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DALLAS, June 5, 2023 — o9 Solutions, a leading enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making, is setting a new standard for multi-tier supplier collaboration by leveraging AI and advanced analytics capabilities to drive real-time, bi-directional collaboration between customers and their suppliers.
In an increasingly complex and unpredictable business environment, multi-tier supplier collaboration has become a critical component of successful supply chain management. o9's Digital Brain platform is revolutionizing the process by delivering end-to-end visibility into supplier data, automating workflows, and providing the tools required for effective, real-time collaboration. It facilitates sharing crucial information, such as demand forecasts, production schedules, and inventory levels along with external risk and ESG data. The platform's advanced analytics and what-if scenario capabilities also enable companies to identify areas for improvement, anticipate potential issues, and implement proactive measures to mitigate risks. This drives optimization across the entire supply chain and empowers the world's largest enterprises to foster stronger, more efficient, and more resilient supplier relationships.
Additionally, o9 is raising the bar for supplier onboarding. By standardizing processes and procedures, the platform helps build trust between customers and suppliers by minimizing errors, reducing waste, streamlining supply chain operations, and fostering open lines of communication.
o9’s platform is already being leveraged by some of the world's largest enterprises to transform their supplier collaboration processes. Its robust capabilities, high configurability, and AI-driven insights are enabling leading CPG, fashion and apparel, high-tech, and automotive companies to forge strong partnerships that deliver value for all stakeholders.
"Successful collaboration between companies and suppliers is a pivotal driver of innovation and growth in today's rapidly evolving business landscape," said Chakri Gottemukkala, Co-founder and CEO of o9 Solutions. "By harnessing the power of AI and advanced analytics, our platform is unmatched in its ability to provide the transparency and collaborative capabilities needed for a truly integrated end-to-end supply chain, a key competitive differentiator in the face of unprecedented business challenges."
For more information, visit www.o9solutions.com/supplier-collaboration.
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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.
