\nManhattan Associates Inc.<\/a> (Nasdaq: MANH<\/a>), the global leader in native AI-empowered supply chain commerce solutions, today unveiled Sightline, a new capability within ActivePlanning<\/a>\u2122, to reveal the reasoning behind AI-driven forecasts, recommendations, and inventory decisions in plain business language.<\/p>\n
\nSightline brings the \u201cwhy\u201d behind projected outcomes directly into the application, from a single order line to an entire network. It gives planners forensic-level understanding of the factors shaping forecasts, orders, and inventory positions, including forecast inputs, safety stock decisions, vendor minimums, lead times, promotional effects, fulfillment shifts, and network movements.<\/p>\n
\nFor decades, planners have had to leave the system and work in tools like Microsoft Excel to understand the logic behind planning decisions. Sightline changes that by delivering real-time, in-application analysis that turns hours of off-system investigation into answers in seconds. Planners can quickly understand why a forecast changed, why a projection ran high or low, or what factors drove a recommendation.<\/p>\n
\nAdvanced AI forecasting can often feel like a black box that requires a data scientist to do the analysis. Forecasts get adjusted by AI, replenishment recommendations come from AI, and allocation decisions get nudged by AI. Practitioners often have difficulty understanding exactly why it\u2019s doing what it\u2019s doing. But with Sightline they get real-time, in-application analysis, turning hours of investigation into answers in seconds.<\/p>\n
\nSightline also introduces dynamic, configurable views built around how planners actually work, whether by role, promotion, activity, or a combination of those perspectives. These views across forecasts, order projections, and planned inventory levels are enabled through a new configurable workspace for planners, reducing time spent answering routine \u201cwhy\u201d questions and eliminating the need for third-party business intelligence tools or Excel.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cAt Manhattan, we are committed to continuous innovation and simplification, which helps our customers work smarter and move faster,\u201d said Brian Kinsella, senior vice president and chief product officer at Manhattan. \u201cWith Sightline, we\u2019re giving planning teams a powerful new way to understand the drivers behind every outcome, accelerate decision-making, and drive higher productivity across the supply chain.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSightline establishes a new mandate for planning software by embedding explainability directly into the planning system, so users can investigate outcomes where decisions are made.<\/p>\n
\nABOUT MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES<\/p>\n
\nManhattan Associates is a global technology leader, providing supply chain and omnichannel commerce solutions with unmatched AI capabilities. We design, build, and offer best-in-class, AI-powered, cloud-based solutions that drive resilience and efficiency for businesses. We enable enterprises to uniquely unify front-end sales with back-end supply chain execution.<\/p>\n
\nOur commitment to innovation, cloud-native platform, and API-first architecture creates simpler experiences and faster paths to value for our customers. We empower them to preempt and react to emerging trends and global disruptions with technical expertise and operational confidence, transforming challenges into competitive advantage. For more information, please visit www.manh.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n View source version on businesswire.com: https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260520864276\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n