No matter how good your supply chain planning is, you can’t plan your way out of a bad supply chain design. With supply chain design, you can step back and assess the full supply chain picture, ask “what if?” and test the limits, and shift your efficiency curve to a new level. As global disruptions like extreme weather events and geopolitical tensions continue to impact supply chains, having a resilient design has never been more critical.  

The Challenges of Traditional Supply Chain Design Software Solutions

Modern businesses navigating today’s intricate geopolitical landscape face a growing challenge: many supply chain design solutions simply cannot keep up. Outdated or inadequate tools hinder organizations from adapting to the complexity and speed of global markets. This creates significant roadblocks, leaving businesses vulnerable and unable to respond effectively to disruptions. Here are some of the critical issues organizations encounter when relying on these legacy tools: 

• Lack of processing power and easy sharing: Sensitivity analysis is cumbersome and often neglected due to limited processing power available to test multiple scenario variations. Model sharing and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders is extremely difficult. 

• Frustrations with current provider: The software provider you use now isn’t focused on supply chain design and does not have the expertise needed to move your organization forward. They are slow to introduce new features and don’t prioritize your needs. 

• Expensive and difficult to learn: Traditional supply chain design software can be cost prohibitive and difficult to test it out before making a purchasing decision and to learn to use. 

• Siloed decision making: Modeling teams and stakeholders across the enterprise often work in silos due to inadequate tools for cross-departmental collaboration. 

• Risk ignorance: Most supply chain design software solutions focus on delivering adequate service at the lowest cost—and ignore risk, sustainability, and other critical factors. 

At Optilogic, we believe there are two supply chains—the one you have and the one you need. Cosmic Frog is here to bridge the gap. Our 100% SaaS-based platform enables organizations to run “what if” scenarios, identify potential risks, and design supply chains that can adapt to tomorrow’s challenges.  

Cosmic Frog isn’t just software—it’s a tool for transformation. It lets businesses explore countless options for their networks and achieve new levels of efficiency, resiliency, and profitability. Here, we’ll explore how Cosmic Frog’s innovative features set it apart as the best supply chain design software for 2025.  

Cosmic Frog

Key Feature 1: Cloud-Based Cosmic Frog Makes Sharing and Collaboration Easy and Runs Hundreds to Thousands of Scenarios Simultaneously

Traditional desktop-bound software slows down operations and limits collaboration. Cosmic Frog is entirely cloud-native, enabling: 

• Instant access from anywhere with an internet connection and easy model sharing (with internal stakeholders and the Optilogic support team!) 

• 40% faster run times compared to conventional tools.  

• The ability to run hundreds, even thousands, of hypothetical scenarios simultaneously.  

No longer do users have to process one scenario at a time. By enabling designers to run numerous scenarios at the same time, Cosmic Frog empowers organizations to save time while thoroughly exploring the vast possibilities for their supply chain networks.  

From weighing nearshoring strategies to optimizing transportation modes, Cosmic Frog delivers unparalleled computational power, reducing manual input and wasted resources.

Key Feature 2. Leapfrog AI: A Game-Changer for Supply Chain Design

Cosmic Frog’s Leapfrog AI is Optilogic’s custom-built Large Language Model (LLM). With Leapfrog AI, users can interact with their data and models using natural language—no technical expertise required.  

Simply input prompts like “What happens if I increase inventory for Product X at Location Y?” and Leapfrog generates actionable SQL queries and text-based insights. Whether you’re a seasoned supply chain analyst or a beginner, Leapfrog democratizes advanced modeling for everyone.  

Leapfrog AI simplifies tasks such as: 

• Troubleshooting complex models.  

• Modifying data and scenarios on the fly.  

• Providing insights into model fields and performance metrics.  

By combining cutting-edge AI capabilities with technical precision, Leapfrog AI turns Cosmic Frog into the most user-friendly supply chain solution on the market.

Key Feature 3: Give Everyone in the Enterprise Decision-making Power with User-Friendly Apps

By using familiar tools like Excel and Google Sheets, businesses can enable more users to engage with complex supply chain models. This reduces reliance on specialized experts, allowing teams to make informed decisions and optimize networks. The article highlights benefits such as improved decision-making, enhanced collaboration, and cost savings, leading to more resilient and efficient supply chains.  

Key benefits include:  

• Empowered Decision-Making: Non-experts can use user-friendly interfaces to explore scenarios, make data-backed decisions, and analyze strategies without requiring deep technical expertise.  

• Cost and Time Savings: Wide adoption reduces reliance on experts for routine tasks, lowering costs and saving time.  

• Enhanced Collaboration: Cross-functional teams can use shared tools to break down silos, align on goals, and contribute insights, improving communication and teamwork.  

• Proactive Problem-Solving: Teams can quickly identify disruptions, adjust strategies, and make preemptive decisions to stay competitive in dynamic markets.  

• Scalable Optimization: With seamless backend integration and intuitive apps, organizations can scale sophisticated models while keeping operations simple.  

This approach improves supply chain agility and efficiency, helping organizations stay ahead in fast-changing environments. 

Key Feature 4: Cosmic Frog Considers Risk and Includes a Risk Rating for Every Scenario

Cosmic Frog is the only supply chain design platform incorporating a comprehensive risk engine. While many platforms optimize solely for cost, Cosmic Frog evaluates trade-offs across multiple factors, including cost, risk, sustainability, and service.  

Here’s how it works: 

• Integrated data sources assess risks such as natural disasters, political unrest, and proximity to vulnerable zones like biolabs.  

• High-risk factors like single-supplier dependencies and demand concentration are flagged in your network.  

• Every scenario generates an Opti-Risk score, quantifying risks at the click of a button.  

With this powerful feature, businesses can identify risk-minimizing strategies without sacrificing profitability or service and proactively create contingency plans to maintain smooth operations during disruptions. 

Coupa / LLamasoft

Coupa acquired LLamasoft in 2020 and began marketing the supply chain design solution LLamasoft Supply Chain Modeler. The Coupa offering is a combined desktop and cloud-based solution focused on network optimization, inventory optimization, and simulation.  

Following Coupa’s acquisition by Thoma Bravo, supply chain design support and development has diminished, as has Coupa’s in-house supply chain design expertise. Coupa also lacks a full cloud-based solution and risk engine.  

Features and Capabilities:  

• Desktop supply chain design tool supporting network optimization, inventory optimization, and simulation  

• Partial cloud-based modeling solution which often requires hybrid desktop/cloud approach for more complex modeling  

• Desktop-based ETL tool  

• Cloud-based demand modeling tool and app builder for custom solutions

AIMMS Supply Chain Navigator

AIMMS, headquartered in The Netherlands, offers the SC Navigator network optimization solution. SC Navigator uses a mathematical optimization back end with a scenario analysis-based front end to create supply chain design models. The company also offers products for inventory planning, demand forecasting, and S&OP.  

AIMMS has a simple user interface and intuitive, clean mapping features, but lacks simulation and risk analysis capabilities. 

Features and Capabilities:  

• Cloud-based  

• What-if scenario modeling  

• CPLEX based solving along with options to use other solvers  

• Scenario based inventory planning app to help with analysis of inventory (stock levels, safety stock, etc)  

• S&OP and demand forecasting 

GAINS

 

GAINS acquired the 3 Tenets Optimization (3TO) solution in 2023, a network optimization solution. With the addition of 3TO, GAINS can offer basic network design capabilities but may lack strong in-house design expertise and feature depth. 

Sophus X

Sophus X is as China-based supply chain network design software vendor. Sophus X provides network optimization, inventory optimization, and route optimization capabilities, as well as scenario analysis and reporting. They may lack risk scoring and simulation and buyers should test their integration and scalability capabilities.  

Get Started with Cosmic Frog

Cosmic Frog makes launching your first supply chain design project seamless. Here’s how: 

1. Create Your Account – Sign up for a free Cosmic Frog account—no credit card required.
2. Upload Data – Quickly import your supply chain data or use our templates to get started.
3. Design Scenarios – Build, modify, and run endless “what-if” scenarios.
4. Share Insights – Visualize results with interactive dashboards and vivid maps for easy sharing.  

Whether you’re performing greenfield analyses, validating new product strategies, or strengthening your supply chain network, Cosmic Frog enables you to go further, faster.