Future Group partners with o9 Solutions for forecasts and refilling

July 3, 2020: The Indian retailer Future Group will deploy the next-generation platforms of o9 Solutions to integrate demand planning (forecasting), replenishment planning & sales and operations planning across its 1500 stores in 450 Indian cities.

Future Group implementation of the o9 platform will enable it to use both internal and external demand drivers while planning for promotions, combined with powerful machine learning algorithms, to create a demand forecast. On replenishment planning, Future Group will leverage the o9 platform for generating the requirements at DC’s and also their CPG, Future Consumer requirements. The o9 platform will also enable a truly digital IBP process where both vendors and Future Group’s CPG will be able to validate their plan against the overall Annual numbers in the platform.

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“The o9 Solutions platform will play a pivotal role in Future Group,” said Vivek Biyani, director, Future Group. “We will be able to bring greater speed and insights to our supply and demand planning processes and run our IBP meeting live in the o9 system. We’re excited to bring o9’s next-generation platform capabilities to support our planning across all time horizons, from long-term strategic planning to mid-term, to short-term, all in one integrated platform.”

Chakri Gottemukkala, co-founder and CEO, o9 Solutions stated, “Future Group is an iconic Indian company, and o9 is honoured to collaborate with them on their journey to establish an integrated business planning process that is as innovative and game-changing. We look forward to a long-term partnership that will enable Future Group to increase revenues and reduce costs while improving customer service and enhancing employee productivity.”