Plan Every Possibility: How ketteQ’s PolymatiQ™ Solver is Redefining Supply Chain Resilience

It is increasingly apparent that the world’s supply chains are being stressed like never before. From labor strikes and transportation delays to demand swings and raw material shortages, companies face constant pressure to adapt quickly or risk being left behind. Traditional supply chain models—rigid, static, and reliant on outdated assumptions—are simply no longer up to the task. What businesses need now is resilience, the ability to thrive in uncertainty by planning for every possibility. This is where ketteQ’s revolutionary PolymatiQ™ solver comes in.

The patent-pending PolymatiQ™ solver is a next-generation solution designed to help companies anticipate, adapt, and respond to challenges in real time. By leveraging AI, machine learning, predictive analytics, and advanced scenario planning, ketteQ provides businesses with the tools they need to build resilient, future-ready supply chains.

Resilience in Today’s Supply Chain Environment

The modern supply chain faces a variety of challenges—global disruptions, changing consumer demands, and supply shortages—all of which can threaten to derail even the best-laid plans. Building resilience means not just reacting to these disruptions but actively preparing for them.

This is what ketteQ’s PolymatiQ™ is all about—empowering companies to be proactive by running thousands of scenarios and simulations at once to plan for multiple potential outcomes. The goal is to create a supply chain that can adapt in real-time, continuously learning from changes in the market and enabling companies to make better, faster decisions.

Case Study Results: ketteQ in Action

NCR, a global technology company, recognized the need for a more adaptable supply chain system to deal with frequent demand fluctuations. By implementing ketteQ, NCR was able to achieve greater forecast accuracy and streamline its production planning. With 20% fewer stockouts, NCR reduced disruptions to its production schedules and improved service levels for its customers. This improvement allowed NCR to keep pace with demand variability while simultaneously reducing excess inventory, freeing up working capital and enhancing overall supply chain resilience.

Similarly, quip, a direct-to-consumer oral care company, leveraged ketteQ’s PolymatiQ™-powered solutions to enhance its agility and real-time responsiveness. quip’s growing e-commerce business required an adaptive planning solution to cope with surges in demand and global shipping challenges. PolymatiQ™ enabled quip to maintain high inventory accuracy and adjust quickly to customer order spikes without the need for manual interventions, driving improvements in both operational efficiency and customer satisfaction.

MobilityWorks, the largest provider of wheelchair-accessible vehicles in the United States, also turned to ketteQ to improve its planning and forecasting capabilities. With ketteQ, MobilityWorks simulates various supply chain disruptions and optimizes inventory allocation to ensure timely deliveries. By improving its inventory and production planning, MobilityWorks achieved a 10% improvement in on-time deliveries while also reducing lead times and boosting overall productivity.

Turning Uncertainty into Opportunity

One of the core strengths of ketteQ is its ability to turn uncertainty into opportunity. For many businesses, unexpected disruptions or demand changes can seem like threats, but with the PolymatiQ™-powered solution, companies can treat uncertainty as a potential advantage. By leveraging the solver's probabilistic modeling capabilities, organizations can anticipate multiple possible outcomes and identify opportunities within those scenarios.

For example, Carrier, a global leader in heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration solutions, used ketteQ to build more flexible, resilient operations. Carrier was able to model numerous supply chain scenarios, such as supplier delays or material shortages, allowing them to implement proactive strategies to mitigate risks before they materialized. As a result, Carrier improved its overall supply chain efficiency and reduced expedited freight costs by 15%, optimizing their supply chain's cost-effectiveness and resilience.

Real-Time Adaptability: The Key to Resilience

In today’s supply chain environment, real-time adaptability is crucial. Whether it’s a sudden change in demand, a supplier disruption, or a transportation delay, businesses must respond quickly to maintain fill rates and service levels, avoiding what could be very costly disruptions.

The patent-pending PolymatiQ™ solver integrates real-time data from across the organization and external sources, continuously analyzing and adapting to new information. This level of adaptability was essential for Trimble, a transportation technology leader, which was facing increased pressure to optimize fleet operations. With PolymatiQ™, Trimble was able to quickly simulate multiple operational scenarios and adjust fleet utilization based on real-time demand and external factors. The result? A 10% improvement in productivity, along with enhanced forecast accuracy, allowed Trimble to provide better service to its customers while reducing operational costs.

The Role of Human Oversight in Autonomous Supply Chains

While ketteQ enables a high degree of automation and adaptability, the future of supply chain planning will always involve some level of human interaction. Semi-autonomous or even autonomous supply chains are not about eliminating human involvement but about shifting the focus from manual processes to strategic oversight. PolymatiQ™ allows planners to concentrate on high-level decision-making, exception management, and long-term strategy rather than day-to-day firefighting.

For companies like Parts Town, a distributor of restaurant equipment parts, this shift was critical. ketteQ empowered Parts Town’s supply chain team to focus on proactive planning rather than reacting to immediate issues. By automating key planning processes, Parts Town improved inventory turnover and reduced excess stock by 8%, all while maintaining service levels and improving customer satisfaction.

Benefits of PolymatiQ™: Real Results in Real Time

As these case studies show, ketteQ’s revolutionary PolymatiQ™ solver delivers real, measurable results that help redefine supply chain resilience:  

• Scenario Planning at Scale: ketteQ runs thousands of simulations in real-time in parallel, allowing businesses to prepare for a wide range of disruptions, from labor strikes to demand surges.

• Cost Efficiency: Companies like Carrier and Trimble achieved significant cost savings by reducing expedited shipping and optimizing fleet utilization through real-time insights and adaptive planning.

• Operational Agility: Whether it’s improving productivity, like Trimble, or increasing on-time deliveries, like MobilityWorks, PolymatiQ™ helps businesses operate more efficiently and flexibly.

• Risk Management: By proactively identifying potential risks and bottlenecks, companies like NCR and Parts Town have been able to improve forecasting accuracy, reduce stockouts, and avoid disruptions.

• Enhanced Customer Satisfaction: quip’s ability to maintain inventory accuracy and respond to spikes in demand showcases how resilient supply chains not only save costs but also drive better customer outcomes.  

Building a Resilient Future with ketteQ

The need for resilience in supply chains has never been more apparent. From adapting to shifting customer expectations to mitigating risks from global disruptions, businesses must be able to plan for every possibility. With ketteQ’s PolymatiQ™-powered solutions, companies can build supply chains that are not only adaptable and efficient but also resilient in the face of uncertainty.

Whether your business is in the early stages of transitioning to adaptive planning or is looking to further optimize its supply chain, ketteQ has the tools and expertise to help you build a supply chain that thrives, no matter what the future holds.

Learn more about how ketteQ can help you evolve your planning strategy today by reading our latest white paper: From Firefighting to Future-Proofing: Adaptive Supply Chain Planning is the Path Beyond Legacy Systems.

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