Smarter Demand Planning, Powered by AI Agents
Stop guessing, start planning with demand planning agents
Meet Sensei, your always-on Demand Planning Agent
Built on Ikigai’s patented Large Graphical Model (LGM), Sensei continuously learns what truly drives demand, helping demand teams make the best decisions based on data, not assumptions.
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#Forecast supply and demand with AI-powered accuracy
50%
Improvement in forecast accuracy
The problem today
Traditional forecasting and planning is stuck in assumptions
Most planning and IBP teams still rely on assumption-based forecasting and static rules:
If it’s November it must be seasonal- If sales spikes it must be the promotion
- Apply a blanket uplift across all stores
This guesswork leads to:
Wrong promotion spend- Excess stock and markdowns
- Stockouts where demand is real
- Slow, painful IBP reconciliation across S&OP, FP&A and Supply Teams
Demand planning agents can help where traditional forecasting falls short
Traditional Forecasting
Ikigai Demand Planning Agent
Traditional Forecasting
Ikigai Demand Planning Agent
Forecasts are built on Human Assumptions
You guess which variables matter and build a model to validate the hypothesis.
True data-driven forecasting
Automatically discover correlations in your data and learn which drivers actually impact forecasts.
Static Rules for Dynamic Business
Same rules apply regardless of changing conditions.
AI agents recommend optimal actions
Based on learned business drivers, and adapts recommendations as conditions change.
Dependency on team bandwidth
To maintain and update rules or execute necessary actions. Complex actions requiring human judgement remain highly manual.
AI agents are highly scalable
And can execution actions in real-time. Human expertise and intervention can be integrated where needed with expert-in-the-loop (Xitl).
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Learn how demand planning agents can supercharge your demand forecasting and planning- See use cases for retail, CPG, manufacturing and more
AI Agents - from intelligence to action
Sensei, Ikigai’s demand planning agent is driven by our proprietary Large Graphical Model (LGM). Our powerful patented LGM automatically discovers and maps the complex relationships in your data and within your business. AI agents can super charge your demand forecasting and demand planning and help drive the right actions.
Start forecasting from your data, not from assumptions. A demand planning agent can help:
Discover real demand drivers from your data
Seasonality, promotions, weather, competitor stockouts, local events, and more
Continuously refine predictions
Base your predictions on new data vs static rules
Deliver granularity in forecasting
Right drivers down to each SKU, geo and store
Use data to make decisions in real time
Easier decision making with insights delivered with context - replenish, transfer, reprice, bundle
Benefits of Demand Planning Agents:
- Cut stockouts and overstocks with demand-driven allocation recommendations
- Scale execution and act faster with recommended actions
- Unlock working capital by reducing costly MOQs and right-sizing buffer stock
- Support integrated business planning (IBP) with one source of truth – to help reconcile reporting across Demand, Supply and FP&A.
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