SaaS planning backbone with embedded AI/ML modules
One planning backbone. Embedded AI modules that solve real problems.
O8 Enterprise Suite is SaaS supply chain planning for manufacturers and distributors.
Embedded AI/ML modules focus on specific high-value decisions: Organic Planner recommends what to order and, where approved, raises real orders; Forecast Intelligence strengthens demand planning.
Modular. Configurable. Suitable for every business size. Start focused, then scale.
Enterprise-proven AI/ML planning modules, accessible from $1,000/month.
Trusted by Shell, BT, 3M, A.G. Barr, Allergan, and Boots Manufacturing.
O8 Organic Planner — embedded AI for executable order actions, inventory projection, and supply decisions
O8 Software is a SOC 2 Type 2 compliant company
Security, availability, and confidentiality controls independently audited
1,000,000+
parts managed across customer environments
$2B+
stock value influenced by planning decisions
100,000+
daily transactions analysed
25+ years
planning experience behind the platform
Platform and modules
Buy the platform. Or start with one module.
Use O8 as the planning backbone or plug in a focused AI/ML module. Modular, configurable, and suitable for every business size.
O8 Enterprise Suite
The SaaS planning backbone for demand, supply, execution, S&OP, reporting and analysis.
O8 Organic Planner
The first embedded AI/ML module, focused on executable order recommendations and approved order actions.
O8 Forecast Intelligence
The next AI/ML module, comprehensively covering demand planning, scenarios, review and sign-off.
Why O8
Control the plan. Automate the repeatable work.
O8 connects planning data, rules, workflows and AI/ML modules in one controlled environment.
The problem
- ERP shows the position. Planners still make the decision.
- Demand, supply, shipment and production work is fragmented.
- Dashboards multiply. Action still slows down.
The O8 answer
- One SaaS backbone for demand, supply and execution.
- AI/ML modules embedded in O8 or plugged into ERP.
- Organic Planner moves beyond insight to generate executable order actions.
AI/ML roadmap
A practical AI/ML roadmap
Each module targets a real planning decision. Each can run inside O8 or alongside ERP.
Embedded or stand-alone
Built for operational decisions
No generic AI layer. No science project. Focused modules for decisions planners already own.
Forecast Intelligence
Comprehensive demand planning, AI/ML forecasting, scenarios, collaborative review and sign-off.
Visual network planning
In test now: a UI for disruption planning, simulation, network change and scenario-led replanning.
Shipment Builder
In development: focused intelligence for building shipments under transport, stock, loading and destination constraints.
Production Sequencer
In development: AI/ML support for production sequence decisions, constraints, trade-offs and plant performance.
O8 Enterprise Suite
SaaS planning backbone. Modular AI.
Deploy the O8 Enterprise Suite, add individual AI/ML modules, or connect focused modules into an ERP-led estate.
Deployment model
ERP and source systems
Connect ERP, WMS and source data using custom APIs for any host system. Avoid rip-and-replace.
O8 Enterprise Suite
Demand, supply, execution, S&OP, reporting and analysis.
O8 Organic Planner
Generates executable order recommendations and, where approved, raises real orders from live planning conditions.
O8 Forecast Intelligence
AI/ML demand planning with scenarios, review and sign-off.
Demand Planning
Forecast Intelligence, hierarchies, AI/ML forecasting, scenarios, consensus workflow and demand hub integration.
Supply Planning
Organic Planner, segmentation, buffer calculation, replenishment creation, planning rules, DDMRP, ROC, MTO, and capacity planning.
Execution Planning
Real order recommendations, ATP, prioritisation, alerts, lead-time management, and material or capacity checks.
Network & Simulation
Visual planning for disruptions, scenario modelling, route and network change, and revised plan evaluation.
Shipment & Production
Shipment Builder, production sequencing, planning constraints, trade-off management and operational execution support.
Network & Simulation
Visual planning for disruption and network change.
Scenario modelling helps teams evaluate route, network and revised-plan options before committing operational changes.
O8 Enterprise Suite in action
Real views across planning, stock, BOM and execution.
Screens from the O8 backbone showing operational planning views alongside the focused AI/ML modules.
Planning Board
Planning Board provides the overview of new order requirements, pre-validated, with material and capacity automatically checked against scheduled production/ship dates. Built-in automation allows for creation of rules to automatically accept and export clean orders.
Material and capacity checks
Material and capacity availability are automatically calculated for every supply order, incorporating all competing demands for resource at each BOM level, and providing full overview of next possible production/ship date when constraints arise.
Shipment Planning
Integrated Shipment Planning Board prioritizes loads to ship according to projected inventory position and current demand at receiving locations.
Shipment Builder
O8 Shipment Builder optimizes transportation spend by considering every loading constraint, product mix restriction, and stock availability date across all transport modes. Easily apply 'fair share' rules for stock distribution across locations in supply-constrained scenarios. Upsize partial loads automatically to benefit from high space utilization and test multiple transportation modes for load efficiency, cost and lead time benefits.
BOM Management
Interactive, scaling, graphical BOM views provide clear visibility of dependencies, parent-child and 'where used' relationships, as well as critical info for each component in one easy to understand and navigate screen, when working with complex multi-level BOMs.
Forward Planning
Forward Plan views can be viewed at an aggregation from individual SKU/part to the entire portfolio, to provide clear views on capacity utilisation and availability, turnover, inbound/outbound warehouse movements, shipping volumes, etc.
Stock Status
A consolidated stock control view showing part-level inventory, buffer settings, on-hand quantity, available inventory, next replenishment dates, net flow and DDMRP flow status. The colour-coding helps planners easily identify stock risks, replenishment pressure and exception priorities quickly. Drilldown functionality provides quick navigation to all key associated item data.
Outcomes
Start small. Scale without rework.
A focused module for one team. A planning backbone for the enterprise. Same architecture.
Modular and configurable
Start with one focused module or the full O8 backbone, then configure and scale as needs grow.
Suitable for all sizes
Designed for smaller teams that need a focused start and global enterprises managing complex planning estates.
Esteemed customers
Trusted by global organisations including Shell, BT, 3M, A.G. Barr, Allergan and Boots Manufacturing.
Embedded AI/ML
Practical AI for planning work
Focused AI/ML modules for the decisions that affect orders, demand, shipments, production and network response.
The module roadmap
Organic Planner generates executable order actions.
Forecast Intelligence covers demand planning.
Visual Network Planning is in test and available in weeks.
Shipment Builder and Production Sequencer are in development.
Adopt one module or the full backbone.
Organic Planner
The first embedded AI/ML module, focused on executable order recommendations and approved order actions.
Forecast Intelligence
A comprehensive demand planning module for AI/ML forecasting, scenarios, workflow review, consensus and sign-off.
Visual Network Planning
In test now, available in weeks: disruption planning, simulation, network change and scenario-led replanning.
Shipment Builder and Production Sequencer
In-development modules for shipment construction, production sequencing, constraints and operational trade-offs.
Thought leadership
Clear thinking for planning leaders
Practical views on AI, autonomy, forecasting, ordering and execution.
O8 Insight Paper
Why AI Supply Planning, Not Just Demand Planning, Is the Real Goal
The real commercial opportunity is not simply predicting demand more accurately. It is using intelligence to make better supply decisions and move from recommendation to execution with confidence.
O8 Insight Paper
Can Planning Become Largely Autonomous? The Real Opportunity and Limits
Planning can become largely autonomous in the sense that much more of its routine work can be intelligently mechanised under defined controls, with humans focused where judgement and accountability matter most.
O8 Insight Paper
Not All AI Supply Planning Tools Are the Same
Why O8 argues for targeted, easily describable AI solutions rather than a scattergun approach that promises to help everywhere in a generic way.
O8 Insight Paper
Self-Serve AI Supply Planning
Why the next breakthrough in supply planning may not start in the enterprise, but with pay-as-you-go services that replace spreadsheet planning for smaller businesses.
O8 Insight Paper
AI in Supply Chain Will Be Built From Focused Models, Not Fairy Dust
The future of supply chain AI is not one giant black box. It is a linked system of specialised models, each improving a specific operational decision in a measurable, practical way.
O8 Insight Paper
Why Generic GenAI Fails in Supply Chain
A practical lesson from trying to beat the stock market: generic AI sounds clever but cannot solve complex decision systems. Real supply chain progress comes from focused ML models trained on specific problems.
O8 Insight Paper
Why the Old Planning Model Is Breaking Down
How AI and machine learning are replacing the demand-plan-into-MRP-into-supply-plan structure with a more integrated, responsive, and mechanised planning model.
O8 Report
Reflections from Gartner Supply Chain Symposium Barcelona 2026
AI is coming to supply chain, but the market is still struggling to define what that really means. Reflections from Barcelona on where the industry is, where it is stuck, and where the real opportunity lies.
O8 Insight Paper
Handling Major Disruption with O8 Organic Planner
Why emergency spreadsheets are not a resilience strategy. Major supply chain disruption is becoming part of the operating environment, and AI-driven planning should be exactly where it matters most.
O8 Insight Paper
Embedded AI Will Be the Real Route to Supply Chain Adoption
Why focused AI modules will matter more than the dream of a fully AI-enabled supply chain. The practical route is embedded AI: focused machine learning modules inserted into the existing supply chain landscape to solve specific problems.
O8 Insight Paper
Don’t Build a Supply Chain That Depends on Planner Heroes
Why firefighting is a symptom of decision debt, not a sustainable operating model, and how focused AI/ML can reduce routine rescue work in supply planning.
O8 Insight Paper
Microsoft Copilot in Excel: Faster Fire Engines for Spreadsheet Planning
Why AI-assisted Excel may legitimise the unofficial planning layer, making spreadsheet firefighting faster instead of moving critical decisions into governed planning logic.
O8 Insight Paper
Forecast When Useful. Order From Reality.
Why O8 Forecast Intelligence treats forecasting as a workflow-driven, collaborative demand signal while keeping ordering decisions grounded in real supply-chain conditions.
Partner ecosystem
Advisor Network Program
A global advisor network for supply chain specialists building recurring client portfolios with O8.
Next step
See O8 in action
Choose the backbone, a focused AI/ML module, or both. O8 is modular, configurable, and built for businesses of all sizes.
Talk to O8 Software
Discuss the O8 backbone, Organic Planner, Forecast Intelligence or the next AI/ML modules.
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