DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--o9, a leading enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making, today announced that it has successfully obtained the Catena-X Demand and Capacity Management (DCM) certification. This certification positions o9 as a frontrunner and trusted provider of interoperable and secure solutions aligned with Catena-X, the automotive industry’s first open and collaborative data ecosystem.
Catena-X is an industry-wide network designed to foster radical collaboration by connecting automotive OEMs, suppliers, and service providers through a trusted, data-driven ecosystem. Its network is built on key principles of data sovereignty, interoperability, and trusted collaboration, ensuring that all participants can securely exchange data across multi-tier supply chains. By achieving the Catena-X DCM certification, o9 strengthens its position as a trusted solution provider for the automotive value chain. The accreditation demonstrates that o9 is equipped to facilitate seamless and standardized communication between OEMs and suppliers, enabling real-time demand and capacity management. Its Digital Brain platform for integrated business planning also helps automotive companies address supply chain complexities by leveraging trusted data exchanges, ultimately improving efficiency, collaboration, and sustainability across multiple tiers of the automotive supply chain.
“Obtaining the Catena-X Demand and Capacity Management certification marks a major milestone for o9 as one of the first supply chain solution providers to have done so successfully,” said Falko Feldchen, Vice President of Procurement, o9. “Since the beginning, we have been laser-focused on our mission of helping large, complex enterprises break down organizational silos, empower people and drive greater transparency and productivity. It’s exciting to have found a set of industry standards in Catena-X that meet our vision for enabling OEMs and suppliers to streamline demand and capacity management with real-time data sharing across the automotive value chain.”
o9’s Digital Brain platform, combined with the company’s Supplier Collaboration technology, allows automotive companies to manage demand signals and capacity constraints better and drive improvement actions and joint business plan reviews within their extended supplier network. Furthermore, the Catena-X certification demonstrates that o9 is well-positioned to help clients comply with emerging industry standards.
“We are witnessing significant momentum as companies embrace the new industry communication standard for collaborative Demand- and Capacity Management,” said Jürgen Schuberthan, Leader of Use Case Demand- and Capacity management at Catena-X. “We're proud to welcome o9 as a new member of the DCM-solution provider family, supporting Catena X’s Demand Capacity Management standard."
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About o9
o9 is a leading AI-powered platform for integrated business planning and decision-making for the enterprise. Whether it is driving demand, aligning demand and supply, or optimizing commercial initiatives, any planning process can be made faster and smarter with o9’s AI-powered digital solutions. o9 brings together technology innovations—such as graph-based enterprise modeling, big data analytics, advanced algorithms for scenario planning, collaborative portals, easy-to-use interfaces and cloud-based delivery—into one platform. For more information, please visit www.o9solutions.com.