Manufacturing
Global Manufacturer Cuts Inventory 22% with AI Supply Chain Optimization
Building an AI supply chain platform on Microsoft Fabric that unifies demand, supply, and inventory signals across plants, distribution centers, and suppliers.
Solution
AI Supply Chain Optimization
Industry
Manufacturing & Industrial
Company Size
Project Overview
client
Multi-Plant Industrial Manufacturer
industry
Manufacturing & Industrial
solution
AI Supply Chain Optimization
technologies
Microsoft Fabric, Azure Machine Learning, Dynamics 365 Supply Chain, Power BI, Azure OpenAI
duration
8 Months
region
MENA & Africa
The Challenge
Supply chain decisions were made on lagging information across disconnected ERPs, with persistent overstocks in some SKUs and stockouts in others.
- 1Disconnected ERPs across plants, distribution, and procurement
- 2Lagging demand signals leading to bullwhip-driven inventory imbalances
- 3Manual S&OP cycles unable to react to market changes
Our Solution
CloudGate built a unified supply chain control tower on Microsoft Fabric with AI-driven demand sensing and inventory optimization.
- End-to-end supply chain data unified on OneLake
- AI-driven demand sensing and inventory optimization
- S&OP copilot for planner-led scenario analysis
The Results
-22%
INVENTORY REDUCTION
+12%
SERVICE LEVEL (OTIF)
Weekly
S&OP CYCLE (WAS MONTHLY)
- Released $30M in working capital while improving service levels
Technologies Used
Microsoft FabricAzure Machine LearningDynamics 365 Supply ChainPower BIAzure OpenAI
