The document discusses a presentation about using supply chain artificial intelligence (AI) and modern infrastructure to transform businesses. It covers how supply chain AI can optimize inventory levels by understanding demand patterns. The presentation agenda includes discussions on how AI improves integrated business planning, and how companies can leverage cloud infrastructure and hosting options like IBM i to support digital transformation. It promotes the services of Murano Corporation and LightEdge to help companies implement these solutions.

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M U R A N O C O R P O R AT I O N
The Value Chain Integration Company
Transform your Business with Supply Chain Artificial Intelligence
(AI)
and a Modern Infrastructure

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Agenda
• Introductions
• How Does Supply Chain AI Optimize Inventory?
• Why Join the Digital Transformation
• How To Leverage Integrated Business Planning
• Setting Up an AI-friendly Infrastructure
• Understand Your Hosting and Management
Options (Including IBM i)
• Q&A

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Meet the Speakers
Sree Rajagopalan
Murano Corporation
sr@muranocorp.com
Jerry Kopecky
Murano Corporation
gk@muranocorp.com
Roger Mellman
LightEdge Company
rmellman@lightedge.com

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Who We Are
LightEdge is a premier enterprise-grade cloud & colocation leader. We
deliver highly secure, compliant, and controllable IT services.
LightEdge is dedicated to partnering with our customers for long-term
stability and growth of their business. Our 22 years of experience have
enabled us to serve a variety of industries, including manufacturing,
transportation, financial services, and healthcare.
Our solutions include premier colocation across multiple Tier III compliant
data centers, industry-leading private Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud
platforms wrapped with the world’s top security and compliance controls.

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Bi-Modal Inventory Distribution
Supply Chain AI Optimizes Inventory

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C-Suite Discussions
Cloud adoption is helping CEOs meet the following
goals to achieve competitive advantage.
 Improved bottom line growth
 Transformation of their business
 Focus on engaging their customers
 Increased productivity
 Strengthened organizational resilience
 Security & Compliance

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Why Adopt Digital Transformation?

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ORGANIZATIONAL/TECHNOLOGY MATURITY
What is your Organization’s Maturity Level?
Ship Products
Level I Level II
Collect Data
Ship Products
Level III
Collect Data
Analyze Data
Ship Products
Level IV
Collect Data
Analyze Data
Improve Process
Ship Products
Level V
Collect Data
Analyze Data
Improve Process
Measure Results
Ship Products

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No Paper No Spreadsheets Integrated Data Analytics Predictive Intelligence Machine Learning
Let Computers Do What They Do Best and Humans Do What We Do Best

10. THE FUTURE IS NOT
HUMAN
REPLACEMENT
BUT HUMAN
ENHANCEMENT

11. &
AUGMENTATION
AUTOMATION

12. INTELLIGENT AUGMENTATION
01
FAST DATA
PROCESSING
02
ELIMINATED
HUMAN BIAS
03
SIMPLIFIED USER
INTERACTION
05
FAST & EFFECTIVE
DECISION MAKING
04
PREDICT, MONITOR & MEAURE

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Landline
Smart Phone
ERP Software
Supply Chain Artificial Intelligence (AI)
I N N O V A T I N M A T R I X
INNOVATINMATRIX

14. Supply Chain AI: Psychology of Learning for AI
Reinforcement
(Reaction)
Provided by
Software
Stimulus is your
data or your
Supplier Data
Response is
Provided by
User
Learning is Behavior
Change
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FourLevelsofSupplyChainAI Data Level 0
Input(s)  Customer Demand
 Bill of Material
 Internal Inventory
Output  Production Order
 Purchase Order
Accuracy Low
Timely Low
Storage Spreadsheet
Collection Human
Analysis Human
Review Human
Action Human
Warning Unavailable

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FourLevelsofSupplyChainAI Data Level 0
Input(s)  Customer Demand
 Bill of Material
 Internal Inventory
Output  Production Order
 Purchase Order
Accuracy Low
Timely Low
Storage Spreadsheet
Collection Human
Analysis Human
Review Human
Action Human
Warning Unavailable
Level 1
 Customer Demand
 Bill of Material
 Internal Inventory
 Supplier Inventory
 Customer Inventory
 Production Order
 Purchase Order
Medium
Medium
Database
Computer
Human
Human
Human
Computer

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FourLevelsofSupplyChainAI Data Level 0
Input(s)  Customer Demand
 Bill of Material
 Internal Inventory
Output  Production Order
 Purchase Order
Accuracy Low
Timely Low
Storage Spreadsheet
Collection Human
Analysis Human
Review Human
Action Human
Warning Unavailable
Level 1
 Customer Demand
 Bill of Material
 Internal Inventory
 Supplier Inventory
 Customer Inventory
 Production Order
 Purchase Order
Medium
Medium
Database
Computer
Human
Human
Human
Computer
Level 2
 Customer Demand
 Bill of Material
 Internal Inventory
 Supplier Inventory
 Customer Inventory
 Production Order
 Purchase Order
High
High
Database
Computer
Computer
Human
Human
Computer

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FourLevelsofSupplyChainAI Data Level 0
Input(s)  Customer Demand
 Bill of Material
 Internal Inventory
Output  Production Order
 Purchase Order
Accuracy Low
Timely Low
Storage Spreadsheet
Collection Human
Analysis Human
Review Human
Action Human
Warning Unavailable
Level 1
 Customer Demand
 Bill of Material
 Internal Inventory
 Supplier Inventory
 Customer Inventory
 Production Order
 Purchase Order
Medium
Medium
Database
Computer
Human
Human
Human
Computer
Level 2
 Customer Demand
 Bill of Material
 Internal Inventory
 Supplier Inventory
 Customer Inventory
 Production Order
 Purchase Order
High
High
Database
Computer
Computer
Human
Human
Computer
Level 3
 Customer Demand
 Bill of Material
 Internal Inventory
 Supplier Inventory
 Customer Inventory
 Production Order
 Purchase Order
Higher
Higher
Database
Computer
Computer
Computer
Computer
Computer

19. SUPPLY CHAIN AI
INVOICE
MATCHING
FINANCE
Discovers invoice errors by
matching quantity and price of
purchase orders, goods receipts,
and invoices to ensure financial
accuracy.
DEMAND
SENSING
SALES
Predicts demand fluctuations for
specific parts to help adjust raw
material purchasing and
production planning.
SUPPLY
PLANNING
PURCHASING
Tracks inventory and helps
predict material stock outs by
measuring average daily
consumption and raw material
lead time.
DEFECT
PATTERN
TRACKING
MANUFACTURING
Matches related defects from
specific suppliers to help predict
part failures and future
disruptions due to poor supplier
quality.
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20. DAYS OF SUPPLY PLANNING WITH AI

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Technology: Convergence of Data
Combining External and Internal Data Sources
Internal
Data
Supplier
Data
Customer
Data
Many enterprises have
very little electronic
integration with their
supply chain partners
Internal
Data
Supplier
Data
Customer
Data
NO INTEGRATION
INTEGRATED ENTERPRISES
AND SUPPLY CHAIN
Accurate and Timely
External Demand &
Internal Inventory
Supply Chain AI
allows predictive
intelligence,
monitoring, and
measurement

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Integrated Business Planning (IBP)
Combines Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR) with Sales &
Operations Planning (S&OP)
Manufacturer Benefits Typical Improvement
Lower Inventory levels 10%-40%
Faster Replenishment Rates 12%-30%
Higher Sales 2%-10%
Better Customer Service 5%-10%
Source: AMR Research (2009)
Consumer
Retailer
Manufacturer
Tier 1 Supplier
Tier 2 Supplier
 Manufacturer shares forecasts, shipment
schedules, purchase orders electronically with their
upstream supply chain partners
 Supply chain partner combines OEM forecasts and
orders with internal inventory and replenishment
data to predict future stock outs
 Demand Driven Planning Strategy
 Key Metric: Days of Supply

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Demand Planning without Supply Chain AI Leads to High Safety
Stock Levels
 Inaccurate/Incomplete Internal Data
 Lack of Customer and Supplier Data
 Poor Ease of Use
 Not Standards Based
 Time Consuming
 Excess Inventory
 Garbage In Garbage Out

24. Supply Chain AI Recap
Are Manufacturers Ready
for Supply Chain AI?
• Data: Where is my Inventory?
Within four walls and Integrated
with Outside.
• Simple Reasoning: When will we
run out of Inventory?
• Decision-Making: Who will be my
best suppliers? Who will be my
worst suppliers?
• Judgement: Will we overpay our
suppliers?
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25. Taking your IBM i to the cloud
Avoiding the pitfalls of purchasing
o Stranded on hardware for the next 5 – 10 years
o Internal DASD
o Complications for operating system upgrades
o Adjusting to new security compliance
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Increase CPW
Increase RAM
Increase Storage
Grow your IBM i on your terms

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DB2
Integrated Data
SQL
Analytics Predictive Intelligence Machine Learning
Transactional Workload
OLTP & Analytics System Model

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CUSTOMER
ON-PREM
COLO
SECURITY &
COMPLIANCE
POWER CLOUD
vSOC
BARE METAL
CLOUD
PRIVATE CLOUDVIRTUAL
PRIVATE CLOUD
HYBRID SOLUTION CENTER
JD EDWARDS
PRIVATE
INTERCONNECTS
PUBLIC CLOUD
PRIVATE PORTALS
LIGHTEDGE REDUNDANT
DATA CENTERS
❑ PRIVATE NETWORK
❑ WAN
❑ MPLS
❑ SD-WAN
PUBLIC CLOUD
❑ MICROSOFT
❑ GOOGLE
❑ AWS
❑ IBM Cloud
CUSTOMER
REMOTE
❑ PRIVATE
NETWORK
❑ SD-WAN
Z CLOUD

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LightEdge Cloud Supports
Companies are using more than just IBM i will your cloud provider be able to
accommodate for all your workload?

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Dedicated Private Cloud Virtual Private CloudBare MetalColo, Cage & Private Suite
SecurityConnectivityBusiness Continuity Partners
LightEdge
Responsibility
Customer
Responsibility
Compliant Solutions

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Power Cloud Platform Benefits
Platform Benefits Description
Application Modernization
Power Cloud gives customers a cloud based test/dev environment on demand.
LightEdge supports multiple IBM i operating systems, so customers gain OS access
they’d usually not have.
Platform Upgrades
Power Cloud provides offsite, isolated LPAR’s allowing customers to perform 'safe'
upgrades, meaning no risk of disruption to production services.
Production Platform Improvements
Power Cloud offers customer access to system and platform improvements that would
be very expensive to replicate.
Stranded Operating Systems
IBM i customers are familiar with the operating system dead ends that exist: 5.4 is still
highly used, but is past end of life. Customers are finding it difficult, risky and
expensive to migrate to most current OS versions. Additionally, customers on version
7.1 are stranded unless they are willing to invest in a hardware refresh.
Disaster Recovery
The IBM i platform has made Disaster Recovery a challenge. Replicating hardware,
operating systems, and software licenses is expensive and hard to justify, but no having
a DR option leaves iSeries production environments vulnerable.

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Meeting IBM I Customer Challenges
•Business Realization: It's becoming more and more expensive to stay current on
iSeries. Purchasing more hardware, software, and licenses is not the answer.
Issue Encountered:
Cost Containment
• Business Realization: Business is growing, either organically or via
acquisitions, at a pace that's beyond the scalability of iSeries.
Issue Encountered:
Growth and Scale
• Business Realization: A substantial or critical part of the business runs on
iSeries, but you don’t have a validated business resilience and recovery
plan.
Issue Encountered:
Business Continuity
•Business Realization: iSeries customers are finding they need a robust DR plan over
purely doing backup. Usually this realization can be attributed to increasing
compliance regulations or performing cost of downtime calculations.
Issue Encountered:
Backup vs. Disaster Recovery
•Business Realization: Skilled iSeries administrators are hard to find. Those on-staff are
beginning to retire, leaving companies with no iSeries admin or operator experience.
saga
Issue Encountered:
Skill Shortage