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Decision-centric planning

Conquer supply chain volatility with decision velocity

Your supply chain makes thousands of decisions. How many of them are made well and fast enough?

A disruption hits on a Tuesday. A tariff is announced mid-cycle. An S&OP decision waits three weeks while the world moves on in three hours. A familiar issue is rebuilt from scratch, as if the organization has never seen it before.

Supply chains don’t break because planners lack intelligence. They break because decision quality collapses under pressure and decision velocity can’t keep up with reality.

Traditional planning was built for a slower world. One where decisions could wait for the next cycle. That world is gone.

What is decision-centric planning?

Decision‑centric planning shifts the focus of supply chain planning from producing plans to making better decisions.

Instead of relying on static, calendar‑based cycles, it enables organizations to:

Anticipate change before it hits
Use external signals to drive decision events
Act quickly, without sacrificing decision quality

The goal is not speed alone. It’s decision velocity and decision quality, together.

Decision-centric planning Conquer supply chain volatility with decision velocity

Always on, always ahead

A practical guide to decision‑centric planning. Learn how always‑on, event‑driven decision intelligence helps organizations anticipate change, evaluate scenarios, and act with speed and confidence.

From firefighting to proactive control

In a reactive model, disruption triggers manual analysis, fragmented decisions, and delayed action. In a decision-centric model, the response is already prepared: scenarios ready, trade-offs understood, decisions moving immediately into execution.

The difference isn't better planning. It's better decision readiness.

From process-centric to decision-centric

How OMP delivers decision-centric planning at scale

Unison Decision‑Centric planning is built on Unison Planning™ and orchestrated by UnisonIQ, bringing decision-centric principles into daily operations across complex, global supply chains.

It combines:

Advanced AI and optimization engines
Real‑time scenario modeling
Explainable, trusted AI
Human validation and cross‑functional collaboration

AI augments planners. It doesn’t replace them. Every decision stays transparent, auditable, and aligned with business goals.

UnisonIQ

How it works: three pillars of always-on decision intelligence

1

Strategy

Define what a good decision looks like before disruption arrives.

Organizations align on:

Strategic priorities and trade offs
KPIs and decision thresholds
Who decides what, and when

This creates clear guardrails. Decisions do not need to be reinvented under pressure.

2

Preparation

Run scenarios continuously to stay ready for disruption.

Instead of modeling everything, prepare for what matters most:

Hundreds of scenarios simulated continuously
Decision options pre evaluated and aligned
Trade offs understood before reality forces a choice

When change happens, teams choose from prepared options rather than improvise.

3

Execution

Event-driven workflows that act at the speed of the situation.
When a real-world event crosses a defined threshold:

The impact is assessed automatically
The right stakeholders are engaged
Decisions are executed in minutes, not weeks

Routine decisions automate; exceptions escalate with full context for confident action.

Real results in practice

At Evonik Oxeno, a leading producer of C4 chemicals, Unison Decision‑Centric Planning transformed how the organization responds to disruption. Teams moved away from spreadsheet‑driven firefighting toward scenario‑based decision preparation, running hundreds of scenarios every week and dozens of solver runs every day.

The result? Faster decisions, stronger alignment, improved performance, and resilience at scale.

“By shifting from process-centric to decision-centric planning powered by OMP’s Unison Planning, we now run hundreds of scenarios, improving decisions and performance.”

David Kochanek, Supply Chain Solution Manager at Evonik Oxeno

Voices from the field

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Scenario-based decision-making

"Decision-centric planning has reinforced trust in the system among planners and executives. With scenario-based decision-making, we can respond faster and improve performance.”

— David Kochanek, Supply Chain Solution Manager at Evonik Oxeno

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The self-driving supply chain

“We are much more predictive, much more responsive, and much more autonomous than we’ve ever been.”

— Adis Sulejmanović, Head of Digital Supply Chain Transformation & Strategy at Kraft Heinz

Boosting agility and sustainability

“Supply chain teams are drowning in data but starving for insights. This is about surfacing the right insights so better decisions can be made faster.”

— Lachelle Buchanan, Product Marketing Manager & Tom Wouters, Chief Product Officer

Antifragile supply chains

"When faced with uncertainty exposure, organizations with dynamic decision processes are 4.9 times more likely to impact their revenue positively.”

— Gartner Antifragile Supply Chain Management Survey