This IDC study examines the supply chain and services operations and workforce management analytic applications market and vendor shares for the period 2005–2007.

"In 2007, the supply chain and services operations and workforce management analytic applications market grew 10.0%. IDC expects the market to maintain this level of growth for the foreseeable future with the continued potential for slight upside improvements after the second half of 2009," said Brian McDonough, research manager, Business Analytics Solutions. "The healthy growth is due to a large and fairly mature underlying applications market that generates significant amounts of critical data for analysis and a diverse group of recognizable software suppliers."