Aera Inventory

A Balance to Strike

Aera Inventory Skill continuously balances capital investment constraints and service level goals while taking demand and supply volatility into account

Aera Inventory Skill provides a planner and end-users a complete view of inventory context, expected demand, predicted lead times, and overall variability of demand and supply. The Skill continuously balances and evaluates inventory levels and targets against defined service levels. It proactively adjusts to expiring inventory as well as minimizing backorders. It manages new product introductions, substitutions, and other conditions in inventory decisions.

Benefits

Improves safety stock performance enables less inventory without jeopardizing service levels
Analyzes the split between safety, cycle, excess, transit, residual levels and trends over time
Extends coverage to Raw Materials, WIP, and Finished Goods
Automates the process of balancing inventory, including executing corrective actions in transactional systems
Calculates conditions every few minutes rather than days or weeks
Provides visibility into inventory savings to date, actual and optimized inventory by SKU or location

Other Skills

Aera Forecast

Leverages machine learning algorithms that correlate data from historical sales, promotions, the market, and external factors to autonomously generate an accurate demand forecast with minimal to no human intervention.

Aera Order

Recommends accurate order promises, allocations, and production plans to improve Available-to-Promise capabilities with real-time fulfillment visibility.

Aera Promotions

Monitors the competition and market trends, analyzes historical data, and recommends plans to perfect your promotions.

Aera Procurement

Integrates procurement strategy and automates daily procurement processes to enable a highly efficient and streamlined procurement process.

Aera Logistics

Optimizes shipping networks, uncovering opportunities for more efficient transportation, identifying bottlenecks, and automating shipment delay resolution, to ensure customers receive the complete shipment on time, every time.

Aera Digital Control Tower

Monitors the business to identify and predict demand, working capital and cost risks, then prescribes appropriate actions to mitigate or overcome these risks.