Hylios vs supply chain planning suites
A supply chain planning suite runs the plan: S&OP, demand planning, and supply planning, day to day and week to week, on your integrated transactional data. Hylios answers a different question, which network you should be planning, by testing a decision across cost, service, risk, and time before you commit. Keep your planning system to run the plan; Hylios sits alongside your ERP and planning systems, not in place of them.
At a glance
| Question | Hylios | Planning suite |
|---|---|---|
| The question it answers | What happens if we change something: a site, a supplier, a lane, a tariff, or the shape of the network. | What to make, buy, and ship next, under current conditions. |
| Time to a first answer on your network | Days for a first model, built from public data and the files you already have. After that, a quick what-if runs in seconds. | After implementation. The suite plans from your integrated master data and transactions, so the integration comes first. |
| What data you need to start | Public data and the files you already have. No integration project is needed to start. Direct connections to SAP S/4HANA Cloud and Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM are coming soon. | Current master data and transactions, integrated from your ERP and related systems. |
| Who runs it | Operations and finance leaders weighing a change. Scenarios are described in plain language or picked from a library. | Your planners, every day and every week, as part of the planning cycle. |
| What you get | Each option shown across cost, service, risk, and time, as ranges, on a model of your whole network. The decision stays with your team. | A plan, refreshed each planning cycle, tied to orders and inventory. |
| What happens when the network changes | You test the change before it happens. A redesign, a new tariff, or a supplier shift runs as a scenario on the same model, without a new build. | Once the change is made and the master data is updated, the suite plans the new network. |
| How it is priced | Posted prices. The daily brief is free, Intelligence Pro is $19.99 a month, a Twin is set up with you in a short working session, and Enterprise is custom. | Enterprise software, usually licensed along with an implementation project. |
| Where every number comes from | Every number shows where it came from and carries a confidence level. Scenario results include 80 and 95 percent ranges and the inputs that moved the answer. | Your own transactions and planning parameters, as maintained in your systems. |
Two jobs, two systems
Planning suites are built for the recurring cycle. They take your orders, forecasts, inventory, and capacity, and produce the plan your team carries out. That work needs integrated data and daily discipline, and the planning system is where it belongs.
Some decisions sit above the plan: whether to open or close a site, move a supplier, route volume through a different port, or absorb a tariff. Those decisions change the network the plan runs on. They need a model of the whole network, many what-ifs in a short time, and a clear view of what each option does to cost, service, risk, and time.
That is the job Hylios does. It builds a working model of your network in hours from public data and the files you already have, then gets more exact as you add files and, coming soon, connect SAP S/4HANA Cloud or Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM. Every scenario runs for 12 months by default, long enough to see seasonality. Every number shows where it came from, and Hylios does not tell you what to decide: it makes the trade-offs explicit and leaves judgment with people. The methodology page sets out how the model is built and calibrated.
When a planning suite is the better choice
A planning suite is the right tool when:
- You need to run S&OP, demand planning, or supply planning every week, with many planners working in one shared plan.
- The question is what to make, buy, and ship next, and the answer has to turn into orders in your ERP.
- You need execution detail such as order promising, replenishment, and allocation at the transaction level.
- Your network is stable, and the main work is running it well.
Hylios does not do this work and is not built to. If you are choosing a system to run daily and weekly planning, choose a planning suite.
Using your planning system and Hylios together
- Decide which network to plan. Test the change in Hylios first, with each option shown across cost, service, risk, and time, as ranges.
- Commit with the trade-offs in view. Hylios does not pick for you. Your team decides, with the evidence for each option in one place.
- Run the plan. Once the change is made, your planning system plans the new network as usual.
- Keep the model current. Share updated files as the network moves, and the model gets more exact over time.
Hylios starts from the files you already have, such as a site list, a supplier list, shipment history, and freight invoices. No integration project is needed to start. Direct connections to SAP S/4HANA Cloud and Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM are coming soon. Your files stay private to your workspace and are not used to train shared models.
If you want a fixed-scope first project, the network diagnostic builds a twin of your network from public data and trues it up against your actuals in 4 to 8 weeks, for a fixed fee of $50,000 to $100,000. Other options and prices are on the pricing page.
Frequently asked questions
Does Hylios replace my supply chain planning system?
No. Keep your planning system to run S&OP, demand planning, and supply planning. Hylios sits alongside your ERP and planning systems and answers a different question: which network to plan, and what a change does to cost, service, risk, and time before you commit.
How does Hylios compare with a supply chain planning suite?
A planning suite runs the recurring plan on your integrated transactional data and answers what to make, buy, and ship next. Hylios builds a working model of your whole network in hours from public data and the files you already have, and tests changes to that network across cost, service, risk, and time. The suite runs the plan; Hylios helps you decide which network the plan should run on.
Do I need to integrate Hylios with my ERP or planning system?
Not to start. Hylios builds a first model of your network in hours from public data and the files you already have, so no integration project is needed. The model gets more exact as you add files. Direct connections to SAP S/4HANA Cloud and Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM are coming soon.
Which questions belong in Hylios and which in the planning system?
Questions about the next order, the next week, or the next S&OP cycle belong in your planning system. Questions about changing the network, such as opening or closing a site, moving a supplier, shifting a lane, or absorbing a tariff, belong in Hylios, where you can see each option across cost, service, risk, and time before you commit.
How do I know where a Hylios number comes from?
Every number shows where it came from and carries a confidence level. Hylios calibrates its baseline against 12 to 24 months of your observed history, and it reports scenario results as a central estimate with 80 and 95 percent ranges and a sensitivity table of the inputs that moved the answer. The method is published on the Hylios methodology page.
What does Hylios cost?
Hylios posts its prices. The daily brief is free, Intelligence Pro is $19.99 a month or $199.99 a year, a Twin is set up with you in a short working session, and Enterprise is custom. A fixed-fee network diagnostic is $50,000 to $100,000 over 4 to 8 weeks.