LLamasoft Supply Chain Guru

LLamasoft Supply Chain Guru is supply chain design software originally developed by LLamasoft. Coupa acquired LLamasoft in November 2020 and now presents the technology through its Supply Chain Design and Planning portfolio.

The software creates structured models of supply chain networks. Organizations can use those models to evaluate facilities, products, demand, sourcing, transportation, inventory, capacity, service levels, cost, risk, and sustainability assumptions.

Supply Chain Guru X was introduced in 2017 as a successor to the earlier Supply Chain Guru product. It incorporated capabilities from LLamasoft’s LogicNet Plus and CAST applications.

Supply Chain Guru X provides network optimization, transportation optimization, inventory optimization, and discrete-event simulation capabilities. These technologies support strategic, tactical, and operational supply chain analysis.

Users can compare scenarios involving facility locations, sourcing policies, production capacity, transportation modes, inventory policies, customer assignments, and product flows. Results can be reviewed through maps, charts, dashboards, output tables, and scenario comparisons.

The documentation also describes cost-to-serve analysis, network criticality analysis, product substitution modeling, flow constraints, and model transformations for converting CAST models.

Public list pricing for LLamasoft Supply Chain Guru was not located. Current Coupa supply chain offerings use sales-led, custom quotations rather than publicly listed product tiers.

Organizations should request a quote covering licenses, cloud execution, implementation, data integration, training, support, and any required Coupa supply chain modules. A public free plan or free trial was not verified.

Pros: The product supports multiple optimization technologies in one modeling environment. It can represent complex networks, constraints, scenarios, and trade-offs. Windows system requirements and database behavior are documented. Coupa documentation provides continued access to product materials.

Cons: The software requires specialized supply chain modeling knowledge and disciplined data preparation. Public pricing is unavailable, which makes initial budgeting difficult. The desktop product has Windows-specific requirements, and current documentation is transitioning from LLamasoft help pages to Coupa Compass.

Comparable products include anyLogistix for supply chain network optimization and simulation, AIMMS SC Navigator for network design, Blue Yonder Supply Chain Planning for broader planning workflows, o9 Solutions for integrated planning, and Coupa Supply Chain Modeler for the current Coupa-branded successor experience.

What is LLamasoft Supply Chain Guru? It is software for modeling, optimizing, and simulating supply chain networks and operational decisions.

Who owns Supply Chain Guru? Coupa Software owns the LLamasoft supply chain technology following its 2020 acquisition of LLamasoft.

What operating system does Supply Chain Guru X use? The published system requirements describe Microsoft Windows hardware and software requirements. Cloud execution options were also documented for scenario runs.

Does Supply Chain Guru have an API? Public documentation reviewed for this profile did not provide a definitive product API specification. Buyers should confirm supported integration methods with Coupa.

Does it offer a free trial? A public free trial was not verified.

Supply Chain Guru best fits enterprise supply chain teams that need detailed network modeling, optimization, and scenario analysis. Its main trade-offs are implementation complexity, Windows requirements, and quote-based pricing.