APEX Features

Inventory Management Platform Features (10)

Centralized Inventory Database: As reported in 88 APEX reviews. Manage and track all inventory records across warehouses and retail locations through a single unified database.
Inventory Level Dashboards: Based on 89 APEX reviews. Maintain a visual on product stock levels throughout your facilities with flexible inventory dashboards.
Stock History Reporting: As reported in 88 APEX reviews. View the history of individual items and compare the sales performance of new to old stock in order to inform purchasing decisions.
Low Stock Notifications: Based on 87 APEX reviews. Set low stock thresholds and receive automatic alerts when stock decreases to that level.
Bundles, Kits, & Variants: Automatically adjust inventory for product bundles, kit orders, and product variations within the system. 81 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.
Asset Tracking: As reported in 78 APEX reviews. Use barcode or radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology with specialized readers or mobile applications to track inventory assets throughout warehouse facilities.
Inventory Forecasting: Based on 85 APEX reviews. Optimize inventory levels with features that suggest reorder points and economic order quantities (EOQs) that facilitate inventory management.
eCommerce Integrations: Integrate shopping carts, eCommerce platforms, POS, and payment gateways with the system to link inventory records between across platforms. This feature was mentioned in 77 APEX reviews.
Accounting Integrations: Track inventory costs and costs of goods sold (COGS) with accounting software integrations. 75 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.
Data Exporting / Importing: As reported in 82 APEX reviews. Transfer large volumes of inventory data records into and out of the system with built-in import / export tools.

Statistical Tool (3)

Data Analysis (2)

Decision Making (4)

Analytics (12)

Forecasting - Supply Chain Planning: Analyzes aggregated supply chain and shipping data to gain predictive insight This feature was mentioned in 42 APEX reviews.
Asset Tracking - Supply Chain Planning: As reported in 41 APEX reviews. Monitors and tracks the physical status of goods and materials
Data Collection - Supply Chain Planning: Aggregates and centralizes data regarding product movement, materials management, and financial information This feature was mentioned in 41 APEX reviews.
Business Reporting - Supply Chain Planning: Based on 43 APEX reviews. Generates reports that identify KPIs and other relevant metrics
KPIs: As reported in 33 APEX reviews. Include standard KPIs to monitor manufacturing quality
Real Time: As reported in 33 APEX reviews. Deliver real time data on manufacturing operations and processes
Dashboards: Customizable dashboards display KPIs and metrics in real time This feature was mentioned in 34 APEX reviews.
Reporting: Provides users with automated reports and dashboards on all demand plans, and forecast KPIs 28 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.
Segmentation analysis: Allows users to perform ABC and XYZ analyses and assess forecastability with rules adjustable by business users. 28 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.
Product lifecycle: Allows users to forecast the demand impact of events such as new product launches product up-gradation, pricing, rebates, marketing activities, product discontinuation This feature was mentioned in 24 APEX reviews.
Simulation: As reported in 24 APEX reviews. Allows users to create simulation scenarios with factors such as changed pricing
Historical Forecast: Allows users to pull historical data in order to more accurately predict future demand 27 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.

Warehouse Management (4)

Sales and Operations Planning - Supply Chain Planning: Provides comprehensive visibility and oversight into supply chain operations 40 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.
Production Planning - Supply Chain Planning: Based on 39 APEX reviews. Provides inventory scheduling and inventory management functionalities
Workforce Management - Supply Chain Planning: Based on 38 APEX reviews. Provides employee scheduling and employee management functionalities
Process Automation - Supply Chain Planning: Automates the tracking and recording of activities within the entire supply chain lifecycle 39 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.

Delivery (4)

Flows: Based on 39 APEX reviews. Track products to determine when they are shipped, in transit, or delivered.
Alerts: Based on 39 APEX reviews. Allow users to re-route and reschedule shipments based on standard or custom criteria.
Inventory: Optimize inventory to improve fulfillment and increase customer satisfaction. 43 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.
Modes: Manage multiple delivery modes such as truckload, less than truckload, rail, parcel, and ocean. This feature was mentioned in 37 APEX reviews.

Performance (3)

Financial Analytics: Identify the financial impact of deliveries based on costs and revenues. This feature was mentioned in 37 APEX reviews.
KPIs: Provide performance metrics such as delivery performance, on-time arrival performance, and compliance. 42 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.
Benchmarking: Use supply chain data to identify trends and their impact on performance. 41 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.

Data Management (5)

Aggregation: Based on 31 APEX reviews. Consolidate manufacturing information from multiple sources
Data Models: As reported in 31 APEX reviews. Structure data using hierarchies to make it easier to use and manage
Propagation: As reported in 31 APEX reviews. Ability to trasnfer data between shop floor systems and software products
Data Collection: Based on 33 APEX reviews. Provide features for manual and automated data collection
Cleansing: As reported in 31 APEX reviews. Process manufacturing information to remove errors and duplicated data

Multichannel inventory management (3)

Warehouse Inventory Transfer: Based on 73 APEX reviews. Allows users to create warehouse-to-warehouse transfers knowing the exact stock levels for both locations when sending and receiving
Multichannel Inventory Syncing: As reported in 71 APEX reviews. Allows users to sync inventory across multiple stores, marketplaces, and warehouses
Multi-Warehouse Routing: Allows users to connect sales channels to specific warehouses. This feature was mentioned in 70 APEX reviews.

3PL inventory management (3)

Inventory Management (5)

Inventory Tracking: Real-time inventory tracking. Maintains accurate "On Hand" information by matching reserved inventory requested on purchase and sales orders. 77 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.
Inventory Costing: Ability to establish costing methods such as Average, LIFO, FIFO, and Specific Unit. This feature was mentioned in 72 APEX reviews.
Product Master: Manage and track all inventory records across warehouses and retail locations through a single unified database. 72 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.
Inventory Forecasting: Optimize inventory levels with features that suggest reorder points and economic order quantities (EOQs) that facilitate inventory management. 77 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.
Integrations: Integrate shopping carts, eCommerce platforms, POS, and accounting with the system to link inventory records across platforms. This feature was mentioned in 70 APEX reviews.

Collaboration (4)

Integrations: Based on 28 APEX reviews. Allows users to integrate their demand planning software with ERP and SCM software
Multiple users: Based on 30 APEX reviews. Allows multiple users to simultaneously input thier data online, offline or remotely
Forecast collaboration: Allows multiple stakeholders into planning data for increased visibility 28 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.
Inventory collaboration: As reported in 28 APEX reviews. Allows users to have multi-tier visibility into current stock and purchase orders

Planning (7)

Planning dashboard: Provides users with a planning dahsboard for real-time data This feature was mentioned in 29 APEX reviews.
Capacity Planning: Allows users to ensure production capacity meets demand This feature was mentioned in 25 APEX reviews.
Assortment Planning: Allows users to conduct demand planning for seasonal and intermittent demand This feature was mentioned in 25 APEX reviews.
Business functions: Allows users to tailor demand planning by business function including sales and marketing 25 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.
Goal planning: Based on 26 APEX reviews. Allows users to customize demand planning that take all data on particular goals into consideration.
Comprehensive Planning: As reported in 26 APEX reviews. The system automatically accounts for data related to consumer demand and any planned network changes.
Workflow: Allows users to automate routine steps for demand planning or data preparation This feature was mentioned in 25 APEX reviews.

Visibility (7)

Compliance: Ability to track components across the supply chain to identify the causes of non-compliance. 37 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.
Search: Provide a search engine to find items and where they are in the supply chain. This feature was mentioned in 40 APEX reviews.
Temperature Alerts: Based on 32 APEX reviews. Ability to identify and document exceptions for perishable goods and temperature-controlled environments.
Shipment Tracking: Ability to track inbound products to determine when they are shipped, in transit, or delivered. This feature was mentioned in 35 APEX reviews.
Order-Level Visibility: Ability to track and search for the location of shipments by PO or SKU 34 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.
ETA: As reported in 36 APEX reviews. Ability to use historical tracking data and machine learning in order to accurately predict ETAs
Geofencing: Based on 31 APEX reviews. Ability to establish geofences to determine precise and accurate arrivals

Workflow Automation (4)

Rating: Access up to date rates from carriers, including spot market 31 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.
Dispatch and Tender: As reported in 31 APEX reviews. Ability to request a bid from multiple carriers and directly book shipments
Invoice Management: Based on 31 APEX reviews. Ability to manage and automate invoices
Digital Document Reconciliation: Ability to utilize paperless documents to automate reconciliation process including bills of lading, proofs of delivery, and weight certificates This feature was mentioned in 31 APEX reviews.

Network Management (2)

Platform (3)

Data quality: Ability to access data enrichment, sources, & normalization to serve up actionable and clean data This feature was mentioned in 35 APEX reviews.
Languages: Provide support for multiple languages This feature was mentioned in 33 APEX reviews.
Configurable Notifications: As reported in 33 APEX reviews. Provide rule-based notifications to empower real-time collaboration at key milestones and quickly resolve issues.

Generative AI (2)

Agentic AI - Manufacturing Intelligence (1)

Agentic AI - SAP Store (7)

Autonomous Task Execution: Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Multi-step Planning: Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes
Cross-system Integration: Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning: Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Natural Language Interaction: Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation
Proactive Assistance: Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Decision Making: Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives