--- title: APEX Reviews meta_title: 'APEX Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 128 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how APEX works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.5 review_count: 128 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-07-17' parent_category: name: Manufacturing url: https://www.g2.com/categories/manufacturing --- # APEX Reviews **Vendor:** LeanDNA **Category:** [Manufacturing Intelligence Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/manufacturing-intelligence) **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 128 ## About APEX APEX by LeanDNA is the factory-focused platform for AI-powered expert execution to establish command of supply planning and materials management. It powers optimized decisions and operations through materials visibility, predictive insights, supplier collaboration, and recommended actions. APEX synchronizes people, materials, and sites with data centralization, AI, and machine learning to analyze supply conditions, predict risks, connect across suppliers, and outline the best actions to protect and optimize production. With core capabilities spanning data visibility and AI, supply insights, procurement management, and inventory optimization, APEX transforms fragmented data into supply chain intelligence that drives confident, precise execution. Teams eliminate operational guesswork, respond faster to disruption, and improve performance with smarter prioritization and optimized supply strategies. ## APEX Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users appreciate the **ease of use** of APEX, benefiting from intuitive features and excellent support. (31 reviews) - Users praise the **fast and responsive customer support** , ensuring smooth implementation and ongoing assistance with LeanDNA. (21 reviews) - Users value the **effective inventory management** features of APEX, enhancing supply chain visibility and risk anticipation. (20 reviews) - Users value the **great visibility and structure** LeanDNA provides, enhancing supplier follow-up and performance monitoring. (15 reviews) - Users find APEX's **time-saving features** invaluable, enhancing efficiency with intuitive workflows and advanced analytics. (13 reviews) - User Interface (13 reviews) - Users appreciate the **easy access dashboards** of LeanDNA, which enhance workflow and streamline communication effectively. (11 reviews) - Users value the **insightful reporting and KPIs** from LeanDNA, enhancing their understanding of organizational performance. (11 reviews) - Data Analysis (10 reviews) - Data Visualization (10 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users struggle with the **complex usability** of APEX, finding self-editing and integration challenging without external help. (10 reviews) - Users find the **limited customization** of APEX restrictive, impacting their ability to tailor the product to specific needs. (6 reviews) - Users find the **missing filtering options** in APEX limiting, impacting their analysis and decision-making capabilities. (6 reviews) - Users note that **data inaccuracies** persist as APEX's implementation continues, impacting the reliability of reports and information. (5 reviews) - Users find the **learning curve steep** , but support helps navigate the complexity over time. (5 reviews) - Users are disappointed by the **limited features** of APEX, hindering their ability to filter and customize tasks effectively. (4 reviews) - Update Issues (4 reviews) - Difficult Learning (3 reviews) - Lack of Customization (3 reviews) - Process Improvement (3 reviews) ## APEX Reviews ### 1. It provides real time information whenever we need it ! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 21, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** able to review and download data for analysis any time, any where **What do you dislike about APEX?** some of the columns explanation could not be find in the website Also, sometimes could not find the explanation of certain report/view. Need to trouble the local customer success mgr to help. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Understanding what parameters are set that impacting inventory control understanding what are the supply chain within sites that needs necessary monitoring understanding what are the shortages and clear to build to support production ### 2. LeanDNA compiles the data that you need! **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Joey M. | Materials Planning Supervisor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 25, 2025 **What do you like best about APEX?** It takes the information from SAP and presents it so you no longer have to do the background work. **What do you dislike about APEX?** It's not the most user-friendly application and it's sometimes hard to navigate. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Shows demand and averages so that you are not having to go through all of the data in SAP. ### 3. A very practical everyday tool that complements an ERP **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Antoine N. | Ingénieur Approvisionnements, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 24, 2025 **What do you like best about APEX?** ease of use, the ability to filter on many parameters, order the columns as desired, extraction of reports to Excel **What do you dislike about APEX?** the customization of dashboards to meet our needs **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** the extraction of order books that would not be as simple and quick directly from our ERP ### 4. Great tool for improving the way we plan our supply chain activities **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Matt R. | Head of Supply Chain, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 06, 2025 **What do you like best about APEX?** Really easy user interface Great response from the LeanDNA team to issues and new feature requests Great analytical tools to understand supply chain issues that are not obvious using our ERP system **What do you dislike about APEX?** Some features can be difficult to understand when first analysing the data, although are quickly resolved through a ticket with the LeanDNA team to clarify **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Much easier user interface to quickly retrieve analytics that are not available in our ERP system ### 5. Very easy web view, you can walk thru very quick and easy **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jose Angel G. | Materials Assistant Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 26, 2025 **What do you like best about APEX?** Have a lot of information and analysis very quick **What do you dislike about APEX?** I cannot get on dashboard graphic a graphic with history, just show last weeks on the graphic **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** We implement this tool more less six months ago and we get an inventory reduction of 10millon on raw material ### 6. Extremely User Friendly! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 25, 2025 **What do you like best about APEX?** All of our necessary information at the touch of a button. **What do you dislike about APEX?** Not yet able to search for a Sales Order by Customer Name. There may be a way, just learning the system :) **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Love the graphs and Data Reports that are able to be pulled. ### 7. EXECUTIVE USEAGE **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** jeremie g. | SI1OP Director, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 14, 2025 **What do you like best about APEX?** Governance / Scorecards / Historical data well synthetized **What do you dislike about APEX?** Some key features are not possible to use (mainly due to our old ERP) **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Inventory control / Supplier performance ### 8. Great Customer Support **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Manufacturing | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 05, 2025 **What do you like best about APEX?** LeanDNA is a powerful tool, and the support received from the LeanDNA resources is top notch. They have great resources, documentation and a great support team. The software is easy to use and our team is using it daily. **What do you dislike about APEX?** There are a lot of tools, so it is hard to know what is available, what to use for what circumstances- but the support to answer our questions has been great and I feel confident we will get a full use as time goes on. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** LeanDNA allows us to see what requirements we need at the right time to support our operations team. ### 9. Supply Chain **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 20, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** Friendly, quick access, visualize and efficiency. **What do you dislike about APEX?** Data was updated but not real time as SAP running. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Problem : High inventory level / Not clear action and direction / Not clear with the trend and forecast Benefit : Foresee the trend, excess and action items. Problem : Material Shortage Benefit : Foresee the list of shortage items. Earlier detection and preventive action ### 10. Supply Chain Manager **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sara H. | Supply Chain Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 27, 2025 **What do you like best about APEX?** "The ease of use is outstanding—the workflows are intuitive, and the advanced analytics save a significant amount of time. The support we received from LeanDNA has been phenomenal. **What do you dislike about APEX?** I would like it to personalize the KPIs, especially to my groups needs **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** The tie it takes to do the analytics and thedash boards ### 11. LeanDNA Review **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jessy L. | Gestionnaire de production / Planification, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 20, 2025 **What do you like best about APEX?** Its visual, ease of use, quick information retrieval, easy extraction to Excel, a customer support that is attentive and responsive **What do you dislike about APEX?** The planning part is not yet fully operational at 100% with some missing elements. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Know the availability of the OF quickly (and therefore its associated shortages) => Clear to build. Visual of shortages and quick delivery date. ### 12. Very informative and thorough **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** MELODY L. | Buyer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 04, 2025 **What do you like best about APEX?** Helps me do my job more efficently and very user friendly. **What do you dislike about APEX?** So far no dislikes at this time. I plan to use it daily here and have used it in the past. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** There is no problems at this time we just implemented it. ### 13. New to LeanDNA, but see the useful tool it is and look forward to learning more. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Manufacturing | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 27, 2025 **What do you like best about APEX?** The quick access of data that would otherwise take hours to compile. **What do you dislike about APEX?** No opinion on this aspect as of yet since I am new to the system. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Supplying my team and I with pertinent information before supplier meetings that drive planning and cost saving efforts. ### 14. Great tool for managing supply chain **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Eric D. | Senior Buyer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 28, 2025 **What do you like best about APEX?** The material shortages report and clear to build report is most beneficial so far. **What do you dislike about APEX?** The updating not being in sync with SAP, so sometimes it throws false information. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Helps to see all upcoming shortfalls early enough to address with supplier. ### 15. A user friendly tool that allow you to process and make decisions on the fly. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Wallace M. | Buyer Planner, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 27, 2025 **What do you like best about APEX?** That is bolt on to our existing ERP system **What do you dislike about APEX?** Not having the ability to customize field names to your liking. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Shortages - qualify what items are most urgent and need to be worked on first to keep the lines running. ### 16. Enhances our MRP tremendously **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Manufacturing | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 09, 2025 **What do you like best about APEX?** Everything is at your fingertips. You can access everything on one page if you wish to. **What do you dislike about APEX?** New user, haven't found anything I dislike yet. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** It will replace our JDE MRP which lacks details ### 17. LeanDNA helps portray valuable information on goods tracking and optimizes inventory. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Industrial Automation | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 25, 2025 **What do you like best about APEX?** It optimizes inventory and provides real-time alerts on material shortages. **What do you dislike about APEX?** I haven't found one thing I do not like about it. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Optimized inventory really helps. ### 18. My Daily Use of LeanDNA **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Aviation & Aerospace | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 13, 2025 **What do you like best about APEX?** Procurement tasks have helped me with tracking what I've been doing to react to the demand in my system. I use it daily, it takes me no time to update, and it's useful for my coworkers to see where I left off. **What do you dislike about APEX?** Every day it feels like something changes and I have to figure out how to work on the features I use regularly if they were affected. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Setting reminders to follow-up with suppliers so I don't fall behind on any demand issues. ### 19. At this point I don't have enough information **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Manufacturing | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 17, 2025 **What do you like best about APEX?** It appears that the system has quite a lot of capable features. **What do you dislike about APEX?** It's too early for me to have made this assessment. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** To analyze noise in our system. ### 20. control and monitoring **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nejmeddine B. | Responsable ERP et MDM, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 06, 2025 **What do you like best about APEX?** ergonomics the diversity of KPIs reports and action tracking **What do you dislike about APEX?** the tracking of work in progress (WIP) and customer orders is missing **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** reduce the number of missing items, control the stock level, prioritize the launch of supplies, to satisfy the customer ### 21. Solid tool for task management in projects **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Plastics | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 25, 2025 **What do you like best about APEX?** Task tracking and project support. Fast and responsive support from customer support. Great for collaboration. **What do you dislike about APEX?** Visual and graphic design could be improved **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** N/A ### 22. Lean DNA allows us to have a clear and quick view of the order situation. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** samuel v. | Acheteur, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 13, 2025 **What do you like best about APEX?** precise situation of priorities to manage and bad PPV **What do you dislike about APEX?** Some features are a bit "gadget" for my use. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** The daily priorities are well defined ### 23. Great analytical tool to use every day **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Aviation & Aerospace | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 27, 2025 **What do you like best about APEX?** Clear to understand logic; able to validate information easily. Also, able to use creation of tasks, assign tasks to the right owners and now (new feature) able to have internal chat with colleagues about upcoming issues. **What do you dislike about APEX?** Dashboard flexibility of data to project - KPI driven **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** clear visual picture with all data in one place ### 24. Lean DNA a powerful, intuitive, and above all predictive tool. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mehdi H. | Directeur Supply Chain, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 22, 2025 **What do you like best about APEX?** Intuitive, predictive, visual, easy integration with SAP Good trainer, very involved **What do you dislike about APEX?** Lean DNA only integrates the supply processes. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Projection of future shortages Propose actions on excess, obsolete stocks ### 25. Very usefull in daily tasks **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Aviation & Aerospace | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 19, 2025 **What do you like best about APEX?** Ease of use functionnality completeness of the tool Stock details of other sites on an item number **What do you dislike about APEX?** the lack of customization of dashboards. the diffculty of adding new columns without agreements with others sites **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** extraction of information/data from the ERP Finesse in analysis of supplier orderbook collaborative system accross tasks ### 26. Lean DAN Experience **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Defense & Space | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 27, 2025 **What do you like best about APEX?** Summary of results, comprehensive tool. The clear to build and stock lines are very useful to us on a daily basis. **What do you dislike about APEX?** The calculation methods for certain indicators are difficult to understand. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Implementation of an escalation process with Lean DNA. Collaborative tool ### 27. indispensable tool in daily life **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Manufacturing | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 25, 2025 **What do you like best about APEX?** what I like most are the demand insights and the anticipation of information. **What do you dislike about APEX?** I don't see a disadvantage, but it could be updated more than once a day. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** help in negotiating minimum lot with supplier and reduce inventory stock. ### 28. Essential tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Automotive | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 25, 2025 **What do you like best about APEX?** Ease of reading data and exporting files. **What do you dislike about APEX?** MRP update. MRP update should run more times during the day. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Reduction of lack of materials, control to avoid excess stock. ### 29. Very good visualization tool when working daily on an old AS400 **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sylvain D. | Coordinateur Supply Chain, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 22, 2024 **What do you like best about APEX?** Allows for a quick and comprehensive overview of supplies and shortages Allows for easy sharing of order information Client Support: A weekly follow-up with Maxime that allows me to deepen my knowledge and learn about new developments. **What do you dislike about APEX?** in the supply and Demand section next to the OF, the concerned product is not present In the supply and Demand section: the supplier's name for the order is missing (in case of multi-sourcing) **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Allows easy targeting of disruptions Easily allows obtaining instructions on the positioning of orders in terms of timing (Move In / Move Out / Cancel) ### 30. Filling the holes in SAP **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Daniel B. | Production Scheduler, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 26, 2024 **What do you like best about APEX?** I really enjoy working in SAP, but there is some holes in the usage of the system, and LeanDNA fills those holes. After starting with LeanDNA we have a much better work flow, with way more correct data, esspecially regarding Clear to Build, which really have been a game changer for us. Furthermore it have streamlined our communication between departments, since now we are communication through LeanDNA in stead of e-mails or Excel. **What do you dislike about APEX?** More customization options would be great. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** LeanDNA's clear to build rapport is just amazing! It really delivers that information which we couldn't get in SAP alone. ### 31. Excellent tool for analysis and task follow up **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Marius A. | Master Production Scheduler, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 30, 2024 **What do you like best about APEX?** LeanDNA really helps us sorting and presenting information from our MRP-software. This reduces our need for spreadsheets and additional self-made tools. Also the customer support is excellent. Fast response, easy to track tickets, solution oriented. Very effective implementation and our point of contact showed high competence in our MRP-system. **What do you dislike about APEX?** I cant say that I dislike anything with LeanDNA. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have no problem as of today. ### 32. Good analytics tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Thea Andersen T. | Material Scheduler, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 22, 2024 **What do you like best about APEX?** LeanDNA makes it easy to take out data from the ERP and analyse and visualise it. We use it both for the purchasing team on actions to be done on purchase orders, and CTB for planning the production. Our CSM is giving us an excellent follow up. Like explains all the new features and helps us if we have any questions **What do you dislike about APEX?** Miss the ability to filter for all the different types of demand, FC, PR etc. on an individual level and not on the company level **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** It gives an easier view on status on the raw material to the production than the ERP does. ### 33. Game changing tool for our teams and supply chain **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nathan C. | Material Planning & Logistics Manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 16, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** - Most features are self explanatory and easy to use and understand. - Great knowledgebase on every feature included to help with onboarding. - New features added regularly based on user feedback - Fast implementation/integration with ERP - Excellent customer service - First and last tool I use every day - I dont know what we would do without it now that we have implemented. **What do you dislike about APEX?** For material management, I havent found much that I dislike. It would be great if there were more features (past due plan flagging for updated dates, production attainment KPIs, ect) around the production processes to entice our production supervisors and leads to utlilze more frequently. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** - Inventory optimization and reduction by focusing the team on specific opportunities. - Focus on part shortages by prioritizing based on shortage timing without running multiple ERP reports daily. - Ability for the complete orgainzation to quickly see shortages by plant/supplier/assigned planner and history of shortages. ### 34. Inventory Optimization **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gordon V. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 08, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** LeanDNA is very user friendly and makes the boring ERP data more useful in form of charts or graphs. Trends over time and the ability to see the effects of changes in strategy are tracked on a daily basis. You can react much quicker to make the necessary adjustments if the change was ineffective, or better yet, if the change was very effective you can expand it to other areas to gain the maximum benefits. In this world of making decisions quickly and accurately, LeanDNA is an extremely useful tool to take this to the next level. **What do you dislike about APEX?** Improvements are constantly being made and they are open to suggestions for modifications, but patience is needed to wait for them to be implemented. Patience in this fast paced world is not in great supply. If this cycle could be improved or get better over time it would be much appreciated. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Optimization of the recommended safety stock for Raw materials. The correct amount to maintain a high level of customer service, and a low enough level to keep the finance team happy. ### 35. LEAN DNA INDISPENSABLE TOOL FOR SUPPLY **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** laurent d. | responsable supply chain, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 17, 2024 **What do you like best about APEX?** FLUIDITY and ease of use. immediacy of information through reports **What do you dislike about APEX?** little possibility to customize it and to easily set up EMAIL alerts **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Lean DNA does the analyses in our place and sorts the information for us. ### 36. Read DNA **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 12, 2024 **What do you like best about APEX?** detailed reporting of improvement opportunities for the company. very good support from the teams with a dedicated contact person **What do you dislike about APEX?** I have no arguments to add against Lean DNA. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Lean DNA provides me with a large number of easily accessible reports ranging from item settings to order book tracking, which my ERP does not easily offer me. The online application also offers a large number of stock analyses that go beyond the basic settings of my ERP. ### 37. LeanDNA provides great capabilities like shortages Inventory mgmt projections spend analytics, etc. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Juan R. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 19, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** LeanDNA is a standar tool easy of use and integrate. They work with severals ERPs making the implementation in a very fast way. As well provides a lot of featues to allow to end user have a great visibility of their shortages, inventories actions to take actions to avoid shortfalls, excesses, solve inventory challenges before they happen. We have received a great support they follow up and answer each question. LeanDNA definetly is a great tool **What do you dislike about APEX?** Sometimes the ticket is tacking more that we expected but lways ther are in contact with you to provide an update when they are still working on it. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** LeanDNA helps to improve our invetory control, shortages and Purchase invetories. Sites using leanDNA reduced its invetory execceses ### 38. Needed software for today's Supply Chain teams **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** James D. | Senior SIOP & Demand Management Leader, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 28, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** LeanDNA provides agile solutions for today's Supply Chain professionals. There are four principle areas that I love most about the platform: 1.Integrated supplier collaboration through supplier copnnect (a lightweight supply portal)., 2. Clear to Build and focused shortage management, 3. Inventory control through their Inventory burndown analytics and directed procurement/inventory tasks, 4. Order Policy and Inventory optimazation through suggested master data and ERP adjustments through PFEP (Plan for Every Part) analytic. **What do you dislike about APEX?** There are no downsides to this platform. The team is courteous and partners extremely well with the business. They listen to the needs of the client and actively try to provide solutions within reasonable timeframes if the client requires additional functionality not currently available. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** - Inventory Control - Excess and Obsolesence - Shortage Management (prioritizing shortages and Supplier Fulfillment efforts) - Clear to Build - Supplier Collaboration - Inventory Optimization (Order Policy, Safety Stock and other parameters through PFEP analytics) ### 39. Great, high quality information at your reach! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Erick A. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 27, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** The fact that you can set charts and reports to be always ready for review is awesome. Long gone are the days of having to run reports from SAP and then manually having to plot the charts. Onboarding was a breeze and with the daily usage of the platform you will master the navigation sooner than you think. **What do you dislike about APEX?** Some of the charts could use better plotting period control. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** We have our inventory levels out of control, with high excess and obsolecence. LeanDNA has allowed us to quickly visualize inventory reduction opportunities and thar is helping us drive down our stocks. ### 40. Great experience **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Erika B. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 14, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** Information in LeanDNA is very easy to find it. In the past we made a manual work to have the Clear to Build item by item but now the systems give us a good summary in only 1 click. Another good thing is that the most common KPIs are already designed in LeanDNA Dashboards. **What do you dislike about APEX?** Sometimes we need to wait a couple of hours to see the good recepits reflected in LeanDNA because of the update in Data Sync. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** The process of Clear to Build is very good in LeanDNA and save us a lot of time in our daily activities. ### 41. It makes easier the way you work! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ana D. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 20, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** I like that it simplify your work in one same app/web. You can do many thinks in LeanDNA to make easier and have a better control of your work. **What do you dislike about APEX?** It sometimes get slow when the information is getting updated and you cannot access or work correctly during these minutes. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** LeanDNA is helping our company to have a better control of the purchase order, it is being used to have an automatized comunication with supplier, it helps us to know our sortages on time and provide the informaton to supervisors and other member of the company. ### 42. Visualized,summarized and analized SAP. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kaan Y. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 18, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** Extracting and analyzing SAP data daily, doing that in SAP manually consumes too much time.Easy to use, great customer support. **What do you dislike about APEX?** If company doesnt use certain features in SAP, some LeanDNA analyze could be wrong normally. And since these analyzes rewieved by company management, this could lead to some misunderstandings. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** When reducing inventory, some materials can be overlooked on SAP and collecting and preparing data from SAP could consume too much time. LeanDNA does this on a daily basis and that makes the work more efficent and easy to handle. ### 43. tools of excellence **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Aviation & Aerospace | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 17, 2024 **What do you like best about APEX?** Statistical analyses Data visualizations **What do you dislike about APEX?** certain logics are complicated missing the load/CAPA section **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** clear to build, list the load that can be launched in production ### 44. Good experience with LeanDNA **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Fatma H. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 22, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** -The different KPIs and reports (notably LOB, Inventory BurnOFF Chart, Shortage) that allow us to measure the performance of our SC process -Customer support, the CSMs are always available to respond to all our questions and needs **What do you dislike about APEX?** The fact that certain parameters are managed at the group level but not at the site level. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** The management of obsolete stock allows us to reduce the level of obsolete and unnecessary stock. The management of shortages, the shortage report allows us to have visibility on current and future shortages in order to address these shortages. Inventory BurnOFF allows us to have visibility on our projected stock. ### 45. Very Helpful tool to make daily work of Supply Chain professionals easier **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Manufacturing | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 09, 2024 **What do you like best about APEX?** It is very visual and intuitive. It provides you many helpful data for optimizing deliveries and stock levels **What do you dislike about APEX?** Ths usbcontracting process still needs to be improved. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Control of shortages and anticipation to future problems ### 46. It is a great tool for different supply chain areas **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gerardo R. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 27, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** The helpful it gets to visualize future impacts & the actions it suggests to improve our performance **What do you dislike about APEX?** I think there is an opportunity area on the server, sometimes it takes time for we to be able to log in or to load the requested information **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** The way it shows the info to us & to our suppliers saves very much time on our daily activities ### 47. Experience since June 2023 **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** goran k. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 07, 2024 **What do you like best about APEX?** Visual KPI about operation Clear to build Easy to use **What do you dislike about APEX?** Missing key feeature for clear to build = selection by production line or production supervisor No connection leandna to erp = double work **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Inventory reduction clear to build ### 48. Smart plaform LeanDNA **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Xiang S. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 21, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** It is helpful for moniting inventory tend ,material shortage risk,and the inventory actions can help opration team to make the material inventory in heathy level **What do you dislike about APEX?** Data from SAP is not synchronized in real-time， **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** LeanDNA is very helpful for inventory control, it can provide a whole picture for inventory level trend,it can provide many inventory actions to make the invetory level healthy,and it also provide the shortage report remind material contorl team to take more attention for them ensure don't affect production planning. ### 49. Unique tool for the control and visualization of material in stock **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Angelica Rocio d. | Comprador material indirecto, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 21, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** the simplicity with which you can work, the easy communication with the supplier and the amount of information you can add. **What do you dislike about APEX?** that only one task can be selected at a time per item. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** tracking of purchase orders, shortages and updating of delivery dates ### 50. Implementation, training and support have been outstanding. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Manufacturing | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 20, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** Support from our CSM has been outstanding The reports and KPI's give us a much better view of our organization **What do you dislike about APEX?** LeanDNA is not completely customizable to your needs - some options are not available. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is benefiting the Business by creating a standard work for buyers and planners, letting production know when production orders are clear to build and by giving leadership much needed KPI's in an instance, as opposed to creating complicated, time consuming Excel files and dashboards - [View APEX pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/leandna-apex/reviews?page=2§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-07-18+10%3A31%3A51+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=d3dbfc9f-53eb-4847-b9b6-fdd4b5906252&secure%5Btoken%5D=798f2233afa5916ba895f3a3ed8077dd59b70bab373a40a112382fcbf799a3cd&format=llm_user) ## APEX Features **Analytics** - Forecasting - Supply Chain Planning - Asset Tracking - Supply Chain Planning - Data Collection - Supply Chain Planning - Business Reporting - Supply Chain Planning **Data Management** - Aggregation - Data Models - Propagation - Data Collection - Cleansing **Multichannel inventory management** - Warehouse Inventory Transfer - Multichannel Inventory Syncing - Multi-Warehouse Routing **Analytics** - Reporting - Segmentation analysis - Product lifecycle - Simulation - Historical Forecast **Visibility** - Compliance - Search - Temperature Alerts - Shipment Tracking - Order-Level Visibility - ETA - Geofencing **Agentic AI - SAP Store** - Autonomous Task Execution - Multi-step Planning - Cross-system Integration - Adaptive Learning - Natural Language Interaction - Proactive Assistance - Decision Making **Statistical Tool** - Scripting - Data Mining - Algorithms **Warehouse Management ** - Sales and Operations Planning - Supply Chain Planning - Production Planning - Supply Chain Planning - Workforce Management - Supply Chain Planning - Process Automation - Supply Chain Planning **Delivery** - Flows - Alerts - Inventory - Modes **Analytics** - KPIs - Real Time - Dashboards **3PL inventory management** - Client management - Marketplace connections - 3PL inventory tracking **Collaboration** - Integrations - Multiple users - Forecast collaboration - Inventory collaboration **Data Analysis** - Analysis - Data Interaction **Inventory Management** - Inventory Tracking - Inventory Costing - Product Master - Inventory Forecasting - Integrations **Planning** - Planning dashboard - Capacity Planning - Assortment Planning - Business functions - Goal planning - Comprehensive Planning - Workflow **Agentic AI - Manufacturing Intelligence** - Proactive Assistance **Decision Making** - Modeling - Data Visualizations - Report Generation - Data Unification **Workflow Automation** - Rating - Dispatch and Tender - Invoice Management - Digital Document Reconciliation **Network Management** - Geographic Optionality - Automated Onboarding **Generative AI** - AI Text Generation - AI Text Summarization **Performance** - Financial Analytics - KPIs - Benchmarking **Platform** - Data quality - Languages - Configurable Notifications **Inventory Management Platform Features** - Centralized Inventory Database - Inventory Level Dashboards - Stock History Reporting - Low Stock Notifications - Bundles, Kits, & Variants - Asset Tracking - Inventory Forecasting - eCommerce Integrations - Accounting Integrations - Data Exporting / Importing ## Top APEX Alternatives - [Tableau](https://www.g2.com/products/tableau/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (3,663 reviews) - [Qlik Sense](https://www.g2.com/products/qlik-sense/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (763 reviews) - [Anaplan](https://www.g2.com/products/anaplan/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (396 reviews)