Recognition from New Equipment Digest and Plant Services marks LeanDNA’s first honor in the program, spotlighting APEX as one of manufacturing’s most impactful new technologies.
AUSTIN, Texas — September 10, 2026 — LeanDNA, a leading intelligent supply chain execution platform, today announced that APEX by LeanDNA has been named a Gold honoree and Reader’s Choice winner in the 2026 Industrial Innovation Awards, presented by New Equipment Digest and Plant Services. It is the first time LeanDNA has been recognized in the program, which celebrates the most disruptive innovations in industrial and manufacturing technology.
The Industrial Innovation Awards honors technologies that improve performance, efficiency, reliability, safety, and ROI, giving executives, engineers, and operations leaders a credible benchmark for what’s truly moving manufacturing forward. Honorees are selected by a panel of expert judges, while the Reader’s Choice distinction is decided separately by a public vote of the industry.
“Being recognized by New Equipment Digest and Plant Services, and by the manufacturing community itself, is especially meaningful, because these are the people who live the realities of the plant floor every day,” said Andy Ellenthal, Chief Executive Officer of LeanDNA. “APEX was built to close the gap between insight and action for the world’s most complex manufacturers, and this recognition affirms that the industry sees the same opportunity we do.”
Introduced in October 2025, APEX operationalizes AI-powered supply planning for the realities of factory execution. Rather than static dashboards that require interpretation, APEX continuously analyzes millions of part-supplier-plant combinations, detects emerging risk early, and prescribes prioritized actions ranked by financial and operational impact, telling supply chain teams exactly what to work on, in what order, and why.
Purpose-built for buyers, planners, supply chain leaders, and operations teams at discrete manufacturers, APEX’s manufacturing-domain AI is trained on real operational constructs. This includes bills of material, PFEP, supplier constraints, safety stock, capacity, and Clear-to-Build readiness. That constraint-aware intelligence allows the platform to distinguish a part shortage that will halt a production line tomorrow from one that will resolve within lead time, and its ERP, MES, and supplier integrations deliver value in weeks rather than the multi-year timelines associated with traditional supply chain transformations.
Manufacturers using APEX have increased material availability, reduced critical shortages, reclaimed hours of buyer time each week, and lifted Clear-to-Build performance, translating into measurable gains in working capital and on-time delivery.
About LeanDNA
LeanDNA powers the world’s discrete manufacturing with a single source of truth for factory-first supply planning, materials management, and inventory optimization. APEX, the AI-powered expert execution platform from LeanDNA, transforms data into optimized decisions and action. LeanDNA empowers manufacturers in aerospace, HVAC,industrials, automotive, and medical to improve on-time delivery and working capital levels. Leading manufacturers including Caterpillar, Daikin Applied, Safran, and Siemens use APEX for supply chain orchestration to gain visibility into current and incoming materials, take action based on inventory criticality, collaborate in real time with suppliers, and track progress toward inventory optimization goals. Learn more at LeanDNA.com.
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