Intelligent Planning Cloud is easy to implement and delivers quick results for the retail and consumer goods industries
More than ever, retailers and consumer goods manufacturers need accurate demand planning. With the help of SAS's AI-powered Intelligent Planning Cloud, companies can change the game by anticipating and satisfying consumer needs and handling potential shipment disruptions more efficiently. The SaaS solution is now available on SAS Cloud, operated by Microsoft Azure.
“Successful retailers and consumer goods manufacturers need to react in near real time to operational and market conditions, as well as model scenarios of future conditions, to enable more business agility,” said Brian Kilcourse, managing partner of Retail Systems Research. . "SAS technologies, integrated into Microsoft Azure, are designed to drive faster, more thorough analytics for businesses to achieve faster time-to-market."
"THE Intelligent Planning Cloud, from SAS, is fully automated, which gives users the benefit of more clarity to solve business problems without the stress of complicated cloud operations,” says Dan Mitchell, Global Director of Retail and Consumer Goods at SAS. “The new norm for business must be access to assets, systems, locations and data in real time with the application of sophisticated artificial intelligence and machine learning. Ignoring this approach means losing sales, customers and market share”.
“Volatility in consumer demand only exacerbates supply chain problems. So when your product is sitting on a docked ship, you have options and you can act on your information,” said Felice Miller, leader of business strategy, retail and consumer goods at Microsoft. “That's why SAS and Microsoft are developing a portfolio of supply chain-focused solutions that help businesses access real-time data and strengthen their ability to detect, anticipate and adapt to disruptions. SAS is also a partner of Microsoft's Cloud for Retail, which helps customers get up and running faster.
In addition to the strategic partnership with Microsoft Azure, SAS has been building a network of supply chain expertise with partners such as project44, a cosmotech and CH Robinson.
