Aptean

What is Aptean?

Aptean is an enterprise software vendor that sells industry-specific ERP, supply chain, logistics and asset management software, mainly to manufacturers, distributors and retailers. Its products are built around the needs of individual industries rather than one generic suite.

Key features of Aptean

• Industry ERP: separate ERP products for food and beverage, discrete manufacturing (including the Made2Manage edition), apparel and process manufacturing.
• Supply chain management: planning and execution tools for distribution and fulfillment.
• Transportation solutions: software for logistics and transportation operators.
• Product lifecycle management: PLM for product design and development data.
• Enterprise asset management: maintenance and asset tracking software.
• AppCentral AI: a workspace layer with AI agents, predictive intelligence and instant answers across Aptean products.

How Aptean works

Customers pick the Aptean product for their industry and deploy it, with the vendor hosting on Microsoft Azure for cloud customers. The AppCentral workspace brings industry software and AI features into one place. Aptean offers product tours and demos before purchase.

Who uses Aptean?

The vendor says customers are typically mid-sized to large organizations in manufacturing, distribution, retail, logistics, transportation and financial services. Industries listed include food and beverage, fashion and apparel, life sciences, biotech and equipment dealers. Aptean reports more than 12,000 organizations and operations in over 80 countries.

Aptean pricing

Aptean does not publish pricing; plans are quoted by the vendor through its Request Pricing page. Free demos and interactive product tours are available.

Aptean integrations

Aptean's homepage does not name specific third-party integrations. Ask the vendor which connectors apply to the product for your industry.

Aptean alternatives

Global Shop Solutions is a job shop and manufacturing ERP with a narrower manufacturing focus. Epicor offers ERP for manufacturing and distribution with a broader product range. Infor provides industry cloud ERP with strong coverage in manufacturing, and QAD targets large global manufacturers. Aptean differs by splitting its ERP into separate industry editions.