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AI/ML Forecasting

Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) Software for Enterprises

S&OP on the o9 Digital Brain transforms planning from a reactive monthly report into a real-time engine for growth. By unifying Demand, Supply, and Finance within a single 'Digital Twin' of your enterprise, we eliminate the data latency that slows down global organizations.

Instead of debating the past, your leadership team uses S&OP to simulate the future. By assessing demand shifts and supply constraints through a real-time financial lens, you gain the clarity to balance service levels, operational costs, and margin protection with total confidence.

Navico Holdings
Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation
Garrett Motion
Enza Zaden
Roland
Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan
DS Group
Samsung Bioepis
The Mosaic Company
Asian Paints
Pearson
The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.
Navico Holdings
Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation
Garrett Motion
Enza Zaden
Roland
Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan
DS Group
Samsung Bioepis
The Mosaic Company
Asian Paints
Pearson
The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.
Navico Holdings
Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation
Garrett Motion
Enza Zaden
Roland
Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan
DS Group
Samsung Bioepis
The Mosaic Company
Asian Paints
Pearson
The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.

UNLOCKING BILLIONS IN VALUE FOR CLIENTS IN 30+ INDUSTRIES

Key Differentiators

Why Leaders Choose o9’s S&OP Software

Leading organizations are redefining S&OP as the connective tissue between strategic intent and operational planning. Rather than treating S&OP as a fixed monthly checkpoint, they use it as an ongoing forum to evaluate scenarios, test assumptions, and align on actions.

  • Financial Outcomes Embedded in Every Decision

    Unlike traditional S&OP approaches that reconcile financials after the fact, o9 embeds revenue, margin, and working capital directly into planning scenarios. This ensures decisions support enterprise value rather than functional optimization.

  • One Shared Data Foundation

    All functions operate on a single version of the truth, eliminating debates over numbers and accelerating alignment. Assumptions are explicit, traceable, and explainable across cycles.

  • Focus on What Matters Most

    Automate baseline forecasting at scale while reducing the need for constant manual intervention across large product portfolios. Exception-based workflows help planners focus attention where human judgment delivers the greatest value.

  • Live Platform

    Enhance the effectiveness of S&OP by moving to a digital collaborative platform with current plans and analytics.

  • Insights over Reporting

    Move from status and gap reporting to an insight-rich S&OP process. With real-time visibility to plans, forecasts, gaps, initiatives, and KPIs as they change.

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Examples of Business Value
Achieved with o9

  • 60%Reduction in out-of-stocks
  • 53%Decrease in inventory losses
  • 30%Time savings by planners
  • 70-90%Touchless planning adoption reached across key markets.

By leveraging o9’s integrated planning platform, this company replaced legacy systems such as SAP APO with a single, cloud-native solution, streamlining demand forecasting, supply planning, and inventory management.

Core Capabilities

What this solution enables

  • Integrated Demand, Supply, and Financial Planning


    o9 unifies demand forecasts, supply plans, inventory positions, and financial outcomes in a single planning model. Changes in one area are immediately reflected across others, eliminating manual reconciliation and late-stage surprises.

  • Scenario-Based Decision Making

    S&OP scenarios allow teams to explore alternative paths forward before committing. Leaders can assess the impact of demand upside or downside, supply constraints, or cost changes on service levels, margins, and working capital, ensuring informed trade-offs.

  • Live, System-Driven S&OP Reviews

    S&OP meetings are conducted directly within the platform using real-time data. Participants can drill into assumptions, challenge scenarios, and align on decisions without relying on static slide decks or offline analysis.

  • Constraint-Aware Planning

    Plans reflect real-world constraints such as capacity limits, material availability, and inventory policies. This ensures S&OP outcomes are both ambitious and feasible, reducing downstream disruption.

featured insights

Related Resources
& White Papers

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    Transformative IBP: the Executive Guide

    Download the bite-sized guide to enabling connected decision-making with transformative Integrated Business Planning.

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    Your blueprint to Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) excellence

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what customers say

Driving Real
Enterprise Value

PepsiCo

"So with IBP, what we are achieving now is one single source of truth. Everyone aligns behind one number, with the ultimate accountability for IBP being the general manager. So you take the power out of the functions and give it to the general manager to run the business as they see fit, which is unbelievable."

Dr. Athina Kanioura

Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer

Mankind Pharma

"We were finding a solution that could help us standardize industry best practices while also handling the fine nitty-gritty of pharma. We wanted the best tool available—hence, we chose o9."

Bharat Bhushan Rathi

Head of Distribution and Logistics

Anheuser-Busch InBev

"I believe that companies that can master the ability to collect data and leverage it right through models and embed it in their business are the ones that will win."

David Almeida

Chief Strategy & Technology Officer

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Use Cases

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o9's Integrated Business Planning Use Cases

Integrated Business Planning

Connect finance, marketing, sales, and supply chain data on a single, live online platform to mitigate risks and capitalize on opportunities.

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Long Range Planning (LRP)

Build strategic plans for your organization over a longer time horizon. Forward-looking, data-backed insights so your plan is prepared for anything. Translate long-term strategy into an executable, resilient operating model.

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Annual Operating Plan (AOP) & Budgeting

Align performance with business goals with an operating plan that captures strategic intent. Move from static annual budgets to continuous financial alignment.

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FAQ S&OP

Modern S&OP is a cross-functional planning capability that aligns demand, supply, and financial objectives through shared assumptions and scenario-based decision-making.