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aThingz is a unicorn supply chain and logistics solution provider enabling organisations to rapidly take cost out of their logistics spend while helping them be more agile and resilient . Customers reap accelerated value by week 6 with aThingz .
aThingz ’ s founders are Vijaya Neela , President & CEO and Kannan Ramachandran , Chief AI and Commercial Officer .
Vijaya establishes the supply chain transformation roadmap for customers and leads solution development and delivery engagements . Kannan is focused on aThingz ’ s AI strategy , managing customer relationships , and leading revenue growth initiatives .
“ We are building solutions with an AI component that is a competitive differentiator for our customers . The speed and accuracy of business decisions rely on quality data . Our AI-powered purposebuilt data management solution for Supply Chain and Logistics can identify data anomalies , apply pattern recognition techniques to standardize , cleanse , and improve the quality of data .”
Logistics management
Vijaya sets the vision for aThingz ’ s unique approach to global logistics management within the supply chain .
“ We establish a customer digital twin model that overlays the physical , financial , and informational supply chain , and analyse historical planning and ongoing execution data to continuously calibrate the effectiveness of the plan . Planning and execution should not be considered two separate entities but should be a closed-loop process for optimal cost savings , efficiencies , and contextual insights .” aThingz ’ s partnership with Microsoft
“ We ’ ve been a strategic Microsoft partner for over five years ,” says Kannan . “ Our solution has been built ground up on their Azure stack using composable microservices . We leverage 100 % of what Azure has to offer .”
“ We will be co-piloting with Microsoft well into the future ” says Kannan . “ Our solutions use conversational AI , machine learning , deep learning , intelligent solvers , advanced heuristics , hyper automations , workflows , and alerts . Microsoft ’ s Azure stack has made it possible for us to drive accelerated innovation and business value for our customers .”