GEP named a Leader in Forrester Wave for Supply Chain Platforms
GEP has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Supply Chain Platforms, Q3 2026, and received the highest possible score of 5 out of 5 in the Innovation criterion, the company said. Forrester evaluated 13 supply chain platform providers.
- GEP was named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Supply Chain Platforms, Q3 2026, which evaluated 13 providers.
- GEP received 5 out of 5 in the Innovation criterion, according to the company.
- Forrester cited agentic AI, knowledge graphs, autonomous decision-making and AI-native architecture.
- Forrester said GEP suits large enterprises seeking a unified procurement and supply chain platform.
- GEP also cited Leader positions from Gartner, The Hackett Group and IDC MarketScape.
What Forrester evaluated and cited
GEP, which provides AI-powered procurement and supply chain platforms and services to Fortune 500 and Global 2000 enterprises, announced the result on Oct. 6, 2026. According to the company, Forrester assessed 13 of the most significant supply chain platform providers and placed GEP in the Leader category.
In the Innovation criterion, GEP received 5 out of 5. Forrester specifically cited the company's investments in agentic AI, knowledge graphs, autonomous decision-making and AI-native architecture. It also recognized GEP's superior network participant authentication, as well as its demand signal and forecast collaboration.
GEP says it believes the recognition places it among the leading providers in the broader enterprise supply chain technology market.
Who the platform suits, and what customers said
Forrester said GEP is best suited to large enterprises seeking a unified procurement and supply chain platform with strong agentic AI, network collaboration, autonomous decision-making and multienterprise orchestration capabilities. Customers interviewed by Forrester also praised GEP's service and transparency and expressed positive repurchase intent.
Subhash Makhija, CEO and co-founder of GEP, tied the result to the company's platform strategy. "We have invested in building an AI-native platform because the real value of AI comes only when it is embedded across the work, the data and the decisions," he said. He described GEP Quantum Intelligence as "one intelligent platform connecting sourcing, suppliers, risk, demand and execution, rather than adding a thin layer AI on top of fragmented systems."
GEP Quantum Intelligence brings procurement and supply chain capabilities together on an AI-native platform. It connects sourcing, supplier intelligence, multi-tier visibility and risk management with demand signals, supply collaboration and execution.
Part of a run of analyst recognitions
GEP believes the Forrester result extends its leadership from procurement and direct materials into the broader supply chain platform market. The company pointed to other recent assessments:
- Gartner named GEP a Leader in the 2026 Magic Quadrant™ for Source-to-Pay Suites.
- The Hackett Group named GEP a Leader in its Fall 2026 SolutionMap, with GEP the only provider at the top of the "Sophisticated & Holistic" category across all 15 evaluated areas.
- IDC MarketScape named GEP a Leader in its 2026 assessment of AI-enabled direct spend.
According to GEP, these assessments recognize a common set of strengths: comprehensive source-to-pay capabilities, a unified platform and data, AI and agentic innovation, and deep procurement expertise.
What it means for buyers
For enterprises evaluating supply chain technology, the report positions GEP as an option for large organizations that want procurement and supply chain handled on one platform rather than across separate systems. GEP says it serves more than 550 Fortune 500 and Global 2000 industry leaders.
Forrester states that it does not endorse any company, product, brand or service in its research and does not advise anyone to select a provider based on its ratings. It adds that its opinions reflect judgment at the time and are subject to change.
