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DALLAS, Jan. 18, 2021 – o9 Solutions, a leading enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making, today announced the formation of a strategic alliance with Columbus Consulting International, a boutique consulting firm specializing in solving problems for consumer goods companies and retailers, including grocers.
The alliance combines o9’s integrated planning and data analytics platform with Columbus Consulting’s strategic expertise and thought leadership in organizational structure, processes, and associated change management. This will enable businesses to accelerate their digital transformation Initiatives and adopt a global unified commerce model.
To learn more, contact o9 here.
About Columbus Consulting
Columbus Consulting is comprised of experienced retail practitioners who deliver solutions that drive true value. The company has been building trust within the retail and consumer goods markets for over two decades. Columbus offers a unique, consumer-centric perspective that takes every step of a customer’s journey into consideration while bridging functional & organizational silos through business strategy and transformation initiatives. Specialties include: unified commerce, planning & merchandising, sourcing & supply chain, inventory management, finance & operations, and data & analytics.
For more information, please visit www.columbusconsulting.com
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o9
The Digital Brain Platform
o9 Solutions is a leading Enterprise Knowledge and AI-powered platform helping companies build Agile, Adaptive & Autonomous Planning & Execution Models for transforming enterprise decision-making in environments of rising volatility and uncertainty. Whether it is improving forecast accuracy, matching demand and supply and driving collaboration across the multi-tier supply chain to improve resilience at optimal costs and inventory, or optimizing new product and commercial initiatives to drive revenue growth and margins, decision-making processes from long-range to tactical to execution horizon can be made faster and smarter and connected on o9’s Digital Brain Platform.
o9 brings together game-changing technology innovations — such as innovative enterprise knowledge graph modeling, big data analytics, advanced algorithms for forecasting, demand/supply balancing, scenario planning, real time learning, collaboration, generative and agentic AI, easy-to-use interfaces and cloud-based delivery, and innovative management methods — as well as organization, process and change management best practices to transform decision-making speed and intelligence.
