At its annual SAS Innovate conference, SAS is presenting a series of new AI agents and industry accelerators. The flagship product is the SAS Supply Chain Agent, which continuously automates supply and operations planning.<\/p>\n
Most organizations perform supply and operations planning (S&OP) at most once a month. It is a labor-intensive process in which employees from multiple departments spend days working in spreadsheets to plan inventory management for the next six to twelve months. SAS wants to break that pattern.<\/p>\n
At SAS Innovate, the company\u2019s annual data and AI conference, SAS announced the SAS Supply Chain Agent. The agent is available in private preview and will soon roll out to enterprises worldwide. It is one of the new additions to the portfolio of industry accelerators that SAS is funding through its previously announced $1 billion investment<\/a> in industry-specific AI solutions.<\/p>\n Continuous planning instead of once a month<\/p>\n The SAS Supply Chain Agent continuously works to balance demand, supply, and operations. Users can simulate scenarios\u2014such as a 15 percent drop in demand\u2014and receive step-by-step explanations of how the agent arrives at its recommendations. This makes the system transparent. Through a chat interface, employees can ask questions and investigate bottlenecks at any time, even outside the normal planning period.<\/p>\n Last year at Innovate, the company launched a series of ready-to-use industry models<\/a>, including ones for supply chain optimization, fraud detection, and the public sector.<\/p>\n More than supply chain: fraud, security, and digital twins<\/p>\n