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Consumer Electronics

Navigating the Storm: How a Global Marine Electronics Leader Synced Its Supply Chain to Boost OTIF and Revenue

When siloed processes and disconnected data led to lost sales and excess inventory, this specialist marine electronics retailer needed a new course. Discover how they leveraged o9's AI-powered platform to achieve true end-to-end visibility—slashing planning cycles, improving forecast accuracy, and transforming short-term tactical execution into a significant competitive advantage.

This retailer was unable to bring commercial, supply, and demand planning together with many siloed processes, leading to lost sales and excess inventory. They lacked the E2E visibility and the ability to respond to changing market dynamics.

Sustainability impact

Reduced inventory and reduced logistics expedites.

challenges

Complexity to Clarity

Challenge

The company was unable to create true E2E visibility across the supply chain due to a wide variety of disconnected planning systems operating in a siloed environment.

Solution

With o9, the company is leveraging the highly differentiated Enterprise Knowledge Graph to integrate various planning functions and regions across the organization, reducing overall E2E planning cycles and increasing visibility and efficiency.

Value Delivery

Systems Replaced

  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Avercast

Key Functionalities Implemented

Leveraging o9’s digital planning and decision-making platform, the company was able to improve forecast accuracy, inventory health, and planner productivity through the implementation of a best-in-class integrated demand and supply planning solution. In addition, o9’s Control Tower implemented at the company provides tracking of key operational KPIs as well as providing tactical execution recommendations in the short term, thereby improving customer OTIFs.

Customer Benefits

success factors

  • Ability to provide E2E visibility, perform demand-supply matching, and have other planning capabilities in one platform.
  • Ability to perform real-time scenario analysis and make informed decisions.
  • o9’s time-to-value and ability to implement in a short time.

KPI Impacted

  • Revenue increase (through improved forecast accuracy).
  • Customer OTIF increase (through improved inventory and distribution).
  • Productivity improvement (through process automation).
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