In the late 1990s, the corporate world experienced a monumental shift. The terms Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) emerged as...
Manju Devadas
August 11, 2026
1. The Historical Silo: How Traditional ERP/MRP Bound Our Brainpower In the late 1990s, the corporate world experienced a monumental shift. The terms Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and...
Manju Devadas August 11
For years, AI has been treated as a “system of intelligence”—a tool that provides insights but leaves the heavy lifting of execution to human operators. But in complex...
Manju Devadas August 6
Why Pluto7’s Pi Agent Framework Beats Palantir for Supply Chain Problems
Every year, overstocks and stockouts cost the global economy a staggering $2 trillion. Products end up in the wrong places primarily due to decision latency—the time it takes...
Manju Devadas July 20
Why Your People Are the Key to Surviving the Agentic AI Shift in Supply Chain
Enterprise supply chains are undergoing a massive, disruptive paradigm shift. For decades, businesses have relied on passive “systems of intelligence”—the static dashboards, messy spreadsheets, and outdated repositories designed...
Manju Devadas July 20
My day typically starts at 4:30 a.m. local time, deep-diving into business problem formulation, mapping solutions to AI platforms, and, most importantly, managing organizational change. This continues late...
Manju Devadas June 8
You hear a lot of new supply chain terminologies alongside the old ones—IBP, S&OP, MRP, DDMRP. But in reality, alignment is still the true differentiator. A new acronym...
Vipul Borse June 2
The Future of Supply Chain: Why “Planning in a Box – Pi Agent” with Gemini Enterprise
In today’s volatile business environment, supply chain resilience is no longer a competitive advantage — it’s a requirement for survival and growth. Yet many organizations still rely on...
Manju Devadas May 26
The Architectural Shift: Engineering the Autonomous Enterprise
From Periodic Planning to Sub-60-Second Execution SAP Sapphire 2026 signaled the death of the “Batch Processing” era. With the introduction of the SAP Autonomous Suite and Joule’s agentic...
Manju Devadas May 15
Strategic Blueprint: Reimagining supply chain in the agentic era with Pi Agent
1. Executive Vision: Transitioning from Solutions to the Agentic Enterprise in Gemini Enterprise The enterprise landscape is currently undergoing a fundamental architectural pivot. We are moving beyond the...
Manju Devadas April 29
Agentic Commerce Is Here. 60 Second Decisions* with Pi Agent in Gemini Enterprise
In the wake of Google Cloud Next 2026, one message is clear: commerce is becoming agent-driven. This is not about incremental improvements in recommendation engines or slightly faster...
Vipul Borse April 28
At Google Cloud Next 2026, the conversation around AI clearly moved beyond experimentation. The focus wasn’t just on models, or even on agents in isolation. It was on...
Megha Aggarwal April 27
From Lag to Leadership with “60 Second Planning
For years, the conventional wisdom in consumer-packaged goods (CPG) has been that the supply chain ends at the distribution center. What happens on the retail shelf? That’s someone...
Megha Aggarwal April 13
The Moment Everything Changed in Atlanta
There was a moment in Atlanta when the room went quiet. Not because something broke. But because, for the first time, something didn’t. A demand spike hit the...
Vipul Borse April 6
The hi-tech and semiconductor industry operates one of the most complex supply chains in the world. Components move across continents, supplier ecosystems span multiple tiers, and a single...
Aparna P March 20
As Pluto7 reflects on a decade of impact, certain milestones stand out not just as achievements, but as markers of how thinking has evolved over time. The recognition...
Dhanesh B March 18
Enterprises today are under increasing pressure to make faster, smarter decisions across their supply chains. Market volatility, changing demand patterns, tariffs, and customer expectations require planning systems that...
Vipul Borse March 10
AI Agents for Hi-Tech & Semiconductors: Building Autonomous Operations at Scale
As part of Pluto7’s Decade of Impact campaign, this blog explores how AI Agents are reshaping the operating models of semiconductor and hi-tech enterprises — moving them from...
Aparna P February 11
For years, enterprises have invested heavily in supply chain planning systems. Yet in most organizations, critical planning decisions still rely on spreadsheets, manual judgment, and delayed data. The...
Megha Aggarwal January 27
The Rise of Planning 3.0: How Autonomous AI Is Turning Planners into Strategic Curators
Supply chain planners have always been the quiet backbone of the enterprise. For years, they’ve lived inside spreadsheets, reconciling mismatched numbers, reacting to disruptions, and trying to make...
Aparna P January 16
Why Pluto7 Chose Google a Decade Ago
CEO’s perspective on a 10-year partnership—and why it mattered In 2016, Pluto7 made a decision that shaped everything that followed. We chose to build exclusively on Google Cloud....
Manju Devadas January 15
The Next Now: Rewiring the Future of Agentic Commerce at NRF 2026 Retail’s Big Show
The retail landscape of 2026, showcased at NRF 2026 Retail’s Big Show – The Next Now, marks a definitive departure from speculative artificial intelligence toward a period of...
Manju Devadas January 13
Why Modern Supply Chain Planning Needs Human Expertise – Supported by Intelligent Agents
Supply chain planning has always relied on human judgment, experience, and intuition. These qualities remain irreplaceable. The challenge today isn’t that people aren’t capable — it’s that the...
Megha Aggarwal December 30
Beyond the Pilot Program: A Smarter Change Management Strategy for Real Transformation
The question is being asked in nearly every leadership meeting: “What’s our AI strategy?” This question often triggers a rush to launch numerous AI pilot programs across different...
Vipul Borse November 24
From Spreadsheets to Sentient Systems: The 2026 Supply Chain Planner
A Personal Reflection on a 30-Year Journey I still remember the thrill of ordering my first book from Amazon back in 1999. It felt like magic. The website...
Manju Devadas November 17
From Excel to Platforms: How Agentic AI is Shaping the Future of Customer-Centric Supply Chains
In today’s fast-paced business environment, customer expectations are no longer defined by your direct competitors. Instead, they are shaped by the seamless, real-time experiences provided by digital-native companies...
Vipul Borse October 17
The Future of City Planning: How AI is Transforming Senior Housing into Smart Urban Solutions
Meet Sally: The Senior Citizen Whose Search for Home Sparks a Revolution in Vacant Property Management with Pluto7’s Pi Agent Urban living today faces one critical challenge: how...
Dhanesh B October 8
The Agentic AI Shift: What It Means for Retail and CPG Success
The retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) industries are at a defining moment. In a market where competition is fierce and margins are razor-thin, innovation is no longer...
Dhanesh B October 7
The AI Agent Paradox: From Rigid Bots to Fluid, Adaptive Solutions
The rise of generative AI models like ChatGPT and Google Gemini has revolutionized our expectations of what AI can do. We’ve all experienced that magical moment when a...
Megha Aggarwal October 6
The Super Planner: Evolving from Creator to Curator in the AI Era
The Shift in the Supply Chain Planner’s Role Today’s supply chain planner is at a critical turning point. For decades, planners functioned as creators—manually building forecasts, juggling spreadsheets...
Manju Devadas September 25
The Future of S&OP is Now: Why Real-Time Planning Requires AI
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) used to run on monthly cycles, spreadsheets, and best guesses. That approach might have worked in a more stable world. But today’s supply...
Shubham Chordiya September 22
For years, enterprise AI has been sold as a “black box”— with flashy demos, rigid workflows, and hidden algorithms. Businesses were promised intelligence but handed opacity. In sectors...
Megha Aggarwal September 9
Right Journey: A Practical Path to Realizing Value from AI
Everyone is talking about AI, but for many business leaders, the conversation raises more questions than answers. You see the potential, but you’ve also heard stories of complex...
Aparna P September 8
Getting the Journey Right: Maximizing Business Value with AI-Enabled Platforms for S&OP Planning
Accelerating business value is critical for companies in the supply chain and manufacturing sectors. To achieve this, businesses need to break down silos and connect Sales and Operations...
Manju Devadas September 4
From AI Hype to ROI: Pluto7’s Path to Bridging the GenAI Divide
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) revolution is here, offering breakthroughs from medical innovations to sustainable energy solutions. Yet, the reality in enterprise adoption paints a different picture. According to...
Dhanesh B August 29
The Price Is Right? How Connected Data and AI Solve the Market’s Toughest Question
What’s the real cost of getting pricing wrong? Lost margins, shrinking market share, and missed opportunities. In a market where conditions change overnight — thanks to fluctuating demand,...
Vipul Borse August 28
AI-Driven S&OP: Smarter Planning for Fast-Fashion Retail
Why Fast-Fashion Retailers Need Intelligent S&OP Now Market volatility, rising tariffs, and shifting consumer trends have become the new normal. For fast-fashion retailers, this creates one big question:...
Dhanesh B August 26
The New AI Playbook: Why Specialized Consulting is the Future
The world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is undergoing a dramatic transformation. As recent industry analyses reveal, AI leaders are shifting their approach beyond traditional product offerings to a...
Aparna P August 22
How to Build a Resilient, AI-Driven Supply Chain: The Five Pillars of Success
Forecasts fail. Safety stock misses. A disruption in one part of the network leaves shelves empty elsewhere. You fight through it with spreadsheets, manual overrides, and gut instinct....
Megha Aggarwal August 19
Data is no longer just an operational resource — it’s your company’s most valuable strategic asset. The organizations winning today are the ones that can harness their data...
Dhanesh B August 14
The supply chain industry is at a crossroads — between scaling generic AI tools and building domain-specific intelligence that delivers real-world results. While many in the industry race...
Manju Devadas August 14
Your Supply Chain Is Not a Spreadsheet — It’s a Ride-Share Network Waiting to Happen
For decades, supply chain planning has been stuck in a rigid monthly cycle. Teams build a forecast, push it into a legacy ERP or planning system, and then...
Aparna P August 13
The 2:10 Rule: How Agentic AI Turns Planning Errors into a 2% Revenue Gain
In supply chain management, one principle consistently separates industry leaders from the rest: the 2:10 Rule. It’s simple yet powerful — every 10% reduction in planning error can...
Vipul Borse August 12
Ride-Share-Like Planning for Supply Chains: How Agentic AI is Changing the Game
For decades, supply chain planning has been trapped in a rigid, reactive cycle. Businesses have relied on static, monthly forecasts pushed into legacy ERP systems, with planners spending...
Aparna P August 11
Customer-Centric Supply Chain: Learning from Ride-Share-Like Planning with Agentic AI
How Pluto7 + Google Agentspace Are Transforming Supply Chains In today’s competitive landscape, a customer-centric supply chain isn’t a luxury – it’s a necessity. It’s about delivering exactly...
Dhanesh B August 8
The End of Spreadsheets: How Agentic AI is Building the Customer-Centric Supply Chain of Tomorrow
For years, the holy grail of supply chain management has been to become truly “customer-centric.” Yet, for most organizations, this goal has remained frustratingly out of reach. The...
Megha Aggarwal August 7
From Shelves to Signals: A Data-Driven Transformation Blueprint for Retail Success
From Legacy Inventory to Localized Intelligence For decades, convenience retail was defined by predictable staples-quick snacks, packaged goods, and minimal variety. But quietly, a new model has emerged-one...
Dhanesh B August 5
The “2:10 Rule”: How Pluto7’s Pi Agent & Google Cloud Solve Supply Chain’s Toughest Problems
In today’s fast-paced technological landscape, we’re often dazzled by “moonshot” innovations and grand ambitions. But at Google Cloud, there’s a deeper understanding: true progress isn’t about just visionary...
Vipul Borse July 28
The Question That Triggered a Supply Chain Breakthrough
From a Question to AI Agents: The Pluto7 Journey and the Future of Supply Chain By Manju Devadas, CEO of Pluto7 In 2016, I founded Pluto7 with a...
Manju Devadas July 25
The Supply Chain Saga: Where Pi’s Precision Meets AgentSpace’s Horizon
If you run a global supply chain, you know the story well. It’s a constant balancing act – inventory in one region piles up while another runs dry,...
Aparna P July 21
Pluto7’s 2:10 Rule Every Retail Supply Chain Leader Should Know
In today’s retail world-particularly in the fast-paced arena of fast fashion-supply chain mastery has shifted from being a competitive advantage to a survival requirement. Every supply chain leader...
Manju Devadas July 17
Excel Can’t Scale: How Pi Agent Fights AI Distortion with a Strong Data Foundation
The rapid evolution of global supply chains has made artificial intelligence (AI) a critical enabler of smarter, faster business decisions. Organizations are under constant pressure to respond to...
Aparna P July 15
Why Legacy Software Fails at Supply Chain AI – and How Deployment-as-a-Service Changes the Game
The artificial intelligence landscape is experiencing a seismic shift. While the race for the most powerful large language model (LLM) continues to capture headlines, a more critical differentiator...
Vipul Borse July 14
The Future of Planning Is Here: Real-Time, Smarter, and Automated
Business planning has always been about finding the best way forward – but the rules of the game have changed. In today’s unpredictable world, supply chains face constant...
Megha Aggarwal July 11
Meet the AI Agent Revolutionizing Supply Chains: Pi Agent on Google Agentspace
Supply chains have never been under greater pressure. Global disruptions, volatile demand patterns, and the sheer complexity of modern operations expose gaps in even the most sophisticated planning...
Dhanesh B July 9
Pluto7 & Google: Redefining Supply Chain Planning with Service-as-a-Software
The enterprise technology landscape is undergoing one of its most profound shifts yet. Long-standing consulting models marked by endless hours, bloated budgets, and vague deliverables are being replaced...
Aparna P July 7
The enterprise technology world is undergoing a seismic shift. For decades, businesses relied on armies of hourly consultants and years-long projects to implement complex solutions. But in today’s...
Manju Devadas July 7
From Excel to AI: Why Your Supply Chain Needs to Learn to Ride Before It Can Fly
In the race to modernize supply chains, AI often feels like the ultimate prize. The lure of predictive insights, automated decisions, and millions in cost savings has companies...
Megha Aggarwal July 3
Unlock the Superpowers for Your Planners: How Pi Agent Transforms Productivity
In today’s competitive business environment, agility and precision are essential-particularly when it comes to planning. According to recent reports, European businesses urgently need to accelerate their adoption of...
Aparna P July 1
Beyond Transformation: How One Retailer is Building the AI-Powered Supply Chain of the Future
In today’s volatile retail landscape, supply chain resilience is no longer about slow, methodical transformation. It’s about real-time, adaptive transition. One leading retailer has embraced this shift by...
Vipul Borse June 27
From MRP to Agentic AI: Why Your ERP Needs a Planning in a Box – Pi Agent Upgrade
Why Planning Still Happens Outside Your ERP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have long been the backbone of large organizations. They started by streamlining manufacturing resource planning (MRP),...
Vipul Borse June 26
For years, consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies have depended on enterprise resource planning systems like SAP, Oracle, and NetSuite to manage operations. These systems have served as reliable...
Manju Devadas June 24
Why AI in Supply Chains Starts with Solving the Data Problem?
Why Data, Not Models, Is the Real Barrier to AI in Supply Chains At the recent Databricks Data + AI Summit, a Fortune 500 CEO from the banking...
Vipul Borse June 20
Smarter Inventory Starts Here: Connecting Gemini, Databricks, and ERP with AI-Powered Precision
As AI capabilities expand, the way enterprises manage inventory must change too. It’s no longer enough to forecast demand quarterly or rely on outdated rule-of-thumb replenishment strategies. The...
Aparna P June 19
Real-Time Scenario Planning: The New Mandate for Supply Chain Resilience
Supply chains aren’t just being tested, they’re being redefined. As tariff policies tighten, consumer spending wavers, and inflation refuses to follow a predictable path, planning teams are discovering...
Aparna P June 18
Geopolitics and Tariffs Are Reshaping Supply Chains Here’s How to Stay Ahead
In today’s tightly connected world, a tariff increase in one country can throw off sourcing strategies across an entire continent. Add in political unrest, regional conflicts, and evolving...
Vipul Borse June 18
The AI Agent Reckoning Is Coming: Why 80% Will Fail, and How to Join the Winning 20%
The Agentic AI Boom Is Here But So Is the Bust The promise of AI agents has ignited boardrooms and product roadmaps everywhere. From retail to manufacturing, businesses...
Manju Devadas June 17
Why SAP Enterprises Must Modernize Their Data and AI Strategy Now SAP-centric organizations are at a critical inflection point. Legacy tools and batch-based analytics can no longer support...
Vipul Borse June 16
A New Era of Enterprise AI: Service as a Software Traditional SaaS solutions gave businesses access to cloud-based tools. But in 2025, access isn’t enough. Businesses need outcomes,...
Aparna P June 13
Why Legacy ERP Systems Are No Longer Enough Most businesses today still rely on traditional ERP systems to manage operations. While these systems have been foundational, they’re no...
Manju Devadas June 5
Every CPG executive today is staring at the same reality: customers expect more, disruptions are constant, and speed is the new currency of competition. Yet, the supply chains...
Vipul Borse June 4
Plan Differently. Act in Real Time: How Pi Agent Supports Profitability in Disrupted Markets
When Market Volatility Becomes Business as Usual Global trade dynamics have shifted from being unpredictable to being relentless. With new tariffs, retaliatory moves, and currency fluctuations happening in...
Vipul Borse June 4
Navigating Uncertainty: Why Scenario Planning is the Cornerstone of Resilient Supply Chains
In today’s ever-shifting global economy, unpredictability is the new normal. As noted by Nick Vyas, Founding Executive Director at USC Marshall’s Global Supply Chain Institute, the current environment...
Megha Aggarwal June 3
From Data Chaos to Intelligent Planning: Reimagining Supply Chains with Planning in a Box – Pi Agent
For many enterprises, especially those built on SAP, the supply chain has grown increasingly complex. Data sprawls across systems – ERP, spreadsheets, cloud applications—while teams scramble to forecast,...
Aparna P June 3
Sally’s Sneaker Saga: Why Smarter Inventory Positioning is Your Supply Chain’s Superpower
Meet Sally. She’s excited. The season’s most-wanted sneakers just dropped, and she’s ready to order. She spots the perfect pair online—her size, her color, her style. But the...
Vipul Borse June 2
Plan Differently. Act Real Time. Pluto7 is Now Google Cloud Specialized in Data Analytics We’re thrilled to share that Pluto7 has officially achieved the Google Cloud Data Analytics...
Manju Devadas May 30
Most enterprise planning functions were designed in — and for — a world that no longer exists. They’re built around: Periodic cycles Static assumptions Batch processing Fragmented tools...
Vipul Borse May 28
Customer Trust Slips with Price Hikes: Plan Smarter with Planning in a Box and Pi Agent
For a while, we watched tariff headlines like a storm on the horizon — something to worry about later. But “later” just arrived. A major global brand recently...
Megha Aggarwal May 27
The Rise of Domain-Driven AI Agents in Supply Chain: Why Purpose-Built Beats Generic
Enterprises today are under immense pressure to extract real value from data—not just in the form of dashboards or reports, but through automated, intelligent action. The rise of...
Vipul Borse May 26
Enterprise operations today face constant disruption—supply shifts, fluctuating demand, and increased pressure to localize and digitize. Traditional ERP systems, while foundational, are not enough on their own to...
Manju Devadas May 23
Plan Differently, Act in Real Time: A New Era in Supply Chain Management with AI
Why the Supply Chain Status Quo No Longer Works In today’s fast-moving global landscape, the old way of managing supply chains – siloed systems, reactive planning, and spreadsheets...
Aparna P May 22
From AI Promise to Practical Performance At SAP Sapphire 2025 Orlando, the message was unmistakable: Business AI is no longer a concept of the future—it’s here, embedded, and...
Manju Devadas May 21
Reimagining Supply Chain Planning with AI Agents: What SAP Sapphire 2025 Signals for the Future
How Pluto7 and Google Cloud Are Transforming Inventory, Profitability, and Demand Intelligence for SAP Customers SAP’s AI-Powered Vision Meets Planning Reality SAP Sapphire 2025 kicked off in Orlando...
Manju Devadas May 20
Rebuilding Certainty: What SAP-Run Enterprises Need Now Isn’t More Data – It’s Better Planning
SAP customers today are navigating a perfect storm: inventory inefficiencies, trade disruptions, erratic demand signals, and shrinking margins. Traditional planning cycles anchored in historical data and rigid processes...
Aparna P May 16
Plan Differently, Act Real-Time: The Future of Supply Chain is Now
In today’s supply chain, speed isn’t just a luxury, it’s a necessity. Shocks come from every direction: tariff shifts, geopolitical tension, inflation spikes, and unexpected demand swings. And...
Vipul Borse May 14
Global volatility is no longer a “what if”—it’s the new normal. From unpredictable tariffs to shifting demand signals, today’s supply chains are constantly put to the test. And...
Aparna penumarthy May 13
Stop Overthinking Supply Chain Optimization: A Common-Sense Playbook Inspired by Buffett & Munger
In a world of soaring complexity, it’s easy for businesses to believe that fixing supply chain inefficiencies requires sprawling global system integrators or multimillion-dollar consulting engagements. Terms like...
Manju Devadas May 13
A new chapter in transatlantic trade is unfolding. The recent UK-US trade agreement, which eases tariffs on steel, aluminium, ethanol, and agricultural goods, is expected to open doors...
Manju Devadas May 9
At the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo 2025, Day 3 in Orlando wasn’t just a close to the event – it was a call to action. The message echoed...
Manju Devadas May 8
On Day 2 of the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo 2025, one thing became crystal clear: traditional supply chain models are no longer enough. Across sessions, the call to...
Aparna P May 7
At the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium 2025, three strategic priorities stood out across analyst sessions and vendor keynotes: Agentic AI is rapidly shifting from theory to real-world capability...
Vipul Borse May 7
If you’ve spent two decades in the supply chain, you know this truth: volatility isn’t a phase—it’s the new baseline. Over the years, I’ve sat in too many...
Manju Devadas May 6
Future-Proof Your Retail Supply Chain with AI: Smarter Planning Amid Tariffs and Demand Swings
From tariff volatility to unpredictable demand and supply chain bottlenecks, retail challenges are no longer occasional—they’re the new norm. For forward-thinking retailers, these disruptions aren’t just obstacles, but...
Vipul Borse May 5
Flush Away Supply Chain Inefficiencies: Delivering Customer Satisfaction with AI-Powered Planning
In today’s ever-evolving marketplace, even the most basic household items—like the humble pink toilet—aren’t immune to complex supply chain disruptions. Volatile consumer demand, unpredictable tariffs, and rising production...
Manju Devadas May 2
Supply Chain Disruption? Meet Pi Agent on Google Agentspace
The global supply chain has fundamentally changed. Once predictable, it now faces ongoing disruption due to the pandemic, geopolitical instability, tariffs, and trade wars. For supply chain leaders,...
Manju Devadas April 30
Rethinking Inventory Strategy with Pi Agent: Building Resilience in a Shifting Landscape
The global supply landscape is undergoing a gradual yet undeniable transformation. Businesses are increasingly aware that traditional models of inventory positioning—once designed purely for cost-efficiency—must now evolve to...
Tarun Kumar April 29
Redesigning Supply Chains for Resilience: Actionable Strategies for the New Trade Landscape
Global trade is entering a phase of unprecedented volatility. Sudden policy shifts, such as the imposition of tariffs, are injecting uncertainty into supply chain operations. For businesses managing...
Aparna P April 28
Silicon Valley, Buckle Up: The Tariff-Induced Bullwhip Is Back—And It’s Hitting Hard
Retail and semiconductor leaders—this is your wake-up call. The global supply chain is being rattled, not by demand surges, but by tariff-induced tremors that are setting off a...
Aparna P April 24
Southeast Manufacturers: Beat the Bullwhip Effect – Act Fast with AI-Powered Planning
If you’re leading manufacturing operations in the Southeast U.S., you’re standing on a strong foundation of American industry — but that foundation is shaking. With tariffs shifting, trade...
Tarun Kumar April 23
From Chaos to Control: Retail Planners Are Leveling Up with Planning in a Box – Pi Agent
Forget what you knew about planning. The retail planner of tomorrow isn’t just reacting — they’re orchestrating. Tariffs. Trade wars. Marketplace chaos. The modern retail supply chain is...
Tarun Kumar April 22
Don’t Lock Yourself into Legacy Supply Chain Software – Until You See What AI Agents Can Do
Supply Chain Leaders – your next big cost-saving opportunity isn’t hidden in your P&L. It’s in the platform you choose. In a world where tariff shocks and trade...
Manju Devadas April 21
Tariffs: Why Rapid Planning with Point Solutions is Critical for Hi-Tech Industries
The global economic environment is increasingly unpredictable for hi-tech industries—especially in sectors like semiconductors and storage devices—due to fluctuating tariff policies. Recent tariff shifts on Chinese electronic imports,...
Aparna P April 17
Beyond Spreadsheets and Data Silos: How Real-Time Planning Transforms E-commerce Success
In today’s hyper-competitive e-commerce landscape, especially on dominant marketplaces like Amazon, traditional planning methods are increasingly falling short. Forward-thinking digital retail leaders are abandoning spreadsheet-centric approaches for sophisticated...
Tarun Kumar April 17
Weathering the Tariff Storm: How Smart Inventory Positioning Calms Supply Chain Turbulence
Tariffs continue to pose a significant threat to global supply chains, creating ripple effects that impact sourcing, logistics, pricing, and strategic planning. As highlighted by Supply Chain Today,...
Manju Devadas April 16
Pluto7, a strategic partner of both Google Cloud and SAP, is driving the next wave of enterprise automation through Agentic AI. The recently expanded partnership between SAP and...
Aparna P April 11
Google NEXT ’25 Was the Inflection Point for Intelligent Planning — Pi Agent Makes It Real
Las Vegas, April 2025 — At Google Cloud Next ’25, the spotlight was clear: AI is no longer a future bet. It’s the new operating system for the...
Manju Devadas April 11
When Trade Becomes a Tangle: Rebuilding Manufacturing Agility with Pi Agent
In the manufacturing world, precision used to be a competitive edge. Today, it’s a survival skill. As trade wars intensify and tariffs shift without warning, manufacturing leaders are...
Tarun Kumar April 11
Tariffs, Trade Tensions, and the Retail Reset: Planning Smarter with Pi Agent
Global retail is no stranger to disruption, but recent years have brought a perfect storm: aggressive trade wars, shifting tariffs, and strained international relations. For retailers operating across...
Tarun Kumar April 11
Tame Tariff Chaos: How Shoe Brands Can Reclaim Control with Pi Agent on Google Agentspace
In an era of rising tariffs and supply chain volatility, shoe companies can no longer afford to rely on spreadsheets and guesswork. Pi Agent, on Google Agentspace, turns...
Manju Devadas April 10
AI Agents for Hi-Tech: Always-On. Always-Alert
The Fragility of Hi-Tech Supply Chains is No Longer News—It’s the Norm A missed chip shipment. A factory delay. A surprise regulatory tweak. For high-tech manufacturers, the difference...
Aparna P April 10
When the World Shifts Overnight, Inventory Must Keep Up One unexpected announcement. One policy reversal. One social post. That’s all it took on a recent Wednesday afternoon to...
Manju Devadas April 10
Inventory Planning Is Changing. Are You Ready for What’s Next?
If you’ve been watching how businesses are using AI lately, you’ve probably noticed a shift. We’re well past the phase of endless experiments. What used to take months...
Tarun Kumar April 9
How Tariffs and Trade Wars Are Reshaping Global Supply Chains — And What Leaders Must Do Now
Global trade is shifting fast. Tariffs are rising. Trade agreements are fracturing. Supply chains built on predictability are now facing real-time shocks. For business leaders, this isn’t just...
Tarun Kumar April 8
Trade War Tactics: Why Real-Time Inventory Intelligence is Your Best Defense
The Trade War Isn’t Just Headlines. It’s Hitting Your Inventory As global trade tensions escalate, companies face increasing pressure to adapt to a volatile environment defined by tariffs,...
Manju Devadas April 7
The retail landscape is constantly evolving, shaped by shifting tariffs, global supply chain disruptions, and changing consumer behaviors. Planning in a Box – Pi Agent empowers retailers to...
Tarun Kumar April 4
The Tariff Tsunami: Why Real-Time Inventory Positioning is Critical
On April 2nd, 2025, the global supply chain landscape experienced a significant shift. President Solis Rodriguez’s “Liberation Day” announcement introduced sweeping tariffs on imports, creating a rapidly evolving...
Manju Devadas April 3
Ditch the Legacy, Embrace Real-Time Inventory: A Survival Guide for the US Market
The Urgency is Real: Why Real-Time Inventory Matters Now The supply chain landscape is shifting rapidly, and businesses operating in or with the USA must adapt—or risk falling...
Tarun Kumar April 2
AI Agents Reshaping Supply Chains: How Planning in a Box – Pi Agent Aligns with Oracle’s Vision
The AI-Driven Future of Enterprise Operations AI is not just an enabler—it’s becoming the backbone of enterprise decision-making. The rapid evolution of AI agents is shifting from isolated...
Manju Devadas April 1
Profitable Supply Chain: Ensuring the Right Inventory with AI
Optimizing Inventory with Pi Agent on Google Agentspace Managing inventory effectively is key to maximizing profitability. Overstocking ties up capital, while understocking results in lost sales and customer...
Aparna P March 28
Jumpstarting Inventory Positioning with AI: Platformize Your Inventory with Pi Agent on Google Agentspace The AI-Driven Revolution in Inventory Positioning In today’s fast-moving market, inventory positioning can make...
Tarun Kumar March 27
Beyond the Rearview Mirror: How AI-Powered Inventory Planning with Pi Agent on Google Agentspace Transforms SAP IBP Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, once said: “I’m not interested...
Manju Devadas March 26
Are You Ready for Higher Tariff Rates and Supply Chain Disruptions?
Introduction Amid constant economic shifts global economy, tariff changes and supply chain disruptions are no longer abstract concerns – they’re a reality impacting businesses across all sectors. Are...
Aparna P March 20
AI Agents for Retail: Pi Agent on Google AgentSpace Tackles Market Volatility
Addressing Market Uncertainty with AI Agents Retailers today face unprecedented challenges due to political actions, economic fluctuations, and shifting consumer behavior. Planning in a Box – Pi Agent,...
Tarun Kumar March 19
Unleashing Manufacturing Superpowers: Planning in a Box – Pi Agent, Powered by Google AgentSpace
The Reality Check: Global Chaos Demands Real-Time Mastery Manufacturers today face a whirlwind of unpredictability—tariffs, supply chain disruptions, inflation, and shifting consumer demands. Traditional planning methods struggle to...
Tarun Kumar March 18
Tariffs, Inflation & Inventory: How Pi Agent on Google AgentSpace Helps
Inflation and Tariffs: A High-Stakes Balancing Act Tariffs and inflation are deeply interconnected, creating ripple effects across supply chains. Businesses face unpredictable cost fluctuations, shifting trade policies, and...
Tarun Kumar March 17
AI-Powered Inventory Optimization: Stay Ahead in a Volatile Market
AI Agents Assist Planners in a Shifting Market The news cycle is relentless. Tariffs, supply chain disruptions, inflation, and shifting consumer demand are forcing businesses to rethink their...
Manju Devadas March 14
Solving Supply Chain Volatility: How Pi Agent on Google Agentspace Delivers Real ROI
The global supply chain is more unpredictable than ever. From pandemic aftershocks to ongoing geopolitical shifts, businesses face relentless volatility. Accurate inventory positioning isn’t just a competitive advantage—it’s...
Manju Devadas March 13
Optimizing Inventory Positioning with Pi Agent on Google AgentSpace
The Inventory Balancing Act Picture this: A major retailer is preparing for the holiday rush. Their forecasts predict high demand, but when the season kicks off, some stores...
Manju Devadas March 12
Tariffs, Trade Wars, and Uncertain Supply Chain Scenarios – Is Your Inventory Positioned Right?
The Rising Complexity of Global Trade New tariffs are shaking up global trade.With the U.S. imposing 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada and Chinese import tariffs...
Manju Devadas March 5
AI to the Rescue: Overcoming Semiconductor Supply Chain Challenges
The semiconductor industry is at the heart of a global storm. From geopolitical tensions to unexpected disruptions, companies are struggling to keep production running smoothly while staying ahead...
Aparna P February 6
Are You Managing Your Inventory—Or Is It Managing You? Picture this: a high-demand product goes out of stock, leaving customers frustrated and turning to competitors. Meanwhile, another warehouse...
Manju Devadas January 27
From Data to Decisions: How Pi Agent Elevates Supply Chain Operations
Modern supply chains require more than traditional tools—they need intelligence that can adapt and respond quickly. Pi Agent, powered by Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash experimental model and integrated...
Tarun Kumar January 24
The recent shift in U.S. leadership focussed on ‘America First’ policy has sparked widespread discussions about its implications for businesses. With a focus on reshoring jobs, tightening trade...
Manju Devadas January 23
Build vs. Buy?
Choosing the Right Path to Accelerate Enterprise AI
When organizations face the critical decision of whether to build or buy AI capabilities, they often weigh the benefits of control and customization against the speed and convenience...
Aparna P November 14
Fast Fashion Meets AI Planning: AI Agents for a Rapidly Evolving Industry
In today’s fast fashion landscape, success depends on speed, agility, and the ability to stay ahead of swiftly shifting trends. Consumers expect new designs to hit stores and...
Tarun Kumar November 7
Planning in a Box: Turning Supply Chain Planners into Superheroes with the Power of AI
In an unpredictable and fast-evolving supply chain landscape, businesses need more than traditional tools to stay ahead. The Planning in a Box AI platform, powered by Google Cloud,...
Aparna P October 30
Navigating the Turbulence: How Planning in a Box Steers Hi-Tech Industries Through Challenges
The hi-tech industry is no stranger to disruption. This sector thrives on innovation, constantly adapting to new technologies and evolving customer demands. Yet, this continuous evolution also brings...
Aparna P September 18
Planning in a Box: Your Enterprise AI Accelerator
In today’s fast-paced business landscape, artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a luxury but a necessity. To stay competitive, organizations must leverage AI to optimize operations, improve decision-making,...
Tarun Kumar September 12
Customer Speak: How Tacori is Shaping the Future of Luxury Retail with AI-Driven Optimization
In the world of luxury jewelry, Tacori stands as an emblem of craftsmanship and timeless elegance. Renowned for their exquisite designs and unmatched quality, Tacori has been a...
Megha Aggarwal August 26
5 Demand Planning Challenges You Can Immediately Solve with Pi Agent on Planning in a Box
In our last blog, we introduced Pi Agent, your Personal GPT for demand planning, powered by Planning in a Box. Today, we’ll delve deeper into how Pi Agent,...
Tarun Kumar July 25
The Microsoft Outage: A Wake-Up Call for Cloud Strategy?
The recent massive outage at Microsoft has had far-reaching consequences, causing significant disruptions across various industries. Network technicians and engineers have been scrambling to address the widespread issue,...
Tarun Kumar July 25
Pi Agent: Your Personal GPT for Supply Chain Planning
You rely on historical data to forecast demand. It’s been the backbone of your planning for years. But have you noticed the limitations? Historical data is inherently backward-looking....
Tarun Kumar July 17
How to Leverage SAP Data for Advanced Analytics on Google Cloud
As someone deeply involved in the supply chain, you know that data can be both a powerful asset and a challenging obstacle. Data comes in from various sources,...
Asheesh Gupta July 15
Disruption Proof Supply Chain: Empower your Supply Chain with Planning in a Box
We met several supply chain and manufacturing leaders at Google’s Houston office last week. One of the burning questions in the room was, “How do we tackle disruptions?”...
Tarun Kumar July 9
Handling Holiday Sales Surges with AI Agents: A 4th of July Postmortem
Image Source The 4th of July is an exciting time for shoppers, but it can be a challenging period for businesses. With the surge in holiday demand, companies...
Tarun Kumar July 5
Pluto7, a leader in AI-driven decision intelligence platforms, announces the launch of Pi Agent, an intelligent AI assistant designed to revolutionize supply chain planning through its platform, Planning...
Manju Devadas July 2
Introducing Pi Agent: Your AI Assistant in Supply Chain Optimization
In supply chain management, optimizing performance revolves around three critical levers: Complexity, Speed, and Precision, with planning scenarios that demand better decision-making. These elements form the backbone of...
Manju Devadas June 24
Modernizing Retail Analytics with Intelligent AI Platforms
Image Source Data is growing faster than ever, and we’re drowning in it. Every company generates huge amounts of data daily, from customer interactions to IoT devices. It’s...
Megha Aggarwal June 20
Demand Sensing Techniques: 5 Essential Google Cloud Tools to Make Your Life Easier
Google predicts 2024 will be the year of data modernization. Earlier this year, a report from IBM highlighted a growing trend: big companies are not just experimenting with...
Premangsu Bhattacharya June 12
Navigating the Food Supply Chain in 2024: The Biggest Challenges and How to Overcome Them
From macroeconomic instability to natural disasters like the recent Houston storm to shifting consumer demands and fierce competition, the food and beverages industry stands at a critical juncture....
Premangsu Bhattacharya June 6
SAP Sapphire 2024: Driving Innovation with Gen AI Agents Powered by SAP, Google Cloud, and Pluto7
Gen AI Agents are the talk of the town in Orlando this year. Image Source If last year’s Sapphire was about embracing Generative AI, this year it is...
Manju Devadas June 5
Why Your SAP Business Warehouse Requires an Imminent Upgrade and How Google Cloud & Pluto7 Can Help
In the digital age, the ability to harness vast amounts of data swiftly and effectively is not just an advantage; it’s a necessity for survival. For businesses entrenched...
Asheesh Gupta June 3
Houston Storm Exposes Urgent Need for Gen AI Agents in Managing Supply Chain Disruptions
Dark clouds loom over traditional supply chains Recently, deadly storms and tornadoes wreaked havoc across northern Texas, northwestern Arkansas, and parts of Oklahoma and Kentucky, leaving over 600,000...
Tarun Kumar May 31
What are Gen AI Agents, and How Do They Impact Supply Chain Planning?
When exploring AI, you’ll often encounter terms like “Generative AI Agents” and “Large language models” (LLMs). Both are powerful tools, but they serve different purposes and are tailored...
Premangsu Bhattacharya May 24
Enabling GenAI Agents for manufacturing teams in less than 48 hours. Pluto7, a pioneer in AI-powered data platform solutions for supply chain and manufacturing, is thrilled to announce...
Manju Devadas May 16
Are you tired of sifting through endless spreadsheets and reports, struggling to get a clear picture of your supply chain’s health and performance? Do you dream of having...
Asheesh Gupta April 29
Image by rawpixel.com on Freepik Empowering Enterprises to “Talk to Their Data” Key Advantages: Seamless Integration with SAP Systems: Integrates seamlessly with SAP Datasphere, S/4 HANA, and other...
Asheesh Gupta April 23
Image by rawpixel.com on Freepik. Demand planners are spending too much time on baseline forecasts, inventory excess is still an unsolved mystery, AI experiments are expensive, and there...
Manju Devadas April 22
5 Ways Gen AI Can Help You Optimize Store and DC Inventory Levels
Maintaining the right inventory levels is crucial – you want to meet demand without overstocking. With customer behavior and market conditions constantly changing, supply chain professionals need to...
Premangsu Bhattacharya April 15
What are the top Gemini Use Cases In Supply Chain today?
Google Cloud Next 2024 is making waves, and it’s all thanks to a string of exciting updates. But, as Thomas Kurien revealed in his keynote, the real star...
Tarun Kumar April 15
Top 5 Ways to Maintain High In-Stock Rates and Slash Inventory Costs with Generative AI
The age-old inventory challenge: high in-stock rates for happy customers versus sky-high inventory costs that drain your bottom line. It’s a battle fought in spreadsheets and gut feelings,...
Premangsu Bhattacharya April 15
Google Cloud Endorses Pluto7’s Gen AI Capabilities at Next ’24
Google Cloud Next ’24 has been a revelation for the cloud community. Among a bunch of innovative features set to redefine the technological landscape in the coming months,...
Zeeshan Aga April 11
Hyperleap with Pluto7 x Google Cloud: Forget Dashboards, Talk to Your Data with Generative AI
Data is growing at an incredible pace, and it’s everywhere. But here’s the thing: while we’re swimming in data, from every click to every swipe, we still cannot...
Manju Devadas April 9
Top 5 Ways Sales History Data Can Boost Your Demand Forecasts
In the movie “Back to the Future,” Marty McFly uses a DeLorean time machine to navigate the past. Businesses, while lacking a flux capacitor, possess a powerful tool...
Premangsu Bhattacharya March 18
Transforming Manufacturing Efficiency with Decision Intelligence
Manufacturing Excellence is a term that graces the slides of countless boardroom presentations. But when the lights go up, and the meeting ends, what does it truly stand...
Manju Devadas March 13
How Pluto7 Can Help You Build A Customer-Centric Supply Chain
The supply chain landscape has evolved beyond mere product delivery. Today, it’s about exceeding customer expectations and delivering exceptional value. This shift necessitates a transformation towards customer-centricity, placing...
Manju Devadas March 12
Making GenAI Work for You: Simple Steps to Ensure Long-term Success
When diving into GenAI/AI projects, the aim is to get it right from the start. A successful first project paves the way for showing real benefits and scaling...
Premangsu Bhattacharya March 5
As you navigate the vast expanses of modern data landscapes, you realize your data is proliferating at an unprecedented pace. Gone are the days when a SQL server...
Manju Devadas March 4
How to Make Your SAP Data Ready for Generative AI
A retail chain in the US faced a sudden problem. They hadn’t anticipated how an unexpected cold snap would spike demand for winter gear in the Northeast. To...
Premangsu Bhattacharya February 26
Is Your ‘Dark Data’ the Key to Supply Chain Optimization?
Gartner defines dark data as the information assets organizations collect, process, and store during regular business activities but generally fail to use for other purposes, such as analytics,...
Manju Devadas February 20
Traditionally, demand forecasting has been rooted in the analysis of historical sales data. While this approach offers a baseline, it’s inherently backward-looking and often fails to account for...
Premangsu Bhattacharya February 16
Beyond Guesswork: Tailoring Your Valentine’s Offerings to Customer Insights
Retail is an unforgiving battlefield, and the rules of engagement are constantly changing. To thrive, retailers must not just adapt to change; they must anticipate and shape it....
Premangsu Bhattacharya February 12
5 Ways You Can Push the Boundaries of Manufacturing with Google Gemini Pro and Konnect MDE
Google Gemini Pro is making all the right noise in the data analytics world. It has already demonstrated some very interesting possibilities that stretch the boundaries of what...
Premangsu Bhattacharya February 12
The High Cost of Getting Inventory Management Wrong: Are You Losing Money Without Knowing It?
Balancing inventory is a daily tightrope walk. On one side, there’s the sales team, always pushing for more stock to ensure they never miss a sale. On the...
Manju Devadas February 7
Unseen Signals: How Your Salesforce Data Can Reveal Hidden Customer Desires
Let’s face it: knowing your customers’ age, location, and spending habits is just scratching the surface. It’s the basics, and while it’s important, it’s not enough. In a...
Tarun Kumar February 7
How a Retail Brand Revolutionized Customer Experience with Decision Intelligence Platform CX Sense
Are you facing the puzzle of aligning customer insights in retail? In a market driven by digital and physical interactions, piecing together a complete customer profile is challenging. ...
Manju Devadas February 1
How a Global CPG Giant Turned Inventory Aging Into a Revenue Stream
Why do companies end up with more inventory than they need? It’s usually because they don’t have a clear picture of what’s in their stock. Imagine this in...
Asheesh Gupta February 1
How to Tap into Hidden Supply Chain Insights in Your Existing ERP Data
Supply chain disruptions, driven by external events and changing consumer demands, are creating significant challenges for businesses today. Traditional methods are proving inadequate in this new landscape. Pluto7...
Premangsu B January 29
Optimize Your Supply Chain: Eliminate Process Inefficiencies Leveraging Your Own Oracle Apps Data
In the world of enterprise resource planning (ERP), Oracle stands as a powerhouse, offering a range of solutions across various sectors. However, the challenge of integrating Oracle data,...
Asheesh Gupta January 17
Why Decision Intelligence Platforms Hold the Key to Cutting Supply Chain Overheads in 2024
2023 was a landmark year, a period of significant transformation and realization for businesses worldwide. It was the year companies across various sectors acknowledged the critical need to...
Manju Devadas January 4
Your Guide to Adopting a Digital Supply Chain in 2024 for Efficient Decision Making
“We would need an army of data scientists to make faster decisions on pricing and inventory levels. With Google Cloud Platform machine learning and artificial intelligence, we don’t...
Manju Devadas January 3
In the digital age, data is the lifeblood of business decision-making. For companies reliant on SAP systems, expanding their analytical capabilities without jeopardizing the integrity of their data...
Asheesh Gupta January 2
Short-Term Demand Forecasting: Taking Demand Sensing to the Next Level with CX Sense
As we delve into the festive season, many retail leaders are grappling with a harsh reality: the traditional methods of demand forecasting are no longer cutting it. The...
Manju Devadas January 2
The Enterprise Challenge: Ready for Generative AI, But Where’s the Infrastructure?
In the rush to embrace the latest technological marvels, many enterprises are leaping without looking, overlooking crucial prerequisites. First, there’s the business case – or rather, the lack...
Manju Devadas December 21
Sustainable Sourcing In The Age Of Generative AI for Resilient and Transparent Supply Chains
Sustainable sourcing, once a nice-to-have, has rapidly evolved into a necessity for businesses around the world. Today, it’s not just about environmental stewardship but about building resilient, transparent,...
Manju Devadas December 14
5 Transformative Ways You Can Revolutionize Patient Experience with Generative AI
Data Rich, Insight Poor. This is the fundamental truth plaguing the pharmaceutical industry today. It’s a paradox where an abundance of data fails to translate into actionable insights....
Premangsu Bhattacharya December 13
How Retailers Can Avoid the Costly Trap of Excess Inventory During Christmas
Here we go again: The Christmas rush. But behind the festive cheer, retailers are wrestling with a familiar foe — excess inventory. Picture this: shelves brimming with goods,...
Manju Devadas December 11
Why SAP Users Should Consider BigQuery for Supply Chain Data Analytics
Supply chain management, a critical component of modern business operations, especially in sectors like manufacturing, retail, and logistics, has always been data-intensive. Traditionally, organizations have relied on systems...
Asheesh Gupta December 7
Revolutionizing Pharma Decision-Making: From Data Overload to Instant Insights
How much time did you spend on data analysis today? Data analytics professionals in the pharma industry often find themselves bogged down in the nitty-gritty of data management...
Premangsu Bhattacharya December 1
Forget Business Intelligence. ‘Talk’ to Your Enterprise Data With Voice-Enabled Gen AI Chatbot
At a recent conference in Detroit, we met Emily, a supply chain analyst whose job is to optimize the distribution network for her company. For Emily, the process...
Zeeshan Aga November 29
From the severe flooding in Southeast Asia affecting raw material availability, the unexpected tech boom in South America redefining consumption patterns, to the colossal port congestion in Africa...
Aparna P November 7
Delivering Right, Not Excess: Navigating Inventory and Customer Delight this Holiday Season
Every holiday season, retailers face an age-old conundrum: predicting the unpredictable. Consumers’ tastes evolve rapidly. Here are some facets of this challenge: Diverse Preferences: Regional differences can be...
Premangsu Bhattacharya November 3
Ensuring Customer Delight During the Holiday Season
A Modern S&OP Playbook for Timely Product Delivery with Planning in a Box The festive air is palpable, twinkling lights adorn streets, and consumers eagerly await the holiday...
Manju Devadas October 26
SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) has consistently been a key player in the supply chain planning space, offering extensive capabilities. However, a shifting landscape of market dynamics and...
Manju Devadas October 10
Planning in a Box: The Unified Data Platform Solution for SAP and Salesforce Integration
Businesses today are on a relentless quest for insights. They’re looking to predict market trends before they shape, understand what ticks their customers, streamline their inventory, and keep...
Tarun Kumar September 27
Bypassing the Data Bottleneck: Quick Generative AI Deployment with Planning in a Box
The traditional mindset that many enterprise architects have revolves around constructing a monolithic data warehouse before moving to analytics and AI solutions. They believe that by centralizing and...
Tarun Kumar September 26
How Planning in a Box Boosts Sustainable Inventory Management for ESG Compliance
In the age of heightened awareness of sustainability, businesses worldwide are setting their sights on areas often overlooked: inventory and supply chain management. With Pluto7’s GenAI-powered decision intelligence...
Vipul Borse September 21
How Generative AI is Tackling A $740 Billion Inventory Problem, One Use Case At a Time
“We didn’t react well to consumer demand shifts; we’re stuck with excess inventory. Warehouse space is constrained, and inventory carrying costs are increasing.” This sentiment, expressed by retail...
Premangsu Bhattacharya September 13
SAP + Google Cloud’s Gen AI Push: SAP Users, Time to Step Forward?
Image Source Fresh off the heels of Google Cloud Next: Google Cloud and SAP Set a New Standard with Open Data and Rapid Gen AI for Enterprises. Read...
Asheesh Gupta September 8
Inventory Sustainability with Planning in a Box
Key Takeaways: Sustainability as a Priority: Modern businesses are prioritizing sustainability due to increasing global emphasis on environmental conservation, consumer expectations, and regulatory demands. Inventory Sustainability: Beyond the...
Manju Devadas September 6
Google Cloud Next 2023: The Supply Chain Transformation We’ve Been Awaiting
Imagine a world where your ERP could predict inventory needs based on real-time global events. A world where Salesforce and marketing data are integrated with external datasets to...
Manju Devadas September 6
Real-Time Sales and Operations Planning and Execution with Planning in a Box
Driving Customer-Centric Supply Chains with Generative AI and Integration with 250+ Datasets connecting your marketing, sales, and supply chain with finance Key Takeaways: Unpredictable Consumer Journeys: Today’s consumer...
Manju Devadas August 29
Your Answer to Inventory Overstock or Shortage Problems Impacting Customer Experiences Key Takeaways: Redefining Inventory Management: Inventory management isn’t just a logistical challenge; it’s fundamentally a data optimization...
Manju Devadas August 28
The Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid in Your Generative AI Journey
Generative AI has evolved from a buzzword to a business imperative. While the race to implement Generative AI solutions accelerates, the path is filled with potential pitfalls that...
Premangsu Bhattacharya August 14
Piloting Generative AI in Healthcare: How to Start Small and Achieve Quick Wins
Nobody questioned their business systems until Generative AI came into the picture. It was almost like a silent agreement among companies to sit on piles of data, looking...
Premangsu Bhattacharya August 11
Rethinking S&OP with Generative AI: A Deep Dive with Planning in a Box
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), in an ideal world, is a beautiful orchestra of sales forecasts, supply planning, financial goals, and inventory management. However, in the real world,...
Premangsu Bhattacharya August 10
Key Takeaways Market-Tested Solution for Tackling Disruptions: Supply Chain Control Tower (SCCT) leverages advanced technologies to provide businesses with real-time insights across their entire supply chain. This helps...
Manju Devadas August 8
Your Retail Data is Worth Gold. Here’s How to Mine It: 7 Strategies for the Modern Retailer
It’s a familiar narrative: Retail giants are buckling under pressure, unable to keep up in an increasingly competitive landscape. These are the same organizations that have been pumping...
Premangsu Bhattacharya August 2
At Pluto7, we are on a mission to empower supply chains to make intelligent decisions through the power of data. In today’s fast-paced and data-driven world, the ability...
Swaminath G August 1
Generative AI in Action: 5 Practical Use Cases for the Modern Demand Planner
Imagine sitting at the heart of a global retail operation in Chicago, orchestrating your next move. As you analyze patterns in historical data and seasonal trends, a news...
Premangsu Bhattacharya July 28
Digital Twin of the Customer: Supply Chain Leader’s Key to Understanding Customer Behavior
Companies that prioritize customer experience achieve 4-8% higher revenue compared to their industry peers. Understanding and predicting customer behavior is a common challenge across industries, including supply chain....
Megha Aggarwal July 21
Catching the ‘Barbenheimer’ Wave: Leveraging Viral Trends with ‘Planning in a Box’
Image source: The Times When Hollywood churns out two big-banner movies and unintentionally births a viral phenomenon known as ‘Barbenheimer,’ the retail industry takes notice. As a retailer,...
Premangsu Bhattacharya July 18
Innovations in Inventory Management: Event-Driven Automation
Key Takeaways: Event-driven automation triggers automated business processes and decisions based on events, predicting and responding to changes in real-time. Event-driven planning can solve business problems, such as...
Asheesh Gupta July 13
From Reactive to Proactive: A Practical Guide to Implementing Decision Intelligence Platforms
Key Takeaways: Traditional SCM systems, while effective, are reactive and can struggle to keep pace with rapid market changes. Data silos and disconnected data networks hinder the speed...
Premangsu Bhattacharya July 13
Unpacking Decision Intelligence Platforms
Insights from Gartner’s Market Guide for Analytics and Decision Intelligence Platforms in Supply Chain Recently, the renowned research and advisory firm Gartner released a market guide that marks...
Premangsu Bhattacharya July 13
Enable Generative AI Capabilities with SAP Datasphere and Google Cloud
When ChatGPT rose to stardom, it wasn’t just a technological feat—it was a management lesson in data literacy. This unexpected star demonstrated two significant things. First, with enough...
Asheesh Gupta July 11
Transforming with Generative AI: Pluto7’s ‘Planning in a Box’ Earns Mention in Gartner’s Guide
We are thrilled to share some exciting news. Recently, Gartner, one of the world’s leading research and advisory firms, named Pluto7 as a representative vendor in its Market...
Zeeshan Aga July 5
Pushing Boundaries in Demand Planning: The Power of SAP IBP and Google Cloud
When Internal Data Isn’t Enough: Expanding the Horizons of SAP IBP Within the world of demand planning, SAP Integrated Business Planning (SAP IBP) has earned its reputation as...
Manju Devadas June 26
How to Boost Your Supply Chain Efficiency with SAP and Google Cloud
The business landscape, like the rest of the world, is evolving at a blistering pace. Global markets shift without warning, customer behaviors and preferences evolve at an accelerated...
Premangsu Bhattacharya June 19
Pluto7 vs. Other Decision Intelligence Platforms
Data, Depth, and Decision-Making: Pluto7’s Innovative Edge in Decision Intelligence As the world pivots towards a more data-centric approach to business, it has become imperative to tap into...
Manju Devadas June 15
Generative AI Use Cases that are Transforming Enterprise Data Management
Generative AI Use Cases that are Transforming Enterprise Data Management The universe of artificial intelligence (AI) is an ever-changing landscape, continuously shaped by the ebbs and flows of...
Aparna Penumarthy June 13
10 Emerging Trends Transforming Supply Chain in 2023
As we find ourselves in the throes of the digital age, the global supply chain landscape is undergoing a massive shift. Technologies such as LLMs, artificial intelligence, machine...
Premangsu Bhattacharya June 7
Pluto7 – Your Catalyst for Data Transformation
Pluto7- Your Catalyst for Data Transformation Empowering Advanced Analytics and Gen AI on Google Cloud and SAP BTP Imagine trying to find your way through a vast maze...
Manju Devadas May 23
Merchandise Planning with Gen AI: Drive Sales and Profitability
Merchandise Planning with Gen AI: Drive Sales and Profitability You cannot run a successful retail business from memory. – Josh Hartford From forecasting to planning to inventory to...
Megha Aggarwal May 21
Transforming SAP Data into Decision Intelligence: A Journey with Planning in a Box 3.0
Reinventing Decision-Making: The Power of Google Cloud + SAP + Planning in a Box 3.0 The business landscape is becoming increasingly complex and volatile, demanding agile and informed...
Manju Devadas May 19
The platform will correlate real-time data from Google Trends and over 250 other external signals, as the situation demands, with your SCM data or a combination of SCM,...
Usha Rani May 17
Leading the Data Revolution: Pluto7, Google Cloud, and SAP
In the grand tapestry of the modern business world, change is the thread that keeps weaving in and out. We’ve seen it a lot this year, especially in...
Manju Devadas May 16
10 Innovative Ways Gen AI is Transforming the Energy Drink Industry: Unleashing Potential and Boosting Performance with LLMs Modern Businesses run on AI. In the last 20 years,...
Megha Aggarwal May 15
Embrace the Marketing Revolution: Your Essential Guide to Advanced Marketing Analytics on Google Cloud In the past, businesses relied on systems of record to manage and store their data....
Zeeshan Aga May 11
Transforming SAP with BigQuery: A Strategic Guide to Data Analytics
Transforming SAP with BigQuery: A Strategic Guide to Data Analytics ERPs Advantages with BigQuery Inefficient Real-Time Analytics: Limited capability for real-time data processing and insights. Complex Data Integration:...
Manju Devadas May 11
Innovating for the Future: Top Priorities for Supply Chain Leaders in 2023
The pandemic has exposed vulnerabilities in the global supply chain, leading to disruptions and shortages of essential goods and raw materials. Companies have had to navigate a complex...
Kain Sosa April 3
Enhancing SAP Integrated Business Planning: Connected & Contextual Planning with External Datasets
Introduction While SAP IBP offers powerful demand planning capabilities, its demand forecasting module can be limited by several factors that impact its accuracy and effectiveness. These limitations can...
Manju Devadas April 3
Maximizing Forecasting Accuracy: A Guide to Leveraging Google Cloud and Pluto7’s Data Platform
In today’s fast-paced and highly competitive business landscape, companies are increasingly recognizing that traditional demand forecasting methods may not be sufficient to achieve optimal results. Organizations need to...
Manju Devadas April 3
Pluto7’s Demand ML Solution on BTP: Improved Demand Forecasting with Google Data on SAP IBP
I am happy to introduce the launch of our new solution – Demand ML on SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP). This innovative solution aims to empower businesses with...
Manju Devadas March 24
As businesses strive to keep up with the fast-paced nature of today’s market, the challenges they face in forecasting demand, managing inventory, and understanding consumer behavior are becoming...
Swaminath G March 23
The Modern CSCO’s Guide To A Data-Driven Supply Chain
As Chief Supply Chain Officers (CSCOs) continue to look for new ways to improve their organizations’ competitive advantage in today’s rapidly changing market conditions, embracing the potential of...
Premangsu Bhattacharya February 10
Digital Transformation in the Oil and Gas Industry
For any drilling campaign to be successful, the planner has to wear multiple hats. From coordinating the drilling process and solving critical technical problems to ensuring cost-effectiveness,...
Premangsu Bhattacharya November 17
Recalibrate Your Supply Chain Planning Capabilities With Planning In a Box
Ask any supply chain leaders about the biggest challenge they are facing today, and they would inadvertently point to the lack of credible data. In reality, this is...
Premangsu Bhattacharya October 11
Right data foundation with ML can reignite an effective S&OP.
Understanding S&OP S&OP today runs on outdated processes. Old ways of running meetings, setting priorities and defining actions centered on KPIs. Companies have not been able to get...
Swaminath G August 10
One Platform to Supercharge your Supply Chain: Glassbox Methodology
How near are we to having self-running supply chains? Is it possible for production, warehousing, and transportation to become “lights-out” processes where no human intervention is required? Much...
Divya Khare June 27
Utilizing Digital Twins for Supply chains
Influence of Digital Twins The supply chain of today is totally different from it was ten years ago. It has never been more crucial to use an agile...
Prashant Dhingra June 27
Drive Data Intelligence by AI-driven Data Foundation
The future of decision-making is augmented intelligence, in which the power of artificial intelligence (AI) is combined with human judgment. Machine intelligence is built on a foundation of...
Divya Khare April 28
Traditionally, a supply chain control tower is defined as a connected, personalized dashboard of data, key business metrics, and events from across the supply chain. A control tower...
Divya Khare March 25
7 Benefits of Inventory Visibility
To be truly effective and successful, your order fulfillment operation must have a clear and accurate understanding of your inventory. What products do you have available (quantity by...
Divya Khare March 23
Demand Sensing: Drive your short term planning with AI
Demand sensing uses advanced technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and real-time data capture to bridge the gap between demand planning and what is happening in your...
Divya Khare March 10
An ultimate guide to Preventive Maintenance
According to a Preventive Maintenance report from Market Research Future, the global Preventive Maintenance market is expected to grow to 23B by 2025. The highest number of implementations...
Divya Khare March 3
Why is Supplier Performance management important?
Understanding Supplier management The act of locating, obtaining, and managing resources and suppliers that are critical to an organization’s operations is referred to as supply management. In other...
Divya Khare February 22
Supply Chain Transformation through Artificial Intelligence
Transforming Supply Chains with AI Artificial intelligence (AI) cuts across different life aspects, particularly robotics and making data-informed decisions. The linkages between supply chain and AI are not...
Divya Khare December 17
Machine learning and AI are already transforming the way the supply chain operates. They are helping to eliminate the uncertainty and inefficiencies that have plagued it for years...
Divya Khare December 9
Google Cloud Cortex Framework launch aligned to Planning in a Box Supply Chain Twin
“Our customers’ need to rethink their supply chain and customer experience handling, has led to disruptive innovations that demand harnessing the power of data. Critical supply chain data...
Divya Khare October 27
Pluto7 Wins the “The 2021 Supply Chain Digital Transformation Award” by USC Marshall School
USC Marshall and the Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute has been an ongoing pillar of inspiration and knowledge. Pluto7 is grateful and would like to thank the wonderful...
Divya Khare October 21
Supply Chain Twin: Building Resilient, Adaptable and Intelligent Supply chain
Introduction The supply chain disruption that started in 2021 has now escalated due to the recovery of the economy, a shortage of skilled workers, and an overstressed transportation...
Divya Khare October 20
Top 10 use cases for Machine Learning in Supply Chain
Top 10 use cases for AI and ML in Supply Chain and Logistics : Machine learning can help businesses improve supply chain management by making it more resilient...
Divya Khare October 1
Optimise your Supply Chain with a Supply Chain Twin
Organizations are facing an increased level of disruption and risks exposed within their global, regional and even domestic supply chains. Digital Twins are playing a leading role in...
Divya Khare September 23
The ultimate guide to demand sensing
An effective demand forecasting and planning is the key to longevity of businesses. Looking from a 360 degrees view the complete demand planning process impacts the entire supply...
Divya Khare September 1
Intelligent Supply Chain Management Solution for your SAP data
Artificial intelligence has an enormous potential for almost every segment. SAP customers are often in a dilemma to understand how the SAP technologies can help organizations to enhance...
Divya Khare August 31
Prediction Vs Forecasting: All you need to know
The predictive aspect of AI has become more refined and accurate with time. AI driven solutions have helped organisations digitally transform their businesses in numerous ways. For example:...
Divya Khare August 9
Why is Demand Forecasting important?
What is forecasting? It is the use of historic data to predict the future outcomes. Demand forecasting is the combination of two words, demand and forecasting where Demand...
Divya Khare August 2
Build Automation and Cloud Build
In software application development lifecycle build automation is one of the important areas.Build automation involves automating some of the processes involved in releasing a software into production. It...
Lata Naik July 27
Benefits of Choosing Pluto7 over Other Partners for Google Workspace Solution
Google Workspace is a cloud computing platform with corporate email solutions for communication and collaboration tools such as Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Groups, Sites, Contacts, Calendar. Google...
Suraj Bawane July 23
Advanced Password Policies For Increased Security
When it comes to protecting users’ mail accounts, a strong password is the first line of defense. As such, organizations have different conditions for their users’ passwords. Google...
Suraj Bawane July 22
Setting a Catch all Email for Google Workspace
A Catch-all, also called a wild-card email address, refers to your chosen Google Workspace mailbox to catch all email sent to any non-existent email address on your domain,...
Suraj Bawane July 14
Google Workspace Investigation Tools
The Security Center Detection Tool is not just any other tool that searches for and removes email logs. It is not a reporting tool that displays logs and...
Suraj Bawane June 28
Prediction Vs Forecasting: All you need to know
The predictive aspect of AI has become more refined and accurate with time. AI-driven solutions have helped organizations digitally transform their businesses in numerous ways. For example: by...
Divya Khare June 25
Migrating data to Google Workspace
For a number of companies, the remote workforce is a new concept. Navigation to this new concept and how to stay connected to the works in different locations...
Divya Khare June 2
Containerization and Deployment in Just 10 minutes!
This blog talks about Why Containerization, What are containers? Why Containers?, Benefits of Containers, Deploying a Containerized App in Google GKE(Google Kubernetes Engine). Containerization allows developers to move...
Ajay Gowda May 28
Top 5 tips for you must know about Google Workspace
Work has changed itself in unprecedented ways, it is no longer a physical setup where you can go, sit and work at your desk, interactions are no more...
Divya Khare May 12
API Management with Cloud Endpoints
Introduction In this article, I hope to show you how the cloud endpoint will manage the APIs, why APIs are so important in the data world, and how...
Meghanatha K L April 29
Healthcare Data Analytics on GCP
Healthcare analytics encompasses the process of analyzing data pertaining to the healthcare industry and helps in predicting trends, improving outreach and in certain aspects control the spread...
Nemichandra Hombannavar April 20
Artificial Intelligence: Aiding higher education
It’s, not the teaching, it’s the learning! Technology made it easier to focus on education with flexible online learning environments allowing students to learn from the comfort of...
Divya Khare April 15
Artificial Intelligence, a powerful tool to personalize education
Introduction Artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly changing and improving the manners in which ventures like medical care, banking, energy, and retail work. Nonetheless, there is one industry specifically...
Divya Khare April 15
Interoperability in Healthcare: The need of the hour
Interoperability in Healthcare: The need of the hour Looking back to a few years ago, all the records were maintained on papers requiring manual efforts and extended timings,...
Mariale Mendoza February 8
Patient care evolves with AI, leveraging data Interoperability with Google Cloud Healthcare API integration AI enabling better patient care leveraging data insights is making its way into every...
Mariale Mendoza February 4
Announcing Pluto7 achieved its fourth Google Cloud Specialization: Marketing Analytics
January 15 , 2021| Marketing Pluto7 Announcing Pluto7 – a Google Cloud Premier Partner’s latest specialization, Pluto7 achieved the Marketing Analytics Specialization SAN JOSE, CALIF. (PRWEB) JANUARY 14, 2021...
Marketing Pluto7 January 15
The “Why” of Migrating your traditional data warehouse to Cloud
According to the IDC report, the global datasphere will grow from 33 zettabytes in 2018 to 175 zettabytes in 2025 which is a extremely huge spike.The...
Marketing Pluto7 January 14
Remodelling Healthcare industry using AI/ML Solutions
Artificial Intelligence is undoubtedly an assured transformational force for the healthcare industry. It is increasingly setting up parameters in digital transformation and is well equipped to generate value...
Divya Khare November 9
Marketing Search: Revamping Business Strategies
The art of being astute is to understand the significance of searching for apt data by using digital transformation. How much time does a knowledge worker spend searching...
Divya Khare October 31
Digital Twin: What is? What it isn’t?
“ The collaboration with Pluto7 and Google Cloud was smooth and efficient. Pluto7’s expertise in data science and Google Cloud’s platform were instrumental in the success of this...
Divya Khare October 29
Artificial intelligence and Machine learning: The path to digital transformation
Gartner’s Data and Analytics Leader’s guide to Data Literacy had quoted, “By 2020, 50% of organizations will have insufficient AI and data literacy skills to realize real business...
Divya Khare October 23
How to accelerate data powered innovation in your enterprise?
Data is the new oil, and it’s real power comes from harnessing it to drive business innovation. But it is not that easy to be a data powered...
Divyansh Meena October 2
You are already using AI, you just don’t know it
According to a survey conducted by HubSpot on over 1400 consumers globally about AI, they discovered that 63% of people don’t realize they are already using AI technologies....
Divya Khare October 1
Data is equal to knowledge. Data management is equally important for an organization as much as preserving the data for future reference. It is, as the name suggests...
Divya Khare August 31
Helpful and Human: G Suite’s Vision for Your Future Workspace
Customer is the king, but collaboration is the key: Your team members are like different pieces of a complex machine called “Organization”. All these wonderful and smart (smarter...
Divyansh Meena August 4
Real time demand forecast with ML and AI
The unforeseen tension in the chain: Imagine yourself holding a giant chain that spans across your network of suppliers and cuts through geographical boundaries. On one end it...
Divyansh Meena July 29
Transform Your Digital Learning Experience with Cloud AI
Yin and Yang events: Inventions like “language”, internet, mobile and mobile devices have accelerated the knowledge transfer and have made it readily available to everyone, faster than ever...
Divyansh Meena July 21
The “New Normal” in supply chain
Did your family wash hands today with that liquid soap to keep themselves safe from the COVID-19 outbreak? Look at that soap dispenser for a second, it has...
Divyansh Meena July 10
The COVID-19 crisis took countries, governments, companies, business and IT leaders by surprise. Few countries let alone businesses or companies were prepared for this unprecedented crisis and the...
Manju Devadas April 15
Pluto7 has been awarded the 2019 Google Cloud Specialization Partner of the Year Award for data and analytics San Francisco, CA. 04/06/2020 — Pluto7, a Google Cloud Premier...
Mariale Mendoza April 8
Top 10 use cases to improve Customer Experience with ML and AI during COVID-19
Top 10 Use Cases to Improve Customer Experiences with ML and AI during COVID-19 These are times to make incremental efforts to reduce business disruptions and to learn...
Mariale Mendoza March 20
Pluto7, a Google Cloud Premier Partner, Achieved the Machine Learning Specialization
Pluto7, a Google Cloud Premier Partner, Achieved the Machine Learning Specialization and is Recognized by Google Cloud as a Machine Learning Specialist with Deep Technical Capabilities SAN JOSE,...
Manju Devadas February 25
Take full advantage of your IoT infra with Preventive Maintenance
“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.”- Albert Einstein As per recorded history, any technology or revolution that connected...
Divyansh Meena December 27
Demand Forecasting for Retail Industry
Demand Forecasting for Retail Industry WHAT IS DEMAND FORECASTING Demand Forecasting is a crucial part of a retail company. Demand forecasts are basically estimates of expected consumer demand....
Divyansh Meena December 11
Ten AI use cases for Logistics and Supply Chain
As the world economy and consumer needs evolved, so did supply chains across the globe. Currently the human population and their purchasing capacity is at an all-time...
Divyansh Meena November 13
Pluto7 inc listed amongst the top 20 Bigdata consultancy firms by Built In
Pluto7 inc listed amongst the top 20 Bigdata consultancy firms by Built In We at Pluto7, a solutions, and services company focused on leveraging the power of Google...
Divyansh Meena November 5
From Warehouse to Shelves – A guide to True Item Assortment with AI
A guide to using machine learning for Inventory Management The consumer goods competitive landscape is changing with startling rapidity. Digitally empowered shoppers have adopted cross channel shopping behavior....
Manju Devadas November 3
How AI is making Preventive Maintenance a reality for the Manufacturing Industry
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower” – STEVE JOBS Only 60 companies from the fortune 500 list from 1955 could maintain that same status in 2017....
Divyansh Meena October 27
Cloud For Marketing with Pluto7
Cloud technology is transforming the way enterprises do business. Marketing is no exception. Digital marketing is the new norm and marketers are constantly under pressure to cut through...
Manju Devadas October 10
Reduce Churn and Improve Customer Experience with AI
“If churn isn’t in single digits, it’s absolutely the only thing you should be focusing on” – Josh Pigford According to KISSMetrics it can cost “7x more to...
Divyansh Meena October 10
3 Ways how Retail Companies can improve average Customer LTV using AI driven Marketing
Customer Life Time Value (CLTV) is the estimated entire profit that will be earned from a customer in their lifetime. The main reasons why it’s important is because...
Divya Khare October 10
Everything you need to know about CLV
Customer Lifetime Value is a metric that indicates the total revenue a business can reasonably expect from a single customer account. It considers a customer’s revenue value, and...
Divya Khare October 10
How Google Cloud is using AI in the financial services sector
Why is AI Important It seems like Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere and seemingly in every industry. More and more business use cases are turning into real results...
Manju Devadas October 10
How is AI making preventive maintenance a reality for the manufacturing industry
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower” – STEVE JOBS Only 60 companies from fortune 500 list from 1955 could maintain the status in 2017. (Source: Link)...
Divyansh Meena October 9
We at Pluto7, a services and solution company focused on leveraging the power of Google Cloud Platform to build ML, Ai, Analytics, and IoT tailored solutions, feel proud...
Divyansh Meena August 5
Pluto7 helped AB InBev win the 2019 Gartner Supply Chain Innovator Award in CPG
Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) makes some of the world’s oldest and most popular beer brands — including Budweiser, Corona, and Stella Artois. But beer filtration is a complicated...
Divya Khare May 23
Pluto7 achieves Google Cloud Premier Partner status in 2018
Pluto7, a premier Google Cloud Partner is launching three new ML/AI solutions on Google AI Hub.
Divya Khare April 9
How To Become A Data Driven Organization?
Evolution of Data: Data is not a new idea. Organizations have always relied on data to help them make decisions. The biggest difference with data from the mid-1990’s...
Divya Khare October 15
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