Software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for supply chain network design and supply chain planning; Software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software designed to recommend optimal structures for supply chain networks, and featuring decisions about facility locations and sizes, transport lanes, and transportation modes within the end-to-end supply chain; Software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software designed to support decisions about inventory allocation, and featuring determining when and where specific products should be stocked, the quantity of inventory to be maintained, the frequency of replenishment between facilities, and the quantities to be replenished; Software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software designed to assist in developing sourcing, production, and supply plans, and featuring recommendations for where products should be manufactured, the quantities to be produced, and which demands should be met with the available supply; Software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software designed to forecast upcoming demand within a supply chain, and featuring recommendations based on various factors, such as price, promotions, and historical sales data; Software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for recommending optimal transportation routes and lanes to fulfill demands within a supply chain, and featuring recommendations for transportation route optimization, selection of transportation modes, and shipment consolidation to achieve cost savings.