THE PLANNING REALITY STUDYCHICAGO 2026The study
THE 2027 PLANNING BENCHMARKINDEPENDENT RESEARCH FOR SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNERS

How does planning actually work?

We are asking a few hundred planners, planning managers and supply chain leaders what their planning week really looks like.

Eleven questions. Then we publish all of it, free, with the questions and the method attached.

Every response is anonymous in the published report.

AT THE SHOW

Take the study here and you are entered into the raffle for a pair of Meta smart glasses.

Every completed response during the show qualifies. The winner is contacted by email on the final day of the show. You do not need to be there to win, we will ship it to you.
Eleven questions. About two minutes.
11 questionsOne per screen, about two minutes on a phone.
Published freeThe full results, with the questions and method attached.
AnnualA benchmark tracking how planning changes year over year.

What we are asking about

01Where the planning week actually goes
02How much of planning is still manual
03How often system recommendations get overridden
04Whether the plan survives the week
05What AI is genuinely delivering today

Who this is for

Planners, planning managers and supply chain leaders. The people who build the plan, and the people who watch reality rearrange it by Tuesday.