How o9 Works

Chapter 5

The Logic

How the o9 planning engine turns network data into optimized, constrained supply plans.

  1. 01

    Disaggregation from variety to item

    How a high-level variety forecast is broken down into individual item-level demand signals.

    4 min
  2. 02

    Disaggregation from year to month

    How an annual plan is distributed across months using seasonal profiles and planning rules.

    4 min
  3. 03

    Backward consumption

    How firm orders consume forecast quantities, preventing double-counting of demand in the planning horizon.

    4 min
  4. 04

    Scheduled receipt

    An existing supply order that is already in progress and will arrive at a known future date.

    3 min
  5. 05

    Push

    A planning strategy where supply is generated based on forecast, ahead of actual demand.

    3 min
  6. 06

    Pull

    A planning strategy where supply is triggered only by actual downstream demand or consumption.

    3 min
  7. 07

    Safety stock

    A buffer of inventory held above the cycle stock to protect against demand variability and supply uncertainty.

    4 min
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