o9 Solutions, a leading enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making, today announced that Perfetti Van Melle has selected the o9 Digital Brain platform to transform its supply chain planning capabilities and accelerate its digital transformation journey. Perfetti Van Melle is a global confectionery and chewing gum manufacturer and distributor with iconic global brands in its portfolio, such as Mentos, Chupa Chups, Fruit-tella, Smint and Airheads. Their products are produced and distributed in over 150 countries.

Perfetti Van Melle aimed to optimize its supply chain planning process to navigate today’s supply chain complexity and volatility. The o9 platform was selected because of its best-in-class scenario planning integrated with financial information, digital on-system IBP process providing end-to-end visibility, and o9’s Enterprise Knowledge Graph cube technology, enabling Perfetti Van Melle to convert data into knowledge. The joint partnership will equip Perfetti Van Melle with integrated business planning and supply chain planning capabilities, and Material Requirements Planning, Deployment Planning, and Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization.

“We have an ambitious goal at Perfetti Van Melle to digitize our supply chain planning capabilities. By doing so, we can turn data into meaningful insights to make more data-driven decisions across the value chain while continuing to create value for our consumers through innovative and gratifying high-quality products,” said Vincent Vloemans, Chief Information Officer of Perfetti Van Melle. "We strive to be the world's most innovative confectionery company.”

“We are thrilled that Perfetti Van Melle has selected the o9 Digital Brain platform to transform their integrated business planning processes digitally,” said Chakri Gottemukkala, Co-founder and CEO of o9 Solutions. “o9 will provide Perfetti Van Melle with an end-to-end platform that will enable planners to have end-to-end supply chain visibility of constraints and costs, as well as improve decision making through the use of advanced scenario capabilities.”

About o9 Solutions, Inc.

o9 Solutions is a leading AI-powered platform for integrated business planning and decision-making for the enterprise. Whether it is driving demand, aligning demand and supply, or optimizing commercial initiatives, any planning process can be made faster and smarter with o9’s AI-powered digital solutions. Bringing together technology innovations—such as graph-based enterprise modeling, big data analytics, advanced algorithms for scenario planning, collaborative portals, easy-to-use interfaces and cloud-based delivery—into one platform. For more information, please visit www.o9solutions.com.

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