{
 "updated": "2026-11-07",
 "sources_read": "2026-11-07",
 "read": "7 November 2026",
 "window": {
  "from": "2025-05-01",
  "to": "2026-11-07"
 },
 "what": "Every dated event we could put a source against for the companies on the map, between the window's first and last day: launches, funding, acquisitions, partnerships, rebrands, shutdowns, laws and rules, research. Each `src` is a page a researcher opened that prints the date; a second pass re-opened it and checked the date, the claim, `mode` (assist, agent, always_on), `status` (announced, preview, beta, live) and `human` (what a person still does). No date is inferred.",
 "kinds": {
  "launch": "Product launch",
  "funding": "Funding",
  "acquisition": "Acquisition",
  "partnership": "Partnership",
  "rebrand": "Rebrand",
  "shutdown": "Shutdown",
  "legal": "Law or rule",
  "research": "Research"
 },
 "events": [
  {
   "co": "Blue Yonder",
   "d": "2025-05-06",
   "t": "Blue Yonder unveils AI agents at ICON 2025",
   "desc": "Blue Yonder announced five agents under its Cognitive Solutions, including an Inventory Ops Agent that finds root causes of shortages and configuration errors and suggests fixes such as alternate sourcing.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "inventory_opt",
    "risk"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "announced",
   "src": "https://itsupplychain.com/?p=76265",
   "srcname": "IT Supply Chain",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Trade article states no release dates or general availability for the agents.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Epicor Kinetic",
   "d": "2025-05-06",
   "t": "Epicor makes Prism agents and Grow AI generally available",
   "desc": "At Epicor Insights 2025 Epicor announced general availability of Epicor Prism agentic AI and Epicor Grow AI predictive machine learning, with Prism integrated into Prophet 21 and Kinetic. Epicor says its AI covers more than 200 use cases.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "analytics",
    "copilot"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.silicon.co.uk/press-release/epicor-expands-ai-to-accelerate-productivity-at-scale-for-supply-chain-industries",
   "srcname": "Epicor release via Silicon UK",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Lokad",
   "d": "2025-05-12",
   "t": "Lokad upgrades its supply chain digital assistant",
   "desc": "Lokad upgraded its public supply chain chatbot at lokad.com/chat. It can now write Envision code, cites its sources and gives better answers.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "copilot"
   ],
   "major": false,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.lokad.com/blog/2025/5/12/digital-assistant-for-supply-chain-upgraded/",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "e2open Planning",
   "d": "2025-05-26",
   "t": "WiseTech Global agrees to acquire e2open",
   "desc": "WiseTech's completion release says it announced the e2open deal to the market on 26 May 2025, at $3.30 per share in cash and a $2.1 billion enterprise value.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://www.e2open.com/news/press-releases/wisetech-global-completes-strategic-acquisition-of-e2open",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Date appears in the completion release text, not on a separate announcement page.",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "o9 Solutions",
   "d": "2025-06-03",
   "t": "o9 adds specialized AI agents and self-learning models to the Digital Brain",
   "desc": "o9 announced specialized planning and execution agents that combine generative and agentic AI with its Enterprise Knowledge Graph. It also announced Performance Post-Game-Analysis solutions and no-code and low-code agents. o9 says the capabilities are generally available.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "analytics",
    "copilot",
    "scenario"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://o9solutions.com/news/o9-is-raising-the-bar-for-enterprise-planning-and-execution",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Aera Technology",
   "d": "2025-06-11",
   "t": "Aera adds agentic AI: build Aera Skills with embedded agents",
   "desc": "At AeraHUB 25 London, Aera announced a wave of agentic AI: users build Aera Skills with embedded AI agents that reason and act on natural language instructions, an enhanced Aera Chat, and a Smart Data Wizard that classifies and prepares uploaded data.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "copilot"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "announced",
   "human": "writes the plain-language instructions for each skill",
   "src": "https://www.aeratechnology.com/news/aera-technology-advances-people-centric-decision-intelligence-with-agentic-ai/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "The release gives no availability date; status set to announced.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Board",
   "d": "2025-06-11",
   "t": "Board previews AI agents for FP&A, commercial and supply chain planning",
   "desc": "Board announced Board Agents 'specialized in FP&A, Commercial planning, and Supply Chain planning', a layer of AI-powered planning that will 'soon help automate analysis and guide decision-making'.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent"
   ],
   "major": false,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "announced",
   "src": "https://www.board.com/news/board-reimagines-the-planner-experience-with-ai-powered-agents",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "A preview only. The human step is inferred from the word 'guide'.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "ThroughPut",
   "d": "2025-07-14",
   "t": "ThroughPut and Aankhen launch a SKU-level tariff management product",
   "desc": "ThroughPut and Aankhen announced a joint tariff mitigation product: Aankhen's fiChains supplies SKU-level financial costs to ThroughPut, which prioritizes recommendations. It is 'available globally and deployable via major cloud environments'.",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://throughput.world/press-releases/throughput-ai-and-aankhen-launch-breakthrough-sku-level-tariff-management-decision-acceleration-product/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "The page prints 2025-08-11 at the top and a PRNewswire dateline of 2025-07-14; the dateline date is used.",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "SAP Integrated Business Planning",
   "d": "2025-07-24",
   "t": "SAP adds an AI-assisted Excel add-in to IBP",
   "desc": "The SAP IBP add-in for Microsoft Excel lets planners generate IBP formulas from natural-language input. SAP lists it in its Q2 2025 release highlights as an Early Adopter Care release.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "analytics",
    "copilot"
   ],
   "major": false,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "beta",
   "src": "https://news.sap.com/2025/07/sap-business-ai-release-highlights-q2-2025/",
   "srcname": "SAP News Center",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "e2open Planning",
   "d": "2025-08",
   "t": "WiseTech Global completes its acquisition of e2open",
   "desc": "WiseTech completed the acquisition of e2open for $3.30 per share in cash, an enterprise value of $2.1 billion, fully debt funded.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://www.e2open.com/news/press-releases/wisetech-global-completes-strategic-acquisition-of-e2open",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "The WiseTech release text is dated 3 August 2025 (Sydney); the e2open page shows 13 August 2025 as its posting date.",
   "verified": "fix",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Lyric",
   "d": "2025-08-05",
   "t": "Lyric raises $43.5M Series B led by Insight Partners",
   "desc": "Lyric announced a $43.5M Series B led by Insight Partners, with VMG Partners and PSP Partners new and four existing investors continuing. Total funding is $67M, and the money goes to its algorithm catalog and agentic AI.",
   "k": "funding",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://lyric.tech/blog/built-for-builders-backed-to-scale-43-5m-to-grow-lyric-s-ai-platform",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "Lyric's about page now says more than $80M raised including a $55.5M Series B in 2025. The two pages disagree and the blog figures are used here.",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "ketteQ",
   "d": "2025-08-05",
   "t": "ketteQ raises a $20 million Series B",
   "desc": "ketteQ raised $20 million in Series B funding led by Vocap Partners to expand globally and build on its agentic AI and PolymatiQ engine.",
   "k": "funding",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://www.ketteq.com/blog/ketteq-secures-20m-series-b-funding-to-scale-global-growth-and-ai-powered-planning-innovation",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Anaplan",
   "d": "2025-09-09",
   "t": "Anaplan acquires Syrup Tech, an AI-native supply chain platform for retailers",
   "desc": "Anaplan announced the acquisition of Syrup Tech, 'an AI-native supply chain platform' for retailers and inventory-intensive businesses. Syrup's neural-network engines will join the Anaplan platform to sharpen forecasting, pricing and supply chain risk detection.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://www.anaplan.com/news/anaplan-announces-acquisition-of-syrup-tech/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "Terms not disclosed on the page.",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Kinaxis Maestro",
   "d": "2025-09-12",
   "t": "Kinaxis and Workday join Maestro and Adaptive Planning with an agentic framework",
   "desc": "Kinaxis announced a partnership with Workday to combine an AI-enabled, agentic framework across Maestro and Workday Adaptive Planning. Customers see the finance and workforce impact of supply chain events in real time.",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://investors.kinaxis.com/news-releases/news-release-details/2025/Kinaxis-Announces-New-Partnership-with-Workday-to-Unite-Supply-Chain-Finance-and-Workforce-Planning/default.aspx",
   "srcname": "Vendor investor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "John Galt Solutions",
   "d": "2025-09-16",
   "t": "John Galt adds GenAI explanations to Atlas inventory and forecasting",
   "desc": "John Galt expanded explainable AI in Atlas. Galt Intelligence, its GenAI assistant, explains multi-echelon inventory optimization and ensemble forecast results so planners can understand and trust them.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "copilot",
    "forecasting",
    "inventory_opt"
   ],
   "major": false,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "announced",
   "src": "https://www.newswire.com/news/john-galt-solutions-expands-atlas-planning-platforms-explainable-ai-to-22641170",
   "srcname": "Newswire (John Galt release)",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "o9 Solutions",
   "d": "2025-09-17",
   "t": "o9 partners with Databricks",
   "desc": "o9 and Databricks joined so that data in Databricks flows into the o9 Digital Brain through Delta Sharing, to run supply chain models and what-if scenarios faster.",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://o9solutions.com/news/o9-partners-with-databricks-to-accelerate-time-to-value-for-supply-chain-planning",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Katana",
   "d": "2025-10-02",
   "t": "Katana raises EUR 14M Series B extension",
   "desc": "Katana announced 'EUR 14 million in extension of its Series B funding round', led by Cogito Capital Partners, with the Fenton/Greer Family Trust (Peter Fenton of Benchmark) and existing investors Northzone, Atomico, 42Cap and Lightrock. Katana says it has tripled revenue since its 2022 Series B and total funding now exceeds EUR 60M.",
   "k": "funding",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://markets.financialcontent.com/pennwell.laserfocusworld/article/bizwire-2025-10-2-katana-extends-series-b-with-cogito-capital-as-lead-joined-by-benchmarks-peter-fenton",
   "srcname": "Business Wire (FinancialContent reprint)",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "OMP Unison Planning",
   "d": "2025-10-02",
   "t": "OMP launches UnisonIQ",
   "desc": "UnisonIQ is an AI orchestration framework inside Unison Planning, with always-on agents, the Unison Companion generative AI assistant and optimization engines.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "copilot",
    "scenario"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "always_on",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "directs the agents and sets how far they act alone",
   "src": "https://www.newswire.com/news/omp-unveils-unisoniq-the-ai-breakthrough-transforming-supply-chain-22650746",
   "srcname": "Newswire (OMP release)",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Oracle NetSuite",
   "d": "2025-10-07",
   "t": "NetSuite opens SuiteCloud to AI models and custom agents",
   "desc": "At SuiteWorld Oracle announced an AI Connector Service built on MCP, SuiteAgent frameworks for building agents on SuiteCloud, and Ask Oracle in NetSuite Next that understands a customer's customizations.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "copilot",
    "mcp"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "announced",
   "src": "https://seekingalpha.com/pr/20257777-netsuite-expands-suitecloud-platform-with-new-ai-innovations",
   "srcname": "Oracle release via Seeking Alpha",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "The release uses 'will enable' for several parts; availability varies by feature.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Kinaxis Maestro",
   "d": "2025-10-17",
   "t": "Kinaxis launches Maestro Agents",
   "desc": "Maestro Agents are AI co-workers embedded in Maestro. They analyze live data, flag issues, weigh supplier capacity, inventory and schedules, and recommend next-best actions with explainable reasoning.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "analytics",
    "copilot",
    "risk"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://investors.kinaxis.com/news-releases/news-release-details/2025/Kinaxis-Accelerates-Agentic-Era-for-Supply-Chain-Orchestration-with-the-Launch-of-Maestro-Agents/default.aspx",
   "srcname": "Vendor investor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management",
   "d": "2025-10-21",
   "t": "Microsoft previews an agent-ready roadmap for Finance and Supply Chain",
   "desc": "At a roadmap session Microsoft leaders previewed a catalog of AI agents for Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain, from demand forecasting to procurement and reconciliation, and described the next phase as agentic work.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "forecasting"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "announced",
   "human": "Not stated; roadmap preview only",
   "src": "https://dynamicscommunities.com/news/microsoft-shares-an-agent-ready-roadmap-for-dynamics-365-finance-supply-chain/",
   "srcname": "Dynamics Communities",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Community-site report of a session; no feature dates in the part read.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "SAP Integrated Business Planning",
   "d": "2025-10-22",
   "t": "SAP adds AI-assisted forecast results analysis to IBP",
   "desc": "A generative AI summary inside the planning interface explains why the best-fit algorithm was chosen and recommends ways to improve accuracy. SAP lists it as an Early Adopter Care release and cites 25 percent faster forecast analysis.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "analytics",
    "copilot",
    "forecasting"
   ],
   "major": false,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "beta",
   "src": "https://news.sap.com/2025/10/sap-business-ai-release-highlights-q3-2025/",
   "srcname": "SAP News Center",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Intuendi",
   "d": "2025-10-31",
   "t": "Intuendi upgrades the Symphonie AI assistant",
   "desc": "Intuendi said Symphonie, its AI assistant, is now more deeply integrated in the platform: it queries data in real time, answers instantly and suggests what action to take next.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "analytics",
    "copilot"
   ],
   "major": false,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://intuendi.com/resource-center/meet-the-new-symphonie-the-ai-assistant-thats-changed-demand-planning-forever/",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "ketteQ",
   "d": "2025-11-11",
   "t": "ketteQ ships the Fall 2025 Oslo release",
   "desc": "ketteQ announced general availability of its Fall 2025 Oslo release: multi-stage synchronized solves across demand, supply and allocation, supply chain intelligence inside CRM, and side-by-side scenario comparison before execution.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "scenario",
    "supply_plan"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.ketteq.com/blog/ketteq-announces-fall-2025-oslo-release-advancing-the-era-of-agentic-supply-chain-planning",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "John Galt Solutions",
   "d": "2025-11-18",
   "t": "John Galt partners with Treefera for first-mile supply risk data",
   "desc": "John Galt and Treefera partnered to bring Treefera's AI-enabled first-mile commodity visibility into the Atlas planning platform for sourcing and risk decisions.",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://www.newswire.com/news/john-galt-solutions-and-treefera-deliver-a-new-era-of-intelligent-22677600",
   "srcname": "Newswire (John Galt release)",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Fulcrum",
   "d": "2025-11-19",
   "t": "Fulcrum and Datanomix link planning and live production tracking",
   "desc": "Datanomix and Fulcrum announced a partnership and integration that joins job planning, scheduling and live production tracking, without middleware or manual data entry.",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://fulcrumpro.com/article/announcing-a-new-partnership-fulcrum-x-datanomix",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "RELEX Solutions",
   "d": "2025-11-20",
   "t": "RELEX launches AI-assisted Diagnostics",
   "desc": "RELEX launched AI-Assisted Diagnostics for retailers and distributors. Purpose-built AI agents analyze operational data, find the root cause of stockouts, spoilage and excess stock, and recommend corrective actions.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "analytics"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.relexsolutions.com/news/relex-solutions-launches-ai-assisted-diagnostics-to-identify-root-causes-and-prevent-lost-sales/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "The release says future agents will take the corrective actions; today the agents find causes and recommend.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "ToolsGroup",
   "d": "2025-12-02",
   "t": "ToolsGroup joins SO99+ planning with PriceAI",
   "desc": "ToolsGroup integrated its SO99+ demand planning with its AI-driven PriceAI platform, so pricing and allocation follow supply. It calls this the first inventory-aware demand shaping solution, shown at the Gartner Supply Chain Planning Summit.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "forecasting",
    "inventory_opt"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "announced",
   "src": "https://www.toolsgroup.com/news/toolsgroup-to-debut-the-first-inventory-aware-demand-shaping-solution/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "paretos",
   "d": "2025-12-03",
   "t": "EY and paretos partner on agentic planning for European enterprises",
   "desc": "EY and paretos announced a partnership around 'Agentic Decision Intelligence' for 'demand forecasting, inventory management and production planning'. 'The partnership launches with a one-year evaluation phase.' Gartner counts paretos among nine representative European Decision Intelligence vendors.",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://paretos.com/en-newsrooms/ey-and-paretos-bring-intelligence-to-european-enterprise-planning",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Anaplan",
   "d": "2025-12-09",
   "t": "Anaplan launches the Supply Chain Analyst agent",
   "desc": "Anaplan introduced role-based AI agents, including the Supply Chain Analyst, which 'surfaces risks and opportunities, runs scenarios, enables end-to-end visibility' and coordinates demand and supply planning. The release says the agents are 'now available to customers'.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "risk",
    "scenario"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "approves changes before the agent executes them",
   "src": "https://www.anaplan.com/news/anaplan-introduces-new-suite-role-based-ai-agents/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "SAP Integrated Business Planning",
   "d": "2026-01-14",
   "t": "SAP makes Joule explain IBP supply optimization runs",
   "desc": "Joule explains why an optimizer run left demand unmet or inventory targets missed, and planners can ask it questions about the run. SAP lists it as generally available.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "analytics",
    "copilot",
    "supply_plan"
   ],
   "major": false,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://news.sap.com/2026/01/sap-business-ai-release-highlights-q4-2025/",
   "srcname": "SAP News Center",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Logility Supply Chain Management Suite",
   "d": "2026-01-16",
   "t": "Aptean acquires OpsVeda for Logility",
   "desc": "Aptean bought OpsVeda, an AI-powered operations command center, to add an agentic execution layer to Logility's planning and optimization software.",
   "k": "acquisition",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://www.logility.com/press-release/aptean-acquires-opsveda/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "GAINS",
   "d": "2026-01-21",
   "t": "GAINS signs global partnership with NEOS by Argon & Co",
   "desc": "NEOS by Argon & Co, a supply chain systems integrator, will implement and integrate the GAINS Decision Engineering and Orchestration platform for global customers.",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://gainsystems.com/blog/gains-partnership-with-neos-by-argon-co/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "John Galt Solutions",
   "d": "2026-01-21",
   "t": "John Galt announces agentic AI in Atlas",
   "desc": "John Galt announced the availability of agentic AI in its Atlas Planning Platform. It gives explainable recommendations that teams can review, approve or override at any time.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "copilot"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "reviews, approves or overrides each recommendation",
   "src": "https://www.newswire.com/news/john-galt-solutions-agentic-ai-accelerates-context-aware-supply-chain-6119549",
   "srcname": "Newswire (John Galt release)",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "SYSPRO",
   "d": "2026-01-21",
   "t": "Syspro unveils new brand and previews AI Studio and Marketplace",
   "desc": "Syspro unveiled a new brand and described Syspro AI Studio, 'an adaptable, practical environment engineered for building and deploying AI models and agents', and a Syspro Marketplace as 'entering the next phase of development'. The article says the acquisitions of NexSys, DataSCOPE, riteSOFT, Cadacus IP and Evocon have expanded Syspro's footprint.",
   "k": "rebrand",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://salestechstar.com/?p=257933",
   "srcname": "SalesTechStar (Syspro release)",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "The release says AI Studio and Marketplace are 'entering the next phase of development'. The acquisition dates are not in the release.",
   "verified": "fix",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Kinaxis Maestro",
   "d": "2026-02-05",
   "t": "Kinaxis introduces Maestro Agent Studio",
   "desc": "A no-code builder lets supply chain teams compose their own AI agents on Maestro data, workflows and tools. It works with OpenAI GPT and Google Gemini. Kinaxis plans orchestrator agents later in 2026.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "builds each agent and keeps human-in-the-loop oversight",
   "src": "https://investors.kinaxis.com/news-releases/news-release-details/2026/Kinaxis-Introduces-Maestro-Agent-Studio-Unlocking-Next-Level-Decision-Making-Through-Composable-AI-Agents/default.aspx",
   "srcname": "Vendor investor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain Planning",
   "d": "2026-02-10",
   "t": "Oracle adds planning agents to Fusion Cloud SCM",
   "desc": "Oracle announced prebuilt agents built with AI Agent Studio, including a Planning Cycle Agent that retrieves, assigns and updates planning tasks and a Planning Measure Expression Agent that turns business questions into planning calculations. Oracle says they carry no additional cost.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "analytics",
    "copilot"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "reviews task assignments and the calculations the agent drafts",
   "src": "https://itbrief.co.uk/story/oracle-adds-ai-agents-across-crm-supply-chain-apps",
   "srcname": "IT Brief",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "Release says the agents are embedded and prebuilt but does not say 'available now'.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Netstock",
   "d": "2026-02-18",
   "t": "Netstock names its Safety Stock Explainer and Inventory Email Agents",
   "desc": "In a growth release Netstock said it introduced Safety Stock Explainer and Inventory Email Agents in December, built on its Opportunity Engine, and plans to move toward agentic AI with human oversight.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "copilot",
    "inventory_opt"
   ],
   "major": false,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.netstock.com/blog/netstock-achieves-29-growth-as-smbs-move-from-ai-evaluation-to-execution/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "The release dated 2026-02-18 says the features arrived 'in December'; the year is not printed in that sentence, so the event uses the release date.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "GAINS",
   "d": "2026-02-24",
   "t": "GAINS reports record 2025 and its new AI Lead Time Prediction",
   "desc": "GAINS said it closed 2025 with its strongest quarter and named its new AI-powered Lead Time Prediction. It says it embedded machine learning and intelligent agents in DEO decision workflows, including replenishment and purchase order automation.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "inventory_opt",
    "replenishment"
   ],
   "major": false,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://gainsystems.com/blog/gains-sets-record-2025-growth-with-ai-driven-supply-chain-platform/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "A results release, not a launch notice; it names Lead Time Prediction as new but gives no launch date.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "ketteQ",
   "d": "2026-02-25",
   "t": "ketteQ makes Intelligent Digital Planning Agents generally available",
   "desc": "PolymatiQ-powered agents run on top of SAP IBP, Oracle, Kinaxis, Blue Yonder, o9, Logility or on ketteQ itself, and watch demand, supply and inventory continuously.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "risk",
    "supply_plan"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "always_on",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "not stated; the release says decisions are governed and explainable",
   "src": "https://www.ketteq.com/blog/ketteq-introduces-intelligent-digital-agents-that-augment-any-supply-chain-planning-system",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "OMP Unison Planning",
   "d": "2026-03-03",
   "t": "OMP unveils Unison Decision-Centric Planning",
   "desc": "A new approach built on UnisonIQ uses event-driven agents that assess opportunities and risks continuously and tie decisions to strategic and financial goals.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "risk",
    "sop"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "always_on",
   "status": "announced",
   "human": "applies judgment to the scenarios the agents raise",
   "src": "https://www.newswire.com/news/omp-unveils-decision-centric-planning-to-accelerate-supply-chain-22738009",
   "srcname": "Newswire (OMP release)",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "RELEX Solutions",
   "d": "2026-03-09",
   "t": "RELEX shows AI agents for forecasting and replenishment",
   "desc": "RELEX published a demo of its agents for forecasting and replenishment, in three layers: an insight engine that explains the why, a strategic partner that turns goals into action, and execution support for every team.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "forecasting",
    "replenishment"
   ],
   "major": false,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.relexsolutions.com/resources/meet-the-relex-forecasting-replenishment-ai-agents/",
   "srcname": "Vendor resource page",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Dated demo page; the page does not say general availability.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Blue Yonder",
   "d": "2026-03-11",
   "t": "Blue Yonder adds manufacturing and retail planning agents and an Orchestrator app",
   "desc": "Blue Yonder said new manufacturing agents 'boost planner productivity by automating issue detection and resolution across demand, supply, and inventory plans', with a natural-language orchestrator for scenario generation and comparison, enhanced Merchandise Financial Planning and Assortment Planning agents, and an Orchestrator mobile app.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "copilot",
    "scenario",
    "supply_plan"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "announced",
   "human": "acts on the agents' briefs and prioritized actions",
   "src": "https://logisticsviewpoints.com/2026/03/12/blue-yonder-expands-agentic-ai-and-mobile-experiences-for-industry-specific-supply-chain-execution/",
   "srcname": "Logistics Viewpoints",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Two trade pages print March 2026 (13 and 17 March) and the exact release day was not confirmed; availability dates are not given.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Kinaxis Maestro",
   "d": "2026-03-16",
   "t": "Kinaxis reports up to 12x faster optimization in testing with NVIDIA cuOpt",
   "desc": "In testing on a semiconductor planning model with nearly 50 million decision variables, Kinaxis 'achieved up to a 12X reduction in total end-to-end calculation time', from more than three hours to about 17 minutes, using GPU-accelerated NVIDIA cuOpt integrated in Maestro. The release gives no availability date.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "scenario",
    "supply_plan"
   ],
   "major": false,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "preview",
   "src": "https://investors.kinaxis.com/news-releases/news-release-details/2026/Kinaxis-Advances-Large-Scale-Supply-Chain-Optimization-with-NVIDIA-AI/default.aspx",
   "srcname": "Vendor investor release",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Release describes test results and a GTC 2026 session, not a general release.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Acumatica Manufacturing Edition",
   "d": "2026-03-24",
   "t": "Acumatica 2026 R1 adds AI Studio and in-transit visibility to MRP and DRP",
   "desc": "2026 R1 gave customers AI Studio to build AI-powered workflows and experimental AI Assistant access, and let MRP and DRP count inventory already in transit between locations. It also added a Shop Floor Kiosk.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "copilot",
    "mrp"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.acumatica.com/corporate-newsroom/press-releases/2026-r1-for-manufacturers-distributors-and-retailers/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "AI Assistant was experimental access in R1, with general availability promised later in 2026.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "o9 Solutions",
   "d": "2026-03-26",
   "t": "o9 launches the APEX model",
   "desc": "o9 introduced APEX, a set of agile, adaptive and autonomous planning and execution capabilities on a next-generation Enterprise Knowledge Graph with neuro-symbolic AI. It senses risks, builds scenarios, learns from plan deviations and progressively automates governed decisions.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "risk",
    "scenario",
    "sop"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "announced",
   "src": "https://o9solutions.com/news/o9-apex-ai-planning-model",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Logility Supply Chain Management Suite",
   "d": "2026-04-07",
   "t": "Logility DemandAI+ ships prebuilt agents on Aptean AppCentral",
   "desc": "DemandAI+ now comes with prebuilt agents that review forecast accuracy, retrieve history and forecasts, detect trends and flag model training needs. Each agent can run on its own or with a planner in the loop.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "analytics",
    "forecasting"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "decides where an agent acts alone and where a planner steps in",
   "src": "https://www.logility.com/press-release/demandai-on-aptean-appcentral/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Arkieva",
   "d": "2026-04-08",
   "t": "Arkieva named a Challenger in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for process industries and lists its AI work",
   "desc": "Arkieva was named a Challenger in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Solutions: Process Industries, its 11th straight year. It lists 'GenAI functionality embedded at no additional cost', cluster-based demand forecasting and scenario-driven planning.",
   "k": "research",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://arkieva.com/?p=6229",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "SAP Integrated Business Planning",
   "d": "2026-04-14",
   "t": "SAP adds MRO inventory analysis and an AI planning add-in to IBP",
   "desc": "SAP lists generally available AI-assisted MRO inventory analysis, with plain-language drivers behind safety stock and reorder points, and an Excel add-in that writes formulas from natural language.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "analytics",
    "copilot",
    "inventory_opt"
   ],
   "major": false,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://news.sap.com/2026/04/sap-business-ai-release-highlights-q1-2026/",
   "srcname": "SAP News Center",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management",
   "d": "2026-04-20",
   "t": "2026 wave 1 adds price-to-demand correlation and CTP date protection",
   "desc": "The wave 1 2026 release plan adds demand planning that finds correlations between sales prices and demand, Planning Optimization protection of confirmed capable-to-promise dates, and a Supplier Communication Agent that accepts Excel attachments.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "forecasting",
    "supply_plan"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "announced",
   "src": "https://stoneridgesoftware.com/dynamics-365-finance-supply-chain-management-2026-wave-1-release-breakdown/",
   "srcname": "Stoneridge Software (partner blog)",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Date is the partner blog's. Microsoft's own release-plan page (listed in row sources) prints no date and says the wave covers April to September 2026.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "GAINS",
   "d": "2026-04-22",
   "t": "GAINS and Miebach announce a strategic collaboration",
   "desc": "GAINS and Miebach, a supply chain consulting and engineering firm, will combine GAINS planning with Miebach transformation work.",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://gainsystems.com/blog/gains-and-miebach-announce-collaboration-to-advance-supply-chain-planning-performance/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Infor CloudSuite Industrial",
   "d": "2026-04-22",
   "t": "Infor Industry AI grows to 100+ agents with an Agentic Orchestrator",
   "desc": "Infor's April 2026 release expanded its Industry AI Agent library to more than 100 agents and upgraded the Agentic Orchestrator with supervisor-led coordination, native MCP connectivity to Infor and non-Infor systems, and observability into agent reasoning.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "mcp"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "Reviews agent reasoning before agents go to production",
   "src": "https://www.infor.com/en-ca/blog/infor-industry-ai-2026-04-release",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Logility Supply Chain Management Suite",
   "d": "2026-04-28",
   "t": "Logility launches Orchestration Center",
   "desc": "An agentic AI layer unifies planning, production, supplier management and transportation. Agents evaluate, decide and execute within guardrails, and the layer can manage third-party systems.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "risk",
    "scenario"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "always_on",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "sets the guardrails and handles escalated cases",
   "src": "https://www.logility.com/press-release/orchestration-center-for-supply-chain-leaders/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Aera Technology",
   "d": "2026-05-04",
   "t": "Aera introduces agentic reasoning for enterprise decisions",
   "desc": "Aera introduced agentic reasoning that lets users 'move from a question to a validated action in a single conversation'. It lists Automatic Discovery, Business Reasoning, Adjacent Risk and Opportunity Detection, Enterprise Context Awareness, Governed Execution and Handoff, and Continuous Learning.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "copilot",
    "risk"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "announced",
   "human": "approves actions where the governance settings require it",
   "src": "https://www.aeratechnology.com/news/aera-technology-introduces-agentic-reasoning-for-enterprise-decisions-moving-from-situation-to-action-in-one-conversation/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "The release gives no availability date; status set to announced. Dateline is the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium in Orlando.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "o9 Solutions",
   "d": "2026-05-05",
   "t": "o9 launches a connected application on Snowflake",
   "desc": "o9 announced a Connected Application for Snowflake. Data in Snowflake feeds o9 planning models directly, and decision outputs write back to Snowflake.",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://o9solutions.com/news/o9-snowflake-connected-application",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Intuendi",
   "d": "2026-05-06",
   "t": "Intuendi makes Symphonie agentic",
   "desc": "Intuendi announced the next evolution of Symphonie, an in-app agentic assistant for forecasting, inventory, procurement and planning that can execute tasks such as tuning forecasts or supplier lead times with the user's approval.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "copilot"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "Approves each task Symphonie proposes",
   "src": "https://intuendi.com/resource-center/unveiling-the-next-evolution-of-symphonie-and-a-shift-toward-fully-agentic-supply-chain-intelligence/",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "RELEX Solutions",
   "d": "2026-05-07",
   "t": "RELEX introduces RELEX Open",
   "desc": "RELEX Open lets customers deploy proven planning capabilities, connect their own AI agents and systems to RELEX through open protocols and MCP, and extend the platform. The release says early deployments of extensibility and AI connectivity are in pilot environments.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "mcp"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "preview",
   "src": "https://www.relexsolutions.com/news/relex-launches-relex-open-giving-customers-three-ways-to-accelerate-ai-adoption/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Fulcrum",
   "d": "2026-05-08",
   "t": "Fulcrum shows Archie AI in beta at Connect 2026",
   "desc": "At its user conference Fulcrum let customers try Archie, its AI embedded in the ERP. It surfaced jobs at risk of running late, invoice totals and stale open jobs. Fulcrum said Archie would get write access to take real action in three to six months, and showed MCP and API use for custom dashboards.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "copilot",
    "mcp"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "beta",
   "src": "https://fulcrumpro.com/article/connect-2026-fulcrum-customers-are-building-their-own-software",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "Fulcrum's own recap lists gaps: inventory queries were hit or miss and some complex questions timed out.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Blue Yonder",
   "d": "2026-05-18",
   "t": "Blue Yonder and NVIDIA announce the Model Training Factory",
   "desc": "Blue Yonder announced a Model Training Factory built on NVIDIA Nemotron to produce models that run multi-step supply chain workflows on their own, to power its next generation of agents.",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": true,
   "src": "https://blueyonder.com/blog/2026/day-one-icon-recap",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Cosmo Tech",
   "d": "2026-05-18",
   "t": "Gartner names Cosmo Tech the company to beat in supply chain intelligent simulation",
   "desc": "Cosmo Tech reports that Gartner's AI Vendor Race research, published 2026-05-18, names it 'the company to beat for supply chain intelligent simulation'. The full report is open to Gartner clients only.",
   "k": "research",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://cosmotech.com/resources/article/gartner-named-cosmo-tech-in-the-reprt-ai-vendor-race-2026/",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "The date is when Gartner published the research, as the vendor page states. The Gartner report itself was not opened.",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Blue Yonder",
   "d": "2026-05-19",
   "t": "Blue Yonder launches Cognitive Solution for Production Planning and Scheduling",
   "desc": "The new solution links demand-driven supply planning to the factory floor and builds feasible plans around material and capacity availability. Dynamic constraint management shows the financial effect of supply disruptions in near real time.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "scenario",
    "scheduling",
    "supply_plan"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://diginomica.com/node/30539",
   "srcname": "diginomica",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Date is the diginomica article date for day two of ICON 2026; the Business Wire release was not readable.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "GAINS",
   "d": "2026-05-19",
   "t": "GAINS and On Time Edge form a partnership for manufacturers",
   "desc": "On Time Edge and GAINS partnered to bring GAINS planning and optimization to mid-market manufacturers, with On Time Edge handling integration with production planning and manufacturing systems.",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://gainsystems.com/blog/on-time-edge-and-gains-bring-advanced-supply-chainoptimization-within-reach-for-more-manufacturers/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Epicor Kinetic",
   "d": "2026-05-20",
   "t": "Epicor adds Agent Foundry, Lux and an MRP Log Agent to Prism",
   "desc": "At Insights 2026 Epicor introduced Lux (an agentic design system), Prism Agent Foundry (a guided workspace to build and customize agents) and new Prism agents, including an MRP Log Agent that \"analyzes MRP output logs so users can better understand why MRP recommendations were made\". It says more than 30 further agents are in development.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "mcp",
    "mrp"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://salestechstar.com/predictive-ai-artificial-intelligence/epicor-introduces-agentic-ai-stack-to-power-action-across-erp-workflows/",
   "srcname": "SalesTechStar (Epicor release)",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Epicor's own release page was blocked, so the date is the reprint's. The reprint mixes 'now available' and 'forthcoming' agents and does not say which status applies to the MRP Log Agent.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "AIMMS SC Navigator",
   "d": "2026-05-21",
   "t": "AIMMS releases SENSAI Pro, an AI chat window in SC Navigator",
   "desc": "SC Navigator 26.6.1 ships SENSAI Pro, an AI-powered chat window that lets users edit data, run optimizations and compare scenarios by asking, such as adding a warehouse with its lanes or generating several demand scenarios in one request. It was free until 2026-07-01.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "copilot",
    "network",
    "scenario"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://community.aimms.com/product-updates/sc-navigator-26-6-1-1978",
   "srcname": "Vendor changelog",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "ToolsGroup",
   "d": "2026-05-27",
   "t": "ToolsGroup launches Decion, an agentic AI platform",
   "desc": "ToolsGroup launched Decion at its Engage conference in Milan. It continuously monitors supply chain conditions, evaluates risk, recommends corrective actions and executes approved actions within human-defined guardrails.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "forecasting",
    "risk",
    "scenario"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "always_on",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "Defines the guardrails and approves actions beyond them",
   "src": "https://www.toolsgroup.com/news/toolsgroup-introduces-new-era-of-ai-powered-self-steering-supply-chains/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Optilogic",
   "d": "2026-06-03",
   "t": "Optilogic launches Ada, an agentic AI system for supply chain design",
   "desc": "Optilogic announced general availability of Ada, which can cleanse and enrich data, build baseline models, analyze scenarios and deploy insights, through a chat interface built into its platform. More than 40 customers validated it in an early adopter program.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "copilot",
    "network",
    "scenario"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "owns the strategy, validates every output and makes the final call",
   "src": "https://optilogic.com/resources/post/optilogic-launches-ada-the-first-agentic-ai-system-purpose-built-for-supply-chain-design",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "A MarTech Series repost prints 2026-06-04; the vendor page prints 2026-06-03.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "ThroughPut",
   "d": "2026-06-03",
   "t": "ThroughPut's ELI listed on the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace",
   "desc": "ThroughPut announced that ELI, its AI-powered bottleneck and outlier detection system, is available to US Department of War customers on the SBIR aisle of the CDAO Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace.",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://throughput.world/press-releases/throughput-ai-now-available-on-sbir-aisle-of-cdaos-tradewinds-solutions-marketplace",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "ThroughPut",
   "d": "2026-06-09",
   "t": "ThroughPut now sold through Carahsoft",
   "desc": "ThroughPut announced that ELI is available through reseller Carahsoft, giving government and commercial buyers a purchasing route. The release says the platform senses shifts in maintenance and usage demand and prescribes inventory rebalancing ranked by operational criticality.",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://throughput.world/press-releases/throughput-ai-now-available-through-carahsoft-expanding-government-and-commercial-access-to-ai-powered-predictive-supply-chain-decision-intelligence",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Slimstock",
   "d": "2026-06-16",
   "t": "Slimstock becomes an official SAP partner",
   "desc": "Slimstock became an official SAP partner with a validated integration between Slim4 and SAP S/4HANA and older SAP systems. It pulls live inventory parameters from SAP and sends optimized replenishment and safety stock settings back.",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://www.slimstock.com/about-us/news/slimstock-solidifies-industry-leadership-as-an-official-sap-partner/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Inventory Planner",
   "d": "2026-06-17",
   "t": "Inventory Planner gets Sage Copilot with a Retail Intelligence Agent (beta)",
   "desc": "Sage Copilot for Inventory Planner, powered by Sage Ai, shows insights in the planning workflow. Its Retail Intelligence Agent flags what to reorder first, late purchase orders and anomalies. It is in beta for Premium customers.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "analytics",
    "copilot"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "beta",
   "src": "https://help.inventory-planner.com/en/articles/13843704-sage-copilot-for-inventory-planner",
   "srcname": "Vendor help center",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "The date is the help article's printed date and may be an update date. The vendor page for Sage Copilot carries 2026-03-25 only in page metadata.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Board",
   "d": "2026-06-24",
   "t": "Board introduces the Supply Chain Agent and Merchandiser Agent",
   "desc": "Board announced the availability of its Supply Chain Agent, which helps organizations 'move from reactive supply chain management toward more proactive and resilient decision-making' by 'continuously evaluating changing business conditions and surfacing recommended actions'. A Merchandiser Agent was announced with it.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "risk",
    "scenario"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "always_on",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "remains in control of approvals, trade-offs and material business decisions",
   "src": "https://www.board.com/news/agentic-continuous-planning-supply-chain-merchandiser-ai-agents",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Mode set from the vendor's 'continuously review changing business conditions and suggest actions'; Board also says it is built for human-in-the-loop planning, not rigid automation.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "ProShop ERP",
   "d": "2026-06-24",
   "t": "ProShop unveils Chip, an AI built for precision manufacturing",
   "desc": "ProShop unveiled Chip at its Cutting Edge virtual summit. Chip captures a shop's knowledge from every work order, routing, cycle time and scheduling call, and ProShop says it supports more accurate quoting and dynamic scheduling with real-time what-if analysis.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "copilot",
    "risk",
    "scenario",
    "scheduling"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "announced",
   "src": "https://proshoperp.com/news/proshop-unveils-chip-first-system-of-execution-built-precision-manufacturing/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "The release says 'unveiled'; the homepage presents Chip as the product, but which features ship today is not itemized.",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Cosmo Tech",
   "d": "2026-06-29",
   "t": "Michelin selects Cosmo Tech AI simulation for S&OP tactical supply planning",
   "desc": "Michelin selected Cosmo Tech for ATS2 ('AI-powered Tactical Supply Simulation'), part of its Sales & Operations Planning cycle. In the first step, supply chain teams generate and test supply-demand scenarios 'while strictly respecting Michelin's business rules and operational constraints'. The release does not say it is live.",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://cosmotech.com/company/news/press-release/michelin-deploys-cosmo-tech-ai-simulation-to-strengthen-sales-and-operations-tactical-supply-planning-decision-making/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "A customer deployment announced by the vendor, not a new Cosmo Tech product. The release does not state go-live in plain terms.",
   "verified": "fix",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain Planning",
   "d": "2026-06-29",
   "t": "Oracle adds inventory optimization and an inventory agentic application to Cloud SCM",
   "desc": "Oracle added multi-echelon inventory optimization that sets safety stock targets across the network, an Inventory Optimization Advisor Agent, and the Inventory Planning Command Center agentic application. Oracle says they are available now.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "inventory_opt",
    "risk"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "handles exceptions and decisions that need human judgment",
   "src": "https://finviz.com/news/364580/oracle-adds-new-fusion-agentic-applications-to-help-customers-improve-supply-chain-performance",
   "srcname": "Oracle release (Finviz wire copy)",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Anaplan",
   "d": "2026-06-30",
   "t": "Anaplan announces the Agentic Enterprise, with supply chain agent suites due by year end",
   "desc": "Anaplan introduced the Agentic Enterprise, an AI-driven decision infrastructure. It expects to deliver complete suites of domain-specific, skills-based agents for supply chain, plus HR and sales, by the end of 2026, after the CFO agents in October.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "announced",
   "human": "people stay in the loop; Anaplan says the model 'combines the best of humans and agents'",
   "src": "https://www.anaplan.com/news/anaplan-introduces-the-agentic-enterprise/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "The supply chain agents are described as upcoming. The human step is a general Anaplan claim from a search summary, not a quote from the page opened.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Slimstock",
   "d": "2026-06-30",
   "t": "Slimstock and Sage partner on AI-powered orchestration for Sage X3",
   "desc": "Slimstock announced an official partnership with Sage that integrates the Slim4 platform with Sage X3, with real-time data exchange and AI-powered demand forecasts for X3 customers.",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://www.slimstock.com/about-us/news/slimstock-official-partnership-with-sage-to-deliver-ai-powered-supply-chain-orchestration/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Katana",
   "d": "2026-07-14",
   "t": "Katana launches AI replenishment with a 12-month forecast",
   "desc": "Katana now turns sales history into a 12-month demand forecast, three order scenarios (minimum, recommended, maximum), safety stock and a draft PO or MO in one flow. Users can type context such as a marketing push and see the forecast update.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "forecasting",
    "inventory_opt",
    "replenishment",
    "scenario"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://katanamrp.com/blog/ai-replenishment/",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "John Galt Solutions",
   "d": "2026-07-20",
   "t": "John Galt adds conversational AI, AI trade promotion analytics and scenario planning to Atlas",
   "desc": "John Galt announced its latest Atlas release: a streamlined interface, scenario planning through simple configuration, 'AI-powered analytics' for trade promotion effectiveness, and conversational AI.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "analytics",
    "copilot",
    "scenario"
   ],
   "major": false,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.johngalt.com/learn/press-releases/john-galt-accelerates-path-from-insight-to-action-with-atlas-enhancements",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "o9 Solutions",
   "d": "2026-07-23",
   "t": "o9 reports over 10x faster optimization with NVIDIA cuOpt",
   "desc": "o9 reported that NVIDIA cuOpt on B200 GPUs solved a production-representative linear program of about 30 million variables in 57.4 seconds against 661.7 seconds on a CPU solver. o9 says clients 'can access this today' for linear programs; the mixed-integer solver is still under development.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "inventory_opt",
    "supply_plan"
   ],
   "major": false,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://o9solutions.com/news/o9-solutions-demonstrates-over-10x-faster-optimization-for-enterprise-supply-chain-planning-with-nvidia-cuopt",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "Release is a benchmark from an ongoing collaboration.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Intuendi",
   "d": "2026-07-30",
   "t": "Intuendi opens demand planning intelligence to ChatGPT, Claude and other AI tools",
   "desc": "Intuendi said its Demand Planning Intelligence is now accessible inside the LLM tools teams already use, through MCP integrations for ChatGPT, Claude and others.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "mcp"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://intuendi.com/resource-center/demand-planning-intelligence-mcp-connect/",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Board",
   "d": "2026-08-06",
   "t": "Board's latest release adds Risk & Opportunity, Meeting Insights and Constraint Intelligence uses",
   "desc": "Board's release, 'available today', details the Supply Chain Agent's three uses: spotting demand volatility and supply issues early, turning S&OP discussions into structured themes and decisions, and testing corrective actions against capacity limits.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "risk",
    "sop",
    "supply_plan"
   ],
   "major": false,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.board.com/blog/boards-latest-release-advances-continuous-planning",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "The same agent was introduced on 2026-06-24; this release extends it. Human step from Board's agent page ('planners remain in control of approvals').",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "ketteQ",
   "d": "2026-08-12",
   "t": "ketteQ launches Quintus",
   "desc": "Quintus is a free-form planning AI that answers any planning question with code it generates and runs on the fly and tests scenarios with PolymatiQ. It deploys above existing planning systems in four to eight weeks.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "analytics",
    "copilot",
    "scenario"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "can override the AI's decisions",
   "src": "https://www.ketteq.com/blog/ketteq-launches-quintus-tm-the-only-free-range-ai-tm-for-supply-chain",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "e2open Planning",
   "d": "2026-08-18",
   "t": "e2open cites Connected Planning and an Agentic Digital Assistant",
   "desc": "In its Nucleus Research recognition release, e2open says that over the past year it introduced Connected Planning, revamped planning in the Harmony interface and launched an Agentic Digital Assistant for natural-language decision support.",
   "k": "research",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://www.e2open.com/news/press-releases/e2open-named-a-leader-in-nucleus-research-enterprise-supply-chain-planning-technology-value-matrix-2026",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Dated by the recognition release; the assistant's own launch date was not found.",
   "verified": "ok",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Aera Technology",
   "d": "2026-08-31",
   "t": "Aera adds Decision Ledger, Policy Management, Aera Builds and agent interoperability",
   "desc": "Aera's blog describes four additions: a Decision Ledger that records why each decision was made, policy rules applied at decision time, Aera Builds (describe an outcome in plain language and Aera builds a governed Aera Skill), and two-way A2A and MCP links to other agents and assistants such as Microsoft Copilot.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "mcp"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "announced",
   "human": "describes the outcome in plain language",
   "src": "https://www.aeratechnology.com/blogs/aera-expands-the-frontier-of-enterprise-decision-intelligence/",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "The blog gives no availability timing. The trade press dates the same set of updates to AeraHUB 26 on 2026-10-27 (next event).",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Infor CloudSuite Industrial",
   "d": "2026-08-31",
   "t": "Infor introduces Velocity Suite on CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise at IMTS",
   "desc": "Velocity Suite packages Industry AI Agents (from quoting and scheduling to service execution), Agent Orchestration and Agent Factory on Infor's multitenant cloud for industrial manufacturers, with prescriptive AI use-case packs.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "scheduling"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "Not stated; agents act inside the shop's existing workflow",
   "src": "https://www.mmsonline.com/products/infor-software-suite-accelerates-erp-implementation-for-discrete-manufacturers",
   "srcname": "Modern Machine Shop (Infor release)",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "The trade page prints 'Published 08/31/2026' and credits Infor as source.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Katana",
   "d": "2026-08-31",
   "t": "Katana connects to Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini through MCP",
   "desc": "Katana MCP lets users ask about stock, orders, production and suppliers from their AI chat and create purchase, sales and manufacturing orders after reviewing and confirming each change.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "copilot",
    "mcp"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://katanamrp.com/blog/katana-mcp/",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "AIMMS SC Navigator",
   "d": "2026-09-01",
   "t": "AIMMS launches SENSAI Apps preview for business users",
   "desc": "AIMMS announced the preview of SENSAI Apps, 'an AI-augmented assistant that lets business users work with the AIMMS platform in ordinary language'. The release says 'the optimization model still produces the answer' and general availability is planned for October 2026.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "copilot",
    "scenario"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "preview",
   "src": "https://www.aimms.com/story/aimms-launches-sensai-apps-preview-putting-optimization-in-reach-of-an-entire-supply-chain-team/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "SYSPRO",
   "d": "2026-09-02",
   "t": "Syspro launches Torque, an industrial AI agent platform",
   "desc": "Syspro Torque 'detects operational problems, recommends the next step and takes approved action' inside the systems manufacturers already run, with each recommendation showing its reasoning. It connects to SCADA, MES and warehouse systems 'through MCP connectors'. It entered a controlled availability program in August 2026, ahead of a public showing at IMTS.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "mcp",
    "risk"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "beta",
   "human": "chooses how much to delegate, from approving every action to letting Torque run trusted workflows; defines which decisions it recommends or acts on",
   "src": "https://www.syspro.com/press_release/syspro-launches-torque-the-industrial-ai-platform-that-transforms-manufacturing-decisions-into-auditable-automatic-action/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Odoo Manufacturing",
   "d": "2026-09-24",
   "t": "Odoo 20 lets an AI agent run processes and adds AI min-max stock",
   "desc": "Odoo 20 lets users automate a process by telling an AI agent what to do in plain language; the agent explains its plan first. An outside AI tool can connect to the database and read and write data under the user's access rights. Odoo calculates minimum and maximum stock levels from the last 30 days of sales and drafts the purchase order. Manufacturing adds side-by-side BOM comparison and Gantt rescheduling.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "mcp",
    "replenishment",
    "scheduling"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "reads the agent's explanation before the process goes live",
   "src": "https://www.odoo.com/blog/odoo-news-5/meet-odoo-20-2439",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "MRPeasy",
   "d": "2026-09-28",
   "t": "Mr. Peasy can answer questions from a customer's own data",
   "desc": "MRPeasy's Mr. Peasy AI assistant can be given read-only access to 'the company's data' to answer questions and 'generate reports, tables, and charts'. Access is 'switched off by default' and the assistant 'follows each user's existing MRPeasy permissions'.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "analytics",
    "copilot"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.mrpeasy.com/blog/mrpeasy-ai-assistant-data-access/",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "A 2026-10-13 MRPeasy post repeats the launch with early-adopter quotes.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Acumatica Manufacturing Edition",
   "d": "2026-10-01",
   "t": "Acumatica 2026 R2 brings AI agents, MCP servers and new APS",
   "desc": "2026 R2 added AI agents built from plain instructions that can start from business events and hand work to each other, MCP servers for external AI tools, and for manufacturers an Advanced Planning and Scheduling engine with per-work-center finite or infinite scheduling to the minute.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "analytics",
    "copilot",
    "mcp",
    "scheduling"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "Writes the agent instructions; MCP access is read-only",
   "src": "https://www.acumatica.com/corporate-newsroom/press-releases/acumatica-2026-r2-release-with-embedded-ai/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "The press release prints the date and the AI Assistant and AI Automation text; agent, MCP and APS specifics come from Acumatica's community post and blog, listed in the row sources.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Infor CloudSuite Industrial",
   "d": "2026-10-06",
   "t": "Infor unveils expanded Industry AI architecture and next Velocity Suite",
   "desc": "Infor unveiled its Industry AI architecture with more Industry AI agents, personalized adaptive user experiences, enterprise governance models and a Knowledge Hub for building custom agents now open to general availability.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "copilot"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "Approves agent actions through human-approval workflows",
   "src": "https://www.infor.com/news/infor-unveils-its-expanded-infor-industry-ai",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Infor Supply Chain Planning",
   "d": "2026-10-06",
   "t": "Infor adds a Supply Chain Planning Insights Agent in release 2026.10",
   "desc": "The 2026.10 release adds an Insights Agent for Infor Supply Chain Planning that answers questions about the active production schedule, and a supply chain agent that adjusts planning decisions against live demand, supply and inventory signals. Infor says its industry agents work inside governed approval workflows.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "copilot",
    "scheduling"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "announced",
   "human": "approves changes at decision points in governed workflows",
   "src": "https://www.infor.com/blog/infor-industry-ai-2026-10-release",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Blog does not say whether each agent is generally available.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "StockIQ",
   "d": "2026-10-08",
   "t": "StockIQ launches Edison, an AI supply chain agent",
   "desc": "StockIQ launched Edison, an AI agent built into its planning software. It answers plain-English questions and can create purchase orders, adjust planning parameters and update priorities after the team reviews each action.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "analytics",
    "copilot"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "Reviews and approves each action before Edison executes it",
   "src": "https://techintelpro.com/news/ai/enterprise-ai/stockiq-launches-edison-ai-agent-for-supply-chain-decisions",
   "srcname": "TechIntelPro (StockIQ release)",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Trade copy of the StockIQ release; StockIQ's own Edison page prints no date. The release lists Automated Workflows as a core capability, so the mode may be agent.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Slimstock",
   "d": "2026-10-13",
   "t": "Slimstock partners with Sophus.ai on network design",
   "desc": "Slimstock and Sophus.ai, an AI network design company, announced a closed-loop offer that feeds network optimisation into Slim4 daily planning.",
   "k": "partnership",
   "major": false,
   "src": "https://www.slimstock.com/about-us/news/slimstock-and-sophus-strategic-partnership/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix",
   "caps": []
  },
  {
   "co": "Fulcrum",
   "d": "2026-10-14",
   "t": "Builder opens to every Fulcrum shop",
   "desc": "Fulcrum says Builder 'is now available to every Fulcrum shop'. A shop types what it wants, such as 'Show me every job behind schedule, grouped by department', and Builder makes an app on live shop data. Fulcrum says hundreds of apps are running that its team never touched.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "analytics",
    "copilot"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://fulcrumpro.com/article/job-shops-built-their-own-apps",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain Planning",
   "d": "2026-10-26",
   "t": "Oracle introduces Claw-powered Supply Planning Allocation",
   "desc": "Oracle introduced a Claw-powered Supply Planning Allocation application that evaluates how to distribute limited materials and production capacity across competing demands and prepares plans for employees to review and approve. The coverage gives no release date or pricing.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "scenario",
    "supply_plan"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "announced",
   "human": "reviews and approves the allocation plans",
   "src": "https://smallbiztrends.com/oracle-unveils-ai-agents-to-automate-supply-chain-operations/",
   "srcname": "Small Business Trends (Oracle release coverage)",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Oracle NetSuite",
   "d": "2026-10-26",
   "t": "NetSuite introduces industry SuiteAgents, including one for inventory exposure",
   "desc": "At SuiteWorld 2026 NetSuite introduced industry SuiteAgents. The Product SuiteAgent evaluates \"inventory exposure and supply changes\" to help teams keep appropriate inventory levels, and the article says it is available now in NetSuite Next.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "inventory_opt",
    "risk"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2026/10/26/oracle-netsuite-debuts-industry-specific-ai-agents/192565/",
   "srcname": "CPA Practice Advisor",
   "conf": "medium",
   "note": "Trade article, not Oracle's release. Availability of each agent is not stated in the part read.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "Flieber",
   "d": "2026-10-28",
   "t": "Flieber repositions as the inventory layer for AI agents",
   "desc": "Flieber said it rebuilt its product as the data and planning layer under AI tools: live data from every channel, a business context layer, a planning engine, and workflows that carry out what a team approves, reachable by MCP and API from Claude and ChatGPT.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "copilot",
    "mcp"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "Approves each decision that commits cash",
   "src": "https://www.flieber.com/blog/flieber-is-now-the-inventory-intelligence-layer-your-agents-run-on",
   "srcname": "Vendor blog",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "Optilogic",
   "d": "2026-10-29",
   "t": "Ada covers inventory, risk and simulation-optimization engines",
   "desc": "Optilogic's October product update says Ada now supports the Cyclo (multi-echelon inventory optimization), Dart (network risk scoring) and Dendro (simulation-optimization tuning) engines. Ada can also analyze attached CSV, Excel and PDF files without a data connection and can read DataStar macros.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "inventory_opt",
    "risk",
    "scenario"
   ],
   "major": false,
   "mode": "assist",
   "status": "live",
   "src": "https://optilogic.com/resources/post/whats-new-in-optilogic-product-update-october-2026",
   "srcname": "Vendor changelog",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  },
  {
   "co": "RELEX Solutions",
   "d": "2026-11-02",
   "t": "RELEX adds agentic operating capabilities to RELEX Open",
   "desc": "RELEX unveiled agentic operating capabilities under RELEX Open: built-in agents on a unified data model, extension through APIs and MCP (stated as coming), and orchestration where agents \"share context and coordinate recommendations\", with human oversight.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "mcp"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "preview",
   "human": "Oversees how agents access data, recommend and act",
   "src": "https://www.relexsolutions.com/news/relex-advances-agentic-ai-platform-to-orchestrate-the-value-chain/",
   "srcname": "Vendor release",
   "conf": "high",
   "note": "The release says customers are co-developing capabilities now; it does not state general availability.",
   "verified": "fix"
  },
  {
   "co": "OMP Unison Planning",
   "d": "2026-11-03",
   "t": "OMP adds an Agent Library and Agent Studio to UnisonIQ",
   "desc": "OMP extended UnisonIQ with ready-to-deploy agents and a studio where companies build their own. Agents run on the Unison Planning optimization engines and produce executable plans. Bekaert is named as an early adopter.",
   "k": "launch",
   "caps": [
    "agent",
    "scenario",
    "supply_plan"
   ],
   "major": true,
   "mode": "agent",
   "status": "live",
   "human": "sets what each agent may decide, execute or escalate",
   "src": "https://www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/72470415/omp-extends-unisoniq-with-agent-library-and-agent-studio-ai-agents-that-produce-executable-supply-chain-plans?publisherId=69820871",
   "srcname": "ACCESS Newswire (OMP release)",
   "conf": "high",
   "verified": "ok"
  }
 ]
}