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KNAPP Value Chain Solutions

Demand-Driven Supply Chain:The Right Network.One Intelligent Platform.Reliable Customer Promises.

Most companies optimize individual functions. KNAPP Value Chain Solutions connects the physical network, digital platform and operational execution into one demand-driven ecosystem — for faster decisions, smarter use of capacity and a kept customer promise.

Transform disconnected operations into a demand-driven value chain that continuously balances customer demand, resources, inventory, capacity and operational constraints.

SupplierInbound ETAWarehouseStock positionDistribution CenterCapacityHubTransport decisionStoreDemand signalCustomerPromise: 10–12h

Live orchestration

Demand-driven orchestration for reliable customer promises.

Silo OptimizationConnected DecisionsNetwork-Wide OrchestrationReliable Customer Promises

Executive value

Built for Availability, Efficiency, Growth and Resilience

Grow Revenue

Increase service levels and create new business capabilities by connecting demand, fulfillment and delivery.

Protect Margins

Use every degree of freedom — delivery slot, warehouse, carrier, release time and dispatch time — to reduce cost while keeping the customer promise.

Build Resilience

Gain network-wide visibility from strategy and planning down to operational execution.

Value chain thinking

The Power of Demand-Driven Orchestration

Supply chains cannot be optimized in silos.

Strategic decisions, planning, inventory, warehouse execution, transportation and store operations all influence the customer promise.

KNAPP connects these decisions into one network-wide decision flow, from long-term strategy to real-time execution.

“From silo optimization to network-wide orchestration.”

Feedback loop: customer signals continuously reshape demand. Hover a step to see its connected decisions.

How it works

From Demand to Real-Time Execution

  1. 01

    Anticipate

    Forecast demand, detect risks and create the basis for continuous planning.

  2. 02

    Orchestrate

    Dynamically balance inventory, transport, workforce, warehouse and delivery capacity across the network.

  3. 03

    Execute

    Trigger the right tasks at the right moment across warehouses, hubs, stores, carriers and delivery operations.

  4. 04

    Adapt

    Use real-time visibility and AI-supported decision-making to adjust plans before service, cost or capacity are impacted.

Continuous loop: every adaptation feeds the next anticipation — Anticipate → Orchestrate → Execute → Adapt → Anticipate.

Anticipate · AI Forecasting

AI-Driven Demand Predictionin Retail Supply Chains

Multiple real-time data signals flow into an intelligent AI forecasting engine and emerge as a dynamic future demand curve — the basis on which distribution centers, stores, inventory and replenishment are coordinated.

Data signals from stores, sales, promotions, inventory, logistics and external factors flowing into an AI forecasting engine and emerging as a future demand curve, with a connected distribution center and replenishment network in the background
  1. 01

    Signals in

    Real-time data from stores, sales, promotions, inventory, logistics and external factors arrives continuously — no manual handover, no weekly snapshot.

  2. 02

    AI forecasting engine

    The engine learns demand behavior per article, location and channel, and weighs the signals against each other instead of extrapolating history.

  3. 03

    Dynamic demand curve

    What emerges is a future demand curve that keeps updating as conditions change — the basis for replenishment, capacity and delivery decisions.

Data signals in

Stores

Sell-through, basket mix and local availability

Sales

Transactions, velocity and channel-level trends

Promotions

Campaigns, price actions and planned activity

Inventory

Stock position, in-transit quantities and freshness

Logistics

Transport capacity, lead times and delivery windows

External factors

Weather, events and other demand influences

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Behind the curve sits the physical layer it is acted on in: the connected distribution center, stores, inventory and replenishment network.

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Control Tower · Pharmaceutical Wholesale

AI-Driven Demand Prediction & Simulation

Predict future demand, detect unusual patterns early, evaluate shortage risk and simulate scenarios — before committing to an operational decision.

Service level

99.4%

Min. cover

4.0 wk

SKUs at risk

0/5

  1. Demand signals
  2. AI prediction
  3. Risk detection
  4. Scenario simulation
  5. Supply chain impact
  6. Recommended action

Demand signals

01
  • EU flu test positivity31.0%
  • Pharmacy sell-out (sim.)+22%
  • Hospital orders (sim.)14%
  • Supplier lead time (sim.)14 d

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AI prediction · EU influenza positivity

02
Today10% season threshold (ECDC)Unusual acceleration2024-W41W522025-W08
Observed positivity to 2024-W52 AI forecast Confidence band

Real ECDC data, season 2024/25: positivity crossed the 10% threshold in week 50 and peaked at 47.2% in 2025-W05. The forecast starts from week 52 — compare it with the observed outcome.

Scenario simulation

04

Risk detection

03
  • Oseltamivir 75 mg

    Antiviral · 3.2 wk cover

    Healthy
  • Paracetamol 500 mg

    Analgesic · 4.4 wk cover

    Healthy
  • Amoxicillin 1 g

    Antibiotic · 3.8 wk cover

    Healthy
  • Salbutamol inhaler

    Respiratory · 3.0 wk cover

    Healthy
  • Insulin glargine

    Cold chain · 5.7 wk cover

    Healthy

Supply chain impact

05

Projected inventory cover (weeks), next 8 weeks

Shortage threshold
Network stays within healthy cover.

Recommended action

06

Demand signal: EU/EEA influenza test positivity, primary-care sentinel surveillance, ECDC/WHO ERVISS (season 2024/25). Context: EMA reported EU-wide amoxicillin shortages from Oct 2022, driven by a surge in respiratory infections. Stock, orders, lead times and product mix are simulated for demonstration.

Solutions · KiSoft Platform

One Data Flow. One Process. One KiSoft Platform.

Built on proven software capabilities, VCS solutions turn strategy into execution across the entire value chain — one AI-powered, composable ecosystem connecting master data, order orchestration, replenishment, route optimization, warehouse operations, customer visibility and analytics.

01

Delivery Management

Manage transportation, capacity, customer commitments and delivery execution from planning through proof of delivery.

Create reliable delivery commitments in real time by balancing delivery slot, carrier, route, capacity and dispatch decisions.

02

Order Fulfillment & Orchestration

Receive, validate and orchestrate customer orders across the network.

Select the best fulfillment path based on service, cost, capacity, resources and availability.

03

Network Replenishment

Use demand-driven triggers to replenish stores, hubs and distribution networks.

Replenishment based on customer demand, inventory position, freshness, capacity and service targets.

Intelligence layer

AI, Monitoring & Analytics

Predict, optimize, monitor and automate decisions across the value chain with AI-supported continuous decision-making — powering every solution above.

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Why KNAPP

Most Companies Optimize Functions.We Optimize Outcomes.

Most software focuses on planning.

Or transportation.

Or warehousing.

Or delivery.

KNAPP connects them all.

By synchronizing decisions from demand to destination, organizations gain visibility, agility and operational control across the value chain. KNAPP combines software, orchestration, data & AI and automation expertise into one evolving ecosystem — helping customers keep gaining value from their investments while unlocking new potential over time.

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Customer promise

Reliable Customer Promises, Made in Real Time

A customer promise is only reliable when inventory, fulfillment, transport, capacity and delivery decisions are aligned. Every customer promise depends on thousands of operational decisions.

  • Accurate product availability
  • Reliable fulfillment
  • Optimized transport execution
  • Realistic delivery windows
  • Dynamic capacity balancing
  • Real-time customer visibility

Winners orchestrate ecosystems, not individual processes.

  • Product Available
  • Fulfillment Capacity
  • Transport Capacity
  • Delivery Window

Customer Promise

Tomorrow

10:00–12:00

ForecastStock positionAllocationFulfillment locationRelease timeWave & workforceCarrierRouteVehicle capacityDispatch timeSlot availabilityLive ETA

Customer proof

From Quick Wins to End-to-End Transformation

01

Optimize

  • Route optimization
  • Fast deployment
  • Lower kilometres
  • Fast ROI
02

Orchestrate

  • Fulfillment and transportation orchestration
  • Lower transport cost
  • Better OTIF
  • Shorter lead times
03

Transform

  • End-to-end demand-driven network
  • Optimized investment
  • Same-day capabilities
  • Stronger service levels
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Next step

Build the Demand-Driven Value Chain of Tomorrow

One data flow. One process. One platform.

One intelligent ecosystem from planning to execution.

One partner helping turn demand into reliable customer promises.