Automate demand planning to cut analysis time by 95%

You have an ERP, but your planning still happens in fragile spreadsheets. Ceres normalizes messy customer data, catches exceptions automatically, and builds accurate AI forecasts — so you stop fighting Excel and start making decisions.

95%
Time Compression
2.5x
Planner Productivity
Zero
Manual Reconciliation
Planning Layer — Live
Planning stream
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AI_FORECAST✓ ACTIVE
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The costly planning gap

Between your SAP system and your actual supply chain decisions lies a massive gap. Right now, your team fills that gap by stitching together data by hand. When you supply multiple OEMs, manual planning breaks down.

Mismatched Data

Every customer sends demand in different formats, cadences, and time horizons.

High-SKU Complexity

Managing thousands of part-customer-plant combinations crashes traditional spreadsheets.

Constant Fire Drills

Unflagged demand shifts and missing data cause severe schedule volatility.

Critical: System Overload
Excel memory limit exceeded — manual override required

An automated planning layer

Ceres replaces your manual spreadsheets. We bring customer demand signals, ERP data, and historical demand into one intelligent system.

input

Ingest & Normalize

Automatically pull in EDI signals, customer releases, and SAP snapshots to create one unified baseline.

Outcome: stop manually reconciling files
warning

Catch Exceptions

Automatically detect new part numbers, double plannings, and anomalous demand shifts that human eyes miss.

Outcome: surface critical changes instantly
psychology

AI Forecasting

Build accurate forecasts across every active part, customer, and plant combination at massive scale.

Outcome: never skip a planning period
science

Test Scenarios

Model the exact operational impact of new tariffs, logistics disruptions, or material shortages.

Outcome: protect margins from chaos

Measurable ROI

95%

Less Analysis Time

Eliminate the manual grind of manipulating EDI files and weekly snapshots.

2.5x

Planner Productivity

Scale your operations and handle massive SKU complexity without adding headcount.

0

Costly Surprises

Spot changes before they create expedited air freight, excess inventory, or capacity problems.

Close the gap between your ERP and your decisions.

See how Ceres helps planning teams move faster, catch issues earlier, and make better decisions.

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