonder to power their digital supply chains. |
| 4 | E2open, LLC | Subscribe | Subscribe | 46.9% | Subscribe | In March 2022, E2open has acquired Logistyx Technologies, a leader in global parcel and e-commerce shipping and fulfillment technology. In FY21, Logistyx grew in line with e2open’s current growth rate and achieved approximately $40 million in revenue. The combined business is expected to be accretive to e2open’s current organic growth rate given the cross-selling opportunities the combination creates. |
| 5 | SPS Commerce, Inc. | Subscribe | Subscribe | 26.8% | Subscribe | In 2021, SPS Commerce acquired acquired Genius Central Systems, Inc., a leading provider of order processing services and other supply chain products in the natural product industry. Approximately 105,000 customers across approximately 80 countries use SPS Commerce products to expand and optimize the performance of their trading relationships through the network. |
| 6 | Infor | Subscribe | Subscribe | 6.6% | Subscribe | Infor Nexus combines the power of GT Nexus, IoT and Infor Coleman AI to deliver an intelligent supply chain network with a path to the autonomous supply chain. Infor Nexus connects 74,000 companies globally and represents $1 trillion in trade. |
| 7 | Manhattan Associates Inc. | Subscribe | Subscribe | 14.9% | Subscribe | In less than two years, the company have signed approximately 60 customers across 12 countries to Manhattan Active Warehouse Management; nearly half of those deals are with companies new to the Manhattan family. Manhattan Associates has more than 1,200 clients worldwide. |
| 8 | Verizon Connect | Subscribe | Subscribe | -10.7% | Subscribe | Verizon Connect Reveal fleet management platform was launched in 2021. The asset tracker device was built for easy self-installation, customizable check-in rates, and the replaceable battery significantly extends the life of the device and its values. Verizon has the largest GPS fleet management system globally with over 1.9 million vehicles managed through over 80,000 customers. |
| 9 | WiseTech Global | Subscribe | Subscribe | 36.5% | Subscribe | CargoWise revenue of more than $290 million were up 35%, driven by Large Global Freight Forwarder (LGFF) rollouts, new customer wins and increased usage from existing customers. |
| 10 | Descartes Systems Group | Subscribe | Subscribe | 18.3% | Subscribe | In 2021, Descartes Systems made several acquisitions; GreenMile, Portrix Logistics Software (Portrix), QuestaWeb, and VitaDex Solutions. This acquisitions will help Decartes Systems’s customers to improve logistics and supply chain management business processes. |
| Subtotal | Subscribe | Subscribe | 8.6% | Subscribe | ||
| Other | Subscribe | Subscribe | 30.0% | Subscribe | ||
| Total | 8585 | 10277 | 19.7% | 100% |
Source: Apps Run The World, September 2022
Other SCM software providers included in the report are: abas Business Software, ABB, Access Group, Achilles, Adexa, Advanced, Aera Technology, AFAS ERP Software, Allscripts, American Software, Aptean, Aptos, Arena Solutions, Arkieva, Arrowstream, Aspen Technology, CDK Global, Cerner, Comarch SoftM, Concentra Analytics Ltd, Construction Industry Solutions Corp., Dematic, ENGIE Impact, Epicor, ESM Solutions, Exact Holding BV, Exela Technologies, Famous Software, FOURGEN Information Systems, Fourth Ltd, FuturMaster, GAINSystems, Generix Group, GEP, GHX, HCL Technologies Ltd., IBM, IFS, Ignite Technologies, Intelex Technologies, iptor, Kinaxis Inc., Kingdee, Unite (Formerly Mercateo Group), MercuryGate, NCR Corporation, NeoGrid, OM Partners, Omnitracs, One Network Enterprises, ORTEC, Pitney Bowes, Plex Systems Inc, Pronto Software, QAD Inc., Quorum Software, Ramco Systems, Relex Solutions, River Logic, Inc., Roper Technologies, Sage, Sênior Sistemas, Slimstock, SmartERP, SPICA GROUP, SupplyOn, Symphony RetailAI, Synchronoss, Taulia, TechnologyOne Limited, Tecsys, Tigernix Pte Ltd, ToolsGroup, Tradeshift, Transplace, Trimble, UNIT4, Vizient, Vormittag Associates Inc., Yonyou, and others.
Custom data cuts related to the SCM Applications market are available:
- Top 260+ SCM Applications Vendors and Market Forecast 2021-2026
- 2021 SCM Applications Market By Industry (21 Verticals)
- 2021 SCM Applications Market By SCM Segments and Categories
- 2021 SCM Applications Market By Country (USA + 45 countries)
- 2021 SCM Applications Market By Region (Americas, EMEA, APAC)
- 2021 SCM Applications Market By Revenue Type (License, Services, Hardware, Support and Maintenance, Cloud)
- 2021 SCM Applications Market By Customer Size (revenue, employee count, asset)
- 2021 SCM Applications Market By Channel (Direct vs Direct)
- 2021 SCM Applications Market By Product
Exhibit 4 shows the enterprise applications market by functional area. The highest growth functional markets revolve around smaller segments like eCommerce, Enterprise Performance Management, Sales Performance Management and Treasury and Risk, where first movers remain less established than those that for decades have been entrenched in functional areas like ERP, CRM and PLM.
SCM Win/Loss Analysis As Part Of Enterprise Applications Buyer Insight Customer Database
On the buyer side, customers are investing in SCM systems based on new features and capabilities that are expected to replace their existing legacy systems. In many cases, competitive upgrades and replacements that could have a profound impact on future market-share changes will become more widespread.
Since 2010, our global team of researchers have been studying the patterns of the latest SCM software purchases by customers around the world, 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.
Updated continuously, our database features extensive win/loss analysis. Each year our research team identifies tens of thousands of these customer wins and losses from public and proprietary sources.
The research results are being incorporated into regular updates in our Enterprise Applications Buyer Insight Customer Database. You can access the Quarterly Win/Loss Analysis Scoreboard and our Enterprise Applications Buyer Insight Customer Database by becoming a subscriber.
Source: Apps Run The World, September 2022
Further Readings
An expanded version of this report covers the top 260+ SCM Software Vendors, offering in-depth analysis of the market dynamics, vendors’ Strengths, Customers, Opportunities, Risks and Ecosystems as well as their ability to gain Shares (SCORES) within their respective space.
We also offer win-loss analysis of the quarterly wins of these top vendors and whether incumbents and upstarts pose any real threat to their standing amid shifting market requirements and user preferences.
More Enterprise Applications Research Findings
Based on the latest annual survey of 3,000+ enterprise software vendors, Apps Run The World is releasing a number of dedicated reports, which profile the world’s 500 largest Enterprise Applications Vendors (Apps Top 500) and the world’s 500 largest Cloud Applications Vendors (Cloud Top 500) ranked by their 2015-2021 product revenues.
Their 2021 results are being broken down, sorted and ranked across 16 functional areas (from Analytics to Treasury and Risk Management) and by 21 vertical industries(from Aerospace to Utility), as shown in our Taxonomy. Further breakdowns by subvertical, country, company size, etc. are available as custom data cuts per special request.
Research Methodology
Each year our global team of researchers conduct an annual survey of thousands of enterprise software vendors by contacting them directly on their latest quarterly and annual revenues by country, functional area, and vertical market.
We supplement their written responses with our own primary research to determine quarterly and yearly growth rates, In addition to customer wins to ascertain whether these are net new purchases or expansions of existing implementations.
Another dimension of our proactive research process is through continuous improvement of our customer database, which stores more than one million records on the enterprise software landscape of over 100,000 organizations around the world.
The database provides customer insight and contextual information on what types of enterprise software systems and other relevant technologies are they running and their propensity to invest further with their current or new suppliers as part of their overall IT transformation projects to stay competitive, fend off threats from disruptive forces, or comply with internal mandates to improve overall enterprise efficiency.
The result is a combination of supply-side data and demand-generation customer insight that allows our clients to better position themselves in anticipation of the next wave that will reshape the enterprise software marketplace for years to come.
