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BOSTON (July 30, 2019) – ToolsGroup, a global leader in service-driven supply chain planning software, has promoted Mauro Adorno to managing director of Europe. Adorno will oversee all European operations including sales, professional services, customer success and administration. Previously, Adorno served as ToolsGroup’s managing director for Central Europe and sales director for the DACH region.Adorno steps into this elevated leadership role at a time of accelerated expansion for ToolsGroup, with double-digit growth in multiple regions in 2018. ToolsGroup helps companies like Absolut, Aston Martin, Franke AG and Mitsubishi Electric profitably balance service and working capital amid increasing demand uncertainty.“I am very pleased to promote Mauro to this important new position,” said ToolsGroup CEO Joseph Shamir. “Mauro has been a critical part of our success in Europe over the past five years and I’m confident he will continue to provide strong leadership for our European team as we continue to grow in this region.”Adorno brings more than 15 years of experience in consumer-focused businesses, internet retailing, automotive manufacturing, telecommunications and finance. Prior to joining ToolsGroup in 2014, Mauro held global executive roles for businesses including Telecom Italia Group and Fiat Group Automobiles in customer operations, sales and marketing, IT and business development. He has a degree in Management Engineering from Polytechnic University of Turin and an MBA from Alma Business School in Bologna.“It’s a privilege to lead our European team at such an exciting time for ToolsGroup,” said Adorno. “Our strong heritage in probability-based forecasting and machine learning automation positions ToolsGroup to continue to be a strong influencer in supply chain planning.”******************************About ToolsGroupToolsGroup is a global provider of service-driven supply chain planning and demand analytics software. Our customers overcome demand volatility and supply chain complexity for outstanding service levels with reduced inventory. ToolsGroup’s service-driven planning platform features probability forecasting and stock

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Inventory performance to maximize revenue and profitability ToolsGroup provides industry-leading Multi-Echelon Optimization and Replenishment, an advanced optimization technique that decreases network-wide inventory by as much as 50% while increasing service level performance 5-10 percentage points. Learn more → Build resilience and prepare for uncertainty with advanced probabilistic planning With our Probabilistic Forecasting and Probabilistic Inventory Planning, organizations can neutralize uncertainty, improve forecast accuracy by 5-10 percentage points, and calculate optimal stock levels to best achieve service targets. Learn more → Sense and respond intelligently to demand and supply disruptions ToolsGroup is a leader in Dynamic Planning, a system that anticipates fluctuations in demand and supply, automatically adjusting inventory and replenishment based on real-time market changes to ensure customer satisfaction. Guide smarter decisions with AI so planners can focus on big picture value SO99+ and JustEnough are designed to automate many of the manual tasks that planners face every day. Users experience a 40-90% reduction in planner workload, freeing them up to work on strategic initiatives. Deliver outstanding customer experiences with real-time visibility across the enterprise ToolsGroup’s Dynamic Data Unification Platform tracks events from transactional systems in real-time to deliver a digital supply chain twin of demand, supply, inventory and operations. Learn more → Optimize omnichannel experiences with unified commerce Dynamic, integrated retail planning and execution solutions deliver connected customer centric experiences across every channel. Supply chain innovators from Day One Inertia? Never heard of it. First to develop Probabilistic Demand & Supply Planning First to harness Machine Learning insights First to include Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization First to integrate Always-On Inventory Analytics First to develop Probabilistic Demand & Supply Planning First to harness Machine Learning insights First to include Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization First to integrate Always-On Inventory Analytics After 30 years, our momentum has only increased, and we continue to revolutionize retail and supply chain planning technology – and help our customers accelerate their supply chain evolution. Customer stories Discover how customers are navigating the unexpected with ToolsGroup. “We chose ToolsGroup because of its ease of use and the scalability of its applications, which made it easy to invest in and evolve with as our company transforms.” Francisco Javier Fernández, Supply Chain Director “With ToolsGroup SO99+, we have the AI-driven supply chain planning solutions that allow us to adapt quickly and stay flexible, helping us meet our own business goals while delivering on our promises to customers and strengthening our relationships with suppliers.” Sarah Voorhees, VP Demand and Inventory Planning “We chose ToolsGroup because they are a leading worldwide provider of retail planning solutions. We wanted to work with a partner that…could teach us what we should be doing, align our bespoke practices, and provide a single source of the truth.” Jolann Van Dyk, CIO of Kathmandu "Now we can focus on more added-value work because the data crunching doesn’t consume any time on our end." Ilaria Maruccia, EMEA WG&PGA SIOP Manager "An accurate sales forecast and a lean supply chain allowed us to optimize stock to guarantee product availability in

Version 8.60 of the ToolsGroup supply chain planning solution enables supply chain teams to make informed decisions fasterBOSTON — March 7, 2023 — ToolsGroup, a global leader in retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, has announced the latest version of its Service Optimizer 99+ (SO99+) software, adding new dynamic planning capabilities and modularization to SO99+ and enhancing existing supply planning functionalities. This is just the latest of the company’s significant strides towards making supply chains a force for good by helping organizations guarantee service, reduce excess stock, and increase profits.With the release of v8.60, ToolsGroup further improves supply chain agility and resilience with expanded capabilities that now deliver:Enhancements to Dynamic Sourcing and Multi Sourcing plans simultaneous replenishment from multiple suppliers, and automatically activate back-up suppliers with shorter lead times based on the probability that primary suppliers will be unable to meet demand. The dynamic sourcing capability automatically smooths inventory targets day after day and ensures target service levels are achieved regardless of supplier constraints. Dynamic Stock Levels provide automatic lead time adjustments that adapt safety stock and cycle stock targets to demand and supply changes, and calculate the projected lost sales in the downstream network.Probabilistic Bill of Materials delivers more comprehensive inventory planning for raw materials, assemblies, subassemblies, parts, and components, while allowing for flexible planning based on the probability of a component being used.Modularization enables engines like Stock-to-Service Curves to be provided as micro-services to other applications in the supply chain ecosystem.“Business leaders today are looking for new ways to improve the resilience and agility of their supply chains. To increase agility, supply chain teams need to be able to make informed decisions faster and optimize and respond at the speed of business,” says ToolsGroup CEO, Inna Kuznetsova. “We call this dynamic planning. I’ve heard supply chain leaders say that you can get bad answers quickly or good answers slowly. Now supply chain teams can have the best answers when they need them, helping our customers better navigate supply uncertainty. This is another step forward in our mission to make supply chains a force for good in supply.”These exciting new capabilities add to the existing dynamic planning innovations in SO99+ which include:Service Driven Planning: A unique technology that creates inventory plans based on service level targets.Multi-Echelon Optimization & Replenishment: An advanced optimization technique that determines the optimal inventory levels across the entire supply chain network, allowing customers to simultaneously decrease inventory across the ecosystem, while increasing service level performance.Stock Mix Optimization: The setting and planning of differentiated and market-oriented service level targets as an optimal compromise between service and inventory. What-If Scenario Planning : The simulation and optimization of inventory and service levels trade-offs and their impact in different design scenarios.Distribution Requirement Tunnelling™: The time-phased planning of inventory and safety stock parameters and the visualization of performance against those parameters in a replenishment tunnel dashboard.Network Balance: Ensuring the right balance across the distribution network for each item in the Bill of Materials, including optimal staging, fair allocation

Is being used to forecast demand at blood product, type and group level on a hospital-by-hospital basis. This additional level of granularity also enables the NHS Blood & Transplant supply chain team to respond rapidly to potential shortages and ensure that additional donors can be contacted to maintain healthy stocks of all blood products nationally and locally.In addition, a stock management (Vendor Managed Replenishment) solution is in place at eight hospitals currently to further improve availability and replenish hospital blood banks automatically, 24/7. This solution, which integrates directly with hospital blood fridges and laboratory systems, is being rolled out to 12 more hospitals.The system covers blood components of all kinds, thousands of SKULocations and 24×7 demand. It starts with electronic signals that communicate near real-time stock levels every 30 minutes from hospitals, which is then translated into a pull signal back through distribution, manufacturing, collection and supply, creating a comprehensive and scalable “vein-to vein” system. Using ToolsGroup, NHSBT transformed its supply chain from a ‘push’ to a ‘pull’ model so that all its work is aligned with meeting specific patient requirements, in specific parts of the country. It now has the information to route blood supplies to the areas where they are most needed.Results & BenefitsThe new approach has relieved hospitals of the time-consuming effort to order, manage and replenish blood supplies, which is now all handled by a highly automated system. In addition, in just the first few months, participating hospitals reported delivery costs reduced by 20% and waste from overstocked perishables reduced by as much as 30%. The end result is a highly efficient patient-focused service that insures a safe and stable blood supply for all of England.According to Justin Baker, Accountable Executive PCS Project, NHS Blood & Transplant, “While the project offers great benefits to NHS hospitals and the taxpayer, nothing matters more than it’s potential to improve patient outcomes through improved blood availability. Our new ToolsGroup system allows us to respond faster to crises and support patients with complex requirements, like those that need multiple transfusions or have rare blood types.”About NHSNHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is a joint England and Wales Special Health Authority. Its remit includes the provision of a reliable, efficient supply of blood and associated services to the NHS in England. It is also the organ donor organization for the UK and is responsible for matching and allocating donated organs. ↓ Download PDF

Of source availability, and automatic inter-depot transfers.Supply Constraints: Mapping and modeling of all relevant supply chain constraints like shipping/receiving calendars, supply lots, order frequency, order constraints, and replenishment dates.Optimized Replenishment: Optimization of replenishment planning in challenging supply chain configurations such as multi-sourcing, network lost sales, equivalent products and inventory lot expiration dates.Aggregate Constraints: Planning of purchase and transfers to meet supply and capacity aggregate constraints, optimizing the service level in the network through the use of requirement tunnels.The SO99+ Supply Chain Planning Solution is the market leader in dynamic planning, helping supply chain teams make informed decisions faster. The system can automatically adjust inventory and replenishment based on supply conditions, mitigating the risks caused by supply and demand uncertainty. The solution quickly adapts to changes in demand, market conditions, and supply chain disruptions, and optimizes the flow of goods in order to reduce costly transfers, increase efficiency, and improve supply chain sustainability. SO99+ masks supply chain disruptions and uncertainty from the final customer by ensuring the service level targets are achieved regardless of market conditions.With over 365 customers located in 45 different countries, ToolsGroup provides the power of dynamic planning with SO99+. Intelligent decision making at the speed of business transforms supply chain performance. Customers report a 5-10 percentage point improvement in forecast accuracy and a 3-5 percentage point increase in service levels while simultaneously achieving a 20-30% inventory reduction. Built-in automation cuts the planning workload by up to 90% and helps companies reduce waste by 10-30%.For more information about SO99+, read our blog on the v8.60 release HERE.About ToolsGroupToolsGroup’s innovative AI-powered solutions enable retailers, distributors, and manufacturers to navigate through supply chain uncertainty. Our retail and supply chain planning suites empower a new level of fast, intelligent decision making and unlock powerful business improvements in forecast accuracy, service levels, and inventory – delighting customers and achieving financial and ESG KPIs. Stay in touch with ToolsGroup on LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, or visit www.toolsgroup.com. Subscribe to the Supply Chain Planning Blog Keep up with the latest trends, research, and insights about supply chain planning, demand forecasting and inventory optimization.