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Customer-focused innovation
Turning customer-specific challenges into standard solutions
In every case we solve, we look for generic improvements which have the potential to benefit our current and future customers. That’s how our powerful solvers, our holistic planning model and solid architecture came into being.
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Customer-centric road map
Welcoming customers on the journey to innovation
We collaborate with our customers for continuous improvement. Listening carefully to their feedback. Developing dedicated pilot projects and co-development tracks. Building a joint road map to shape our future offering.
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Customer-oriented ideation
Spreading the word, the passion and the spirit
We are passionate about what we do and what we know. Our enthusiasm encourages us to inspire our users, the global supply chain planning community and the next generation of supply chain planning professionals.
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Launching generative AI pilots with Fortune 500 companies
We're integrating generative AI (Gen AI) technologies into Unison Planning to bring digital supply chain planning to the next level of interactivity and intelligence. Practical use cases are being set up, explored, and evaluated with key customers, including prestigious Fortune 500 businesses.
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OMP nominated as Innovator of the Year by AICC for Green Planning capabilities
OMP is focusing on enhancing its current end-to-end planning capabilities with CO2 emissions and other sustainability parameters. The goal is to improve capacity management, reduce inventory, and balance machine loads while producing less waste and reducing energy consumption.
Research paper: supply chain planning in the digital age
What does the planning system of the future look like for manufacturing companies? And who is the planner of the future? We collaborated with Vlerick Business School on a series of interviews with decision-makers in multinational companies. Read the insights from these interviews in the report.
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Innovative product vision
OMP’s product vision consists of 3 pillars: robotized planning platforms, smart collaboration, and industry-specific solutions. Pieter Van Nyen breaks it down for you.
Interview: Harmonizing human and artifical intelligence
Is it realistic to fully robotize supply chain planning? How do you benefit from AI in managing your global value streams? How will this impact the roles of team members? Philip Vervloesem answers these questions and more for Supply Chain Management Review Magazine.
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People in the smart and digitized supply chain
We’re partnering up with Vlerick Business School to investigate the impact of digital transformation on people in the supply chain. How can man and machine work together? What about trust? These are the questions we explore in the the Center for People in the Smart and Digitized Supply Chain.
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Supply Chain 4.0
Everyone’s talking about Supply Chain 4.0. But what is it about? OMP’s Philip Vervloesem talks about connectivity, silo thinking and supply chain maturity.
Unilin Innovation Day
Floor covering customer Unilin invited us to their Innovation Day to give a presentation on 'The Planning of The Future'. Key ideas of our talk? Demand sensing, predictive analysis, and touchless planning.
Digital strategy at modern supply chains
Supply chain digitization will drastically change the way companies are managed. Companies will have to rethink their entire business strategy and implement the right tools to support that strategy. Those who fail to adapt might lose an important part of their business. OMP’s Jan Geuens discusses the digital strategy of modern supply chains.
Innovation through collaboration
Our councils are all about sharing experiences, expertise and insights. In our latest innovation council, innovation leaders from Johnson & Johnson, pladis, Shell and voestalpine shared ideas on shaping the future of smart planning in times of digital transformation. Want to join our next council?
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Continuous investment in DDMRP
The Demand Driven Institute has evaluated our solution and confirmed DDMRP compliance. To support our customers, we continue to invest in DDMRP training and the hiring of certified supply chain professionals. We are also sponsoring a research project related to DDMRP at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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MIT paper explores DDMRP potential
An MIT paper explores the potential of DDMRP to significantly improve service and reduce inventory levels in planning at finite capacity under uncertainty. Co-author Léo Ducrot presented the insights at Demand Driven World 2019 in Amsterdam.
Download reportCustomer-focused innovation
The art of turning client-specific challenges into standard solutions
Building a smart solution
What makes our software so intelligent? A smart generic concept making it universally applicable. Smart logic allowing big problems to be split into smaller components. And smart solvers that crack complexity to deliver optimal results.
Building a holistic solution
How do we design a solution that covers it all? By building a generic data model that captures every supply chain planning challenge. By applying an integrated planning concept that tackles every function in one go. And by offering our unique off-the-shelf industry solutions.
Building a connected solution
How do we ensure seamless integration? We build standards based on a solid data model. Ensuring connectivity with multi-ERP and other business systems. And with the aid of our acclaimed and certified SAP integration.
Customer-centric road map development
The art of welcoming customers on the journey to innovation
Collaborating for continuous improvement
Ongoing feedback loops tap improvement potential at source. We capture and encourage customer feedback during project implementation, through regular health checks, and as a vital part of our customer value management program.
Developing joint pilots and co-developments
Specific requests from our key customers lead to advances in areas such as the integration of new planning concepts, functionalities and collaboration. Knowing what customers need is a powerful trigger for meaningful innovation.
Building a joint road map
Working with customers, we shape our future offering. Key customer programs, user groups, industry councils and round tables are perfect platforms to discuss functionality, and share wish lists and dreams.
'People don’t like to waste time. So, when we meet with our customers, every second counts. We focus on what keeps them awake at night. We talk about possibilities and opportunities, investigate which challenges and trends merit our attention. That’s how we co-create the future. Together, as a team. Not just through our industry platforms and innovation councils. But also as part of daily interaction wherever our customers are.’
Aditya Karnik - Senior Solution Architect
Customer-oriented ideation
The art of spreading the word, the passion and the spirit
Inspiring our users
We love to share ideas, insights and solutions with our customers and strategic partners. Enthusing customers in day-to-day business, getting our heads together in expert groups, user groups, webinars and at customer summits.
Inspiring the global SCP community
Inspired by our vision, we appear as inspirational speakers at congresses, summits, symposia and colloquia. We proudly take part in keynote presentations for industry associations and encourage dialogue with specialist journalists.
Inspiring future generations
It’s a privilege to share our knowledge with rising talent. Our guest lectures and teaching chairs reach graduates all over the globe. We proudly coach thesis students. And we willingly share know-how with expert associations and academic research groups.
‘We like to pass on what we know and light the passion for supply chain planning in new generations of future experts. That’s why we gladly invest our time, energy and know-how working with academic graduates. We coach students with their Master’s or PhD theses, as sparring partner, mentor, or as a field-based source injecting business reality into their academic world.’
Kris Dockx - Senior Product Manager