APEX Features
Inventory Management Platform Features (10)
Centralized Inventory Database
Based on 88 APEX reviews.
Manage and track all inventory records across warehouses and retail locations through a single unified database.
Inventory Level Dashboards
As reported in 89 APEX reviews.
Maintain a visual on product stock levels throughout your facilities with flexible inventory dashboards.
Stock History Reporting
Based on 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
As reported in 87 APEX reviews.
Set low stock thresholds and receive automatic alerts when stock decreases to that level.
Bundles, Kits, & Variants
As reported in 81 APEX reviews.
Automatically adjust inventory for product bundles, kit orders, and product variations within the system.
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
As reported in 77 APEX reviews.
Integrate shopping carts, eCommerce platforms, POS, and payment gateways with the system to link inventory records between across platforms.
Accounting Integrations
This feature was mentioned in 75 APEX reviews.
Track inventory costs and costs of goods sold (COGS) with accounting software integrations.
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)
Scripting
This feature was mentioned in 49 APEX reviews.
Supports a variety of scripting environments
Data Mining
This feature was mentioned in 51 APEX reviews.
Mines data from databases and prepares data for analysis
Algorithms
Based on 49 APEX reviews.
Applies statistical algorithms to selected data
Data Analysis (2)
Analysis
As reported in 52 APEX reviews.
Analyzes both structured and unstructured data
Data Interaction
52 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.
Interacts with data to prepare it for visualizations and models
Decision Making (4)
Modeling
As reported in 51 APEX reviews.
Offers modeling capabilities
Data Visualizations
This feature was mentioned in 55 APEX reviews.
Creates data visualizations or graphs
Report Generation
This feature was mentioned in 54 APEX reviews.
Generates reports of data performance
Data Unification
As reported in 53 APEX reviews.
Unifies information on a singular platform
Analytics (12)
Forecasting - Supply Chain Planning
Based on 42 APEX reviews.
Analyzes aggregated supply chain and shipping data to gain predictive insight
Asset Tracking - Supply Chain Planning
Based on 41 APEX reviews.
Monitors and tracks the physical status of goods and materials
Data Collection - Supply Chain Planning
Based on 41 APEX reviews.
Aggregates and centralizes data regarding product movement, materials management, and financial information
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
Based on 33 APEX reviews.
Deliver real time data on manufacturing operations and processes
Dashboards
Based on 34 APEX reviews.
Customizable dashboards display KPIs and metrics in real time
Reporting
As reported in 28 APEX reviews.
Provides users with automated reports and dashboards on all demand plans, and forecast KPIs
Segmentation analysis
28 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.
Allows users to perform ABC and XYZ analyses and assess forecastability with rules adjustable by business users.
Product lifecycle
24 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.
Allows users to forecast the demand impact of events such as new product launches product up-gradation, pricing, rebates, marketing activities, product discontinuation
Simulation
24 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.
Allows users to create simulation scenarios with factors such as changed pricing
Historical Forecast
As reported in 27 APEX reviews.
Allows users to pull historical data in order to more accurately predict future demand
Warehouse Management (4)
Sales and Operations Planning - Supply Chain Planning
This feature was mentioned in 40 APEX reviews.
Provides comprehensive visibility and oversight into supply chain operations
Production Planning - Supply Chain Planning
As reported in 39 APEX reviews.
Provides inventory scheduling and inventory management functionalities
Workforce Management - Supply Chain Planning
This feature was mentioned in 38 APEX reviews.
Provides employee scheduling and employee management functionalities
Process Automation - Supply Chain Planning
Based on 39 APEX reviews.
Automates the tracking and recording of activities within the entire supply chain lifecycle
Delivery (4)
Flows
Based on 39 APEX reviews.
Track products to determine when they are shipped, in transit, or delivered.
Alerts
This feature was mentioned in 39 APEX reviews.
Allow users to re-route and reschedule shipments based on standard or custom criteria.
Inventory
43 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.
Optimize inventory to improve fulfillment and increase customer satisfaction.
Modes
37 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.
Manage multiple delivery modes such as truckload, less than truckload, rail, parcel, and ocean.
Performance (3)
Financial Analytics
This feature was mentioned in 37 APEX reviews.
Identify the financial impact of deliveries based on costs and revenues.
KPIs
As reported in 42 APEX reviews.
Provide performance metrics such as delivery performance, on-time arrival performance, and compliance.
Benchmarking
Based on 41 APEX reviews.
Use supply chain data to identify trends and their impact on performance.
Data Management (5)
Aggregation
As reported in 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
Based on 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
31 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.
Process manufacturing information to remove errors and duplicated data
Multichannel inventory management (3)
Warehouse Inventory Transfer
This feature was mentioned in 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
This feature was mentioned in 71 APEX reviews.
Allows users to sync inventory across multiple stores, marketplaces, and warehouses
Multi-Warehouse Routing
This feature was mentioned in 70 APEX reviews.
Allows users to connect sales channels to specific warehouses.
3PL inventory management (3)
Client management
Based on 68 APEX reviews.
Allows users to manage all thier clients on one system
Marketplace connections
As reported in 68 APEX reviews.
Allows users to connect marketplaces for each client
3PL inventory tracking
69 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.
Allows inventory tracking for specific customer required attributes such as lot, serial, style/color/size
Inventory Management (5)
Inventory Tracking
Based on 77 APEX reviews.
Real-time inventory tracking. Maintains accurate "On Hand" information by matching reserved inventory requested on purchase and sales orders.
Inventory Costing
This feature was mentioned in 72 APEX reviews.
Ability to establish costing methods such as Average, LIFO, FIFO, and Specific Unit.
Product Master
As reported in 72 APEX reviews.
Manage and track all inventory records across warehouses and retail locations through a single unified database.
Inventory Forecasting
As reported in 77 APEX reviews.
Optimize inventory levels with features that suggest reorder points and economic order quantities (EOQs) that facilitate inventory management.
Integrations
As reported in 70 APEX reviews.
Integrate shopping carts, eCommerce platforms, POS, and accounting with the system to link inventory records across platforms.
Collaboration (4)
Integrations
As reported in 28 APEX reviews.
Allows users to integrate their demand planning software with ERP and SCM software
Multiple users
As reported in 30 APEX reviews.
Allows multiple users to simultaneously input thier data online, offline or remotely
Forecast collaboration
Based on 28 APEX reviews.
Allows multiple stakeholders into planning data for increased visibility
Inventory collaboration
This feature was mentioned in 28 APEX reviews.
Allows users to have multi-tier visibility into current stock and purchase orders
Planning (7)
Planning dashboard
This feature was mentioned in 29 APEX reviews.
Provides users with a planning dahsboard for real-time data
Capacity Planning
As reported in 25 APEX reviews.
Allows users to ensure production capacity meets demand
Assortment Planning
25 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.
Allows users to conduct demand planning for seasonal and intermittent demand
Business functions
As reported in 25 APEX reviews.
Allows users to tailor demand planning by business function including sales and marketing
Goal planning
As reported in 26 APEX reviews.
Allows users to customize demand planning that take all data on particular goals into consideration.
Comprehensive Planning
Based on 26 APEX reviews.
The system automatically accounts for data related to consumer demand and any planned network changes.
Workflow
As reported in 25 APEX reviews.
Allows users to automate routine steps for demand planning or data preparation
Visibility (7)
Compliance
As reported in 37 APEX reviews.
Ability to track components across the supply chain to identify the causes of non-compliance.
Search
Based on 40 APEX reviews.
Provide a search engine to find items and where they are in the supply chain.
Temperature Alerts
As reported in 32 APEX reviews.
Ability to identify and document exceptions for perishable goods and temperature-controlled environments.
Shipment Tracking
35 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.
Ability to track inbound products to determine when they are shipped, in transit, or delivered.
Order-Level Visibility
Based on 34 APEX reviews.
Ability to track and search for the location of shipments by PO or SKU
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
This feature was mentioned in 31 APEX reviews.
Access up to date rates from carriers, including spot market
Dispatch and Tender
Based on 31 APEX reviews.
Ability to request a bid from multiple carriers and directly book shipments
Invoice Management
As reported in 31 APEX reviews.
Ability to manage and automate invoices
Digital Document Reconciliation
Based on 31 APEX reviews.
Ability to utilize paperless documents to automate reconciliation process including bills of lading, proofs of delivery, and weight certificates
Network Management (2)
Geographic Optionality
Based on 31 APEX reviews.
Ability to access full coverage of required geographies
Automated Onboarding
This feature was mentioned in 31 APEX reviews.
Ability to efficiently onboard new carriers during network implementation
Platform (3)
Data quality
Based on 35 APEX reviews.
Ability to access data enrichment, sources, & normalization to serve up actionable and clean data
Languages
Based on 33 APEX reviews.
Provide support for multiple languages
Configurable Notifications
33 reviewers of APEX have provided feedback on this feature.
Provide rule-based notifications to empower real-time collaboration at key milestones and quickly resolve issues.
Generative AI (2)
AI Text Generation
This feature was mentioned in 39 APEX reviews.
Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.
AI Text Summarization
As reported in 39 APEX reviews.
Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.
Agentic AI - Manufacturing Intelligence (1)
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
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

