Supply chain, procurement and analytics consulting provider Bristlecone has signed an OEM partnership agreement with SAP to leverage SAP Analytics Cloud as part of its digitally connected supply chain, procurement and analytics offerings on its advanced analytics platform, NEO.
The company will use cloud-based NEO to provide next-generation analytics for the SAP HANA platform, providing organisations with digitally connected supply chain solutions powered by advanced analytics.
Bristlecone launched NEO last year with a focus on supply chain and procurement analytics. Since then, the company has added additional applications including Inventory Optimisation, Forecast Accuracy, Smart Procurement, Spend Analytics and Financial Supply Chain Analytics to the platform.
“This partnership is a game changer, as it expands NEO capabilities, empowering us to address customer challenges by adopting SAP HANA and SAP Analytics Cloud,” said Irfan A. Khan, CEO and president, Bristlecone.
“Over the last two decades, Bristlecone has been a specialised partner in the supply chain ecosystem,” said Steve Erdman, SVP and GM global ISV, cloud and platform partnerships, SAP. “Leveraging their expertise to extend into next-generation advanced analytics on SAP HANA is a logical step in our collaboration.”
“By integrating SAP Analytics Cloud with Bristlecone NEO, we expect the offering to provide customers a one-stop solution to help them realise their analytics and digital boardroom vision,” said Erdman.
Rated by Gartner among the top supply chain management system integrators, Bristlecone advises clients on maximising the strategic value of their supply chain and business analytics. Headquartered in California’s Silicon Valley, Bristlecone is a member of the Mahindra Group. Bristlecone has offices across the US as well as in Canada, the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Singapore, Malaysia and India.