Use Case

Global Demand Planning & Network Replenishment Planning

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The Planning Challenge

A global energy company operates a highly complex supply chain serving customers across automotive, industrial, and marine markets.

Its network spans more than one hundred subsidiaries, dozens of production facilities, and hundreds of warehouses across multiple regions.

Historically, demand planning was fragmented across affiliates, with limited visibility across the global supply chain. This often resulted in stock shortages in some markets and excess inventory in others, while emergency logistics actions increased operational costs.

As supply chain disruptions, raw material volatility, and market complexity intensified, planning needed to evolve from reactive operations to a coordinated global capability.

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Results at a Glance

• 48% reduction in product availability confirmation time in initial deployments
• Improved synchronization between demand signals and supply planning
• Greater global visibility across the supply network
• Better balance between service levels and working capital

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The Operational Environment

The company operates a large global industrial supply network:

• More than 100 national subsidiaries
• Over 40 production facilities
• Hundreds of warehouses serving global markets

At this scale, planning decisions directly impact customer service, working capital, and operational efficiency.

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The Transformation

The company partnered with Sunstice to redesign its supply chain planning model and implement a unified platform for demand forecasting and network replenishment planning.

This created a single demand signal across the organization and enabled planners to manage operations by exception rather than reacting to disruptions.

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Customer Perspective

“By aligning demand signals across our global network, we moved from constant firefighting to proactive planning.”

Global Supply Chain Leadership
Energy & Industrial Products Company

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Structured Agility™ in Action

This transformation illustrates Structured Agility™, Sunstice’s operating framework for planning in a world of permanent uncertainty.

By synchronizing demand signals, replenishment flows, and production decisions, the organization can anticipate disruptions while maintaining operational stability across its global supply chain.

Planning becomes a key capability supporting both performance and resilience.