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Broadline Distributors

Why Food & Beverage Distributors choose o9

Solving integrated planning at scale, complexity, and agility needed for broadline distribution.

Clarios
Mango
Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation
PwC Sponsor
Godrej
Philip Morris
M. Dias Branco
QXO
Koki Holdings
IVECO Group
Philips
Bass Pro Shops
Clarios
Mango
Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation
PwC Sponsor
Godrej
Philip Morris
M. Dias Branco
QXO
Koki Holdings
IVECO Group
Philips
Bass Pro Shops
Clarios
Mango
Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation
PwC Sponsor
Godrej
Philip Morris
M. Dias Branco
QXO
Koki Holdings
IVECO Group
Philips
Bass Pro Shops

UNLOCKING BILLIONS IN VALUE FOR CLIENTS IN 30+ INDUSTRIES

Enterprise Knowledge Graph (EKG)

o9 EKG for
Food & Beverage Distributors

The o9 Enterprise Knowledge Graph (EKG) connects your retail data—items, stores, DCs, vendors, capacities, policies, and transactions—into one decision model. With this foundation, teams can run synchronized plans across horizons (strategic, tactical, daily) while continuously learning from what actually happened.

External market knowledge can be harmonized alongside internal signals to explain what’s driving demand, not just predict it—so planners can act with confidence, faster, and with fewer handoffs.

Key Capabilities

Why Food & Beverage Distributors
choose o9

  • Driver-Based Demand Forecasting

    Move beyond historical data with ML models that learn from external drivers like weather, local events, and vendor/retailer promotions. Increase accuracy and reduce bias at the item-location customer level to reduce waste and improve service

  • Multi-Echelon Inventory & Shelf-Life Optimization

    Balance service levels against inventory and spoilage risk by respecting complex F&B constraints. o9's MEIO engine automatically manages customer-specific code dates and shelf-life requirements across your entire multi-tier network.

  • Constraint-Aware Replenishment & Supply Planning

    Replace manual "firefighting" with and end-to-end Digital Twin of your supply chain. Model real-world capacity, from dock doors to chilled storage to labor, to generate fully executable replenishment and stock movement plans.

  • Automated Buying Recommendations

    Transform complex data into quick decisions with AI-assisted scenario modeling. Compare the financial and KPI tradeoffs of different responses to disruptions side-by-side to choose the most profitable path forward.

  • Full Truckload Optimization

    Maximize freight efficiency with a specialized solver that balances weight, volume, and pallet stacking rules. Automatically consolidate shipments to increase truckload utilization.

  • Integrated Customer & Supplier Collaboration

    Collaborate on the same plan with both suppliers and customers directly in your planning platform: aligning forecasts, capacity, and inventory.

Challenges

Solving key challenges in
Food & Beverage Distribution

Challenge

Consumer personalization and rapid channel shifts make item-location forecasts unstable.

Solution

o9 uses ML forecasting with external drivers and customer inputs to improve accuracy by item and location.

Challenge

Assortment proliferation and promotion complexity increase decision volume and planning noise.

Solution

o9 provides a holistic assortment planning integrated with price and promotion to optimize commercial plans, increasing top-line and margins.

Featured use cases

Proven Results for

Distribution Leaders

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