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MIAMI, FLORIDA / ACCESS Newswire / December 16, 2025 / AstraZeneca, Eastman, Kraft Heinz, and P&G have been recognized for their outstanding contribution at the recent OMP Conference. The four industry leaders were honored at the Miami event for their commitment to innovation and excellence, while driving real-world results across their global operations.

The OMP Awards program turns the spotlight on organizations within the OMP Community that set new benchmarks in supply chain planning and inspire cross-industry progress and transformation.

Eastman: Co-shaping Unison Planning™ in a long-term partnership

A strategic OMP customer for nearly two decades, Eastman received the Long‑Term Partnership Award for co‑shaping the chemical industry solution of Unison Planning™. Eastman’s vision and intense collaboration have helped redefine best practices in chemical supply chain planning and have been a positive influence on broader industry standards.

Accepting the award, Baptiste Lebreton, Digital Service Manager at Eastman, emphasized the importance of long‑term partnerships based on deep mutual trust and shared values: “We’re happy to help shape the evolution of Unison Planning so that it continues to serve the planning needs of the chemical industry.”

AstraZeneca: Leading the way in AI-driven supply chain planning

AstraZeneca carried off the Innovation Award for the company’s powerful collaboration with OMP on AI‑driven planning and advanced scenario modeling. It has also been among the first to pilot and refine new functionalities, actively shaping the evolution of UnisonIQ and its application in highly regulated, complex environments.

Mark Trainor, Senior Director Global Planning Transformation & Technology at AstraZeneca, accepting the award, underscored the need for continuous improvement in the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries: “We need to embrace the AI revolution to face increasingly complex planning challenges.”

Kraft Heinz and P&G: Sustained commitment to planning excellence

Kraft Heinz and P&G received the Excellence Award for their sustained commitment to advancing digital supply chain planning across global operations. Both companies consistently demonstrate excellence in driving measurable business impact. They continuously evolve and improve in their commitment to integrating autonomous planning workflows that reduce manual effort and increase productivity.

The awards were accepted by Adis Sulejmanović, Head of Digital Supply Chain Transformation & Strategy at Kraft Heinz, and Amy Rardin, P&G’s Senior Director Global Supply Chain & Product Innovation.

Philip Vervloesem, OMP’s Chief Commercial and Markets Officer, commended all the winners: “We’re honored to be working with such ambitious customers, and we take great pride in contributing to the achievements they make every single day.”

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About OMP

OMP helps companies facing complex planning challenges to excel, grow, and thrive by offering the best digitized supply chain planning solution on the market. Hundreds of customers in a wide range of industries – spanning consumer goods, life sciences, chemicals, metals, paper, packaging, plastics – benefit from using OMP’s unique Unison Planning^™.

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Email: pvervloesem@omp.com

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ATLANTA, GEORGIA / ACCESS Newswire / December 3, 2025 / OMP is helping McCormick & Co., the global leader in flavor, with an AI-driven and autonomous operational planning initiative. This partnership enables McCormick to manage both assembly-to-order (ATO) and make-to-stock (MTS) production within the Unison Planning^TM platform.

The initiative tackles key challenges, including balancing ATO and MTS production on shared lines, improving inventory projections through quality-based stock releases, and managing capacity amid fluctuating demand. Addressing these challenges requires close collaboration across regions with North American and EMEA teams working in parallel, and seamless integration of SAP with the operational planning functionality within Unison Planning^™. The first implementations will roll out in Canada and the United States before expanding to the EMEA and APAC regions.

Through its partnership with OMP, McCormick is implementing autonomous, decision-centric planning powered by agentic AI to transform how production and inventory are managed. The solution enables McCormick teams to plan more effectively for both custom and standard products, rapidly adjust to shifts in demand or supply, and make smarter sourcing decisions. The result is a more responsive supply chain that delivers optimized cost and cash by improving alignment between market demand and production timelines, as well as supporting lower cost of goods through waste reduction. These enhancements are also expected to indirectly result in higher service levels and improved top-line growth.

“We’re really excited about this technology as part of our roadmap of digital transformation,” says Whitney Shlesinger, VP of Global Planning and Logistics. “We’re embracing AI to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and strengthen our supply chain against volatility.”

“McCormick is showing how autonomous planning, planner empowerment, and leadership alignment can strengthen resilience,” said Philip Vervloesem, Chief Commercial & Markets Officer at OMP. “Together, we are embedding AI in a way that supports agility, collaboration, and innovation across their supply chain.“

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About McCormick

McCormick & Company, Incorporated is a global leader in flavor. With over $6.7 billion in annual sales across 150 countries and territories, we manufacture, market, and distribute herbs, spices, seasonings, condiments and flavors to the entire food and beverage industry including retailers, food manufacturers and foodservice businesses. Our most popular brands with trademark registrations include McCormick, French’s, Frank’s RedHot, Stubb’s, OLD BAY, Lawry’s, Zatarain’s, Ducros, Vahiné, Cholula, Schwartz, Kamis, DaQiao, Club House, Aeroplane, Gourmet Garden, FONA and Giotti. The breadth and reach of our portfolio uniquely position us to capitalize on the consumer demand for flavor in every sip and bite, through our products and our customers’ products. We operate in two segments, Consumer and Flavor Solutions, which complement each other and reinforce our differentiation. The scale, insights, and technology that we leverage from both segments are meaningful in driving sustainable growth.

Founded in 1889 and headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland USA, McCormick is guided by our principles and committed to our Purpose – To Stand Together for the Future of Flavor. McCormick envisions A World United by Flavor where healthy, sustainable, and delicious go hand in hand.

To learn more, visit: www.mccormickcorporation.com or follow McCormick & Company on Instagram and LinkedIn.

About OMP

OMP helps companies facing complex planning challenges to excel, grow, and thrive by offering the best digitized supply chain planning solution on the market. Hundreds of customers in a wide range of industries benefit from using OMP’s unique Unison Planning^™.

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MIAMI, FL / ACCESS Newswire / November 20, 2025 / OMP, a global leader in supply chain planning solutions, brought together global supply chain executives, technology innovators, and strategic partners at the OMP REAL Conference 2025 in Miami. Held on November 18-19, the event showcased how agentic AI, decision-centric planning, and human-AI collaboration are reshaping the future of supply chain planning. A key highlight was UnisonIQ, OMP’s advanced AI orchestration framework, designed to support faster and smarter decisions across global supply chains.

Fortune 500 leaders share real-world transformation stories

Supply chain leaders from Arxada,AstraZeneca, Beiersdorf, Eastman, Johnson & Johnson, Kraft Heinz, Land O’Lakes, and Visy shared compelling case studies demonstrating tangible results:

• AstraZeneca outlined how they scaled Unison Planning™ across global operations, implementing decision-centric planning to improve agility and decision confidence in volatile markets.

• Beiersdorf revealed how AI-driven insights empower planners to make more informed, impactful decisions across their supply chain.

• Eastman showcased the integration of sustainability into core planning processes, demonstrating how they balance business performance with environmental goals.

• Participants from Kraft Heinz, Johnson & Johnson, and Land O’Lakes emphasized the growing importance of collaboration and shared innovation as companies work to make supply chains more resilient and adaptive.

Agentic AI takes center stage

Under the conference theme ‘REAL – Real expertise. Real solutions. Real results.‘, attendees explored how AI is transforming supply chain planning. Keynote speaker Kevin O’Marah, Co-Founder and Chief Research Officer at Zero100, delivered bold insights on how agentic and autonomous AI are transforming planner roles and redefining supply chain resilience.

The Unison Plaza served as an innovation hub where OMP experts showcased Unison Planning™, including UnisonIQ, the AI orchestration framework, and Unison Companion, its AI assistant. Live demos highlighted how AI-powered decision intelligence delivers always-on visibility, agility, and collaboration across end-to-end supply chains. Strategic alliance partners including Microsoft Azure, Rulex, Nulogy, EY, Deloitte, and Bluecrux showcased ecosystem innovations that accelerate digital transformation across industries.

A community united by progress

“Our customers are at the forefront of supply chain innovation,” said Paul Vanvuchelen, CEO at OMP. “Through human-AI synergy, they are redefining global supply chains with measurable impact across efficiency, service, and resilience. This conference brought our community together and reaffirmed our shared commitment to shaping the future of supply chain planning.”

About OMP

OMP helps companies facing complex planning challenges to excel, grow and thrive by offering the best digitized supply chain planning solution on the market. Hundreds of customers in a wide range of industries – spanning consumer goods, life sciences, chemicals, metals, paper and packaging – benefit from using OMP’s unique Unison Planning™.

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ATLANTA, GEORGIA / ACCESS Newswire / November 13, 2025 / OMP, a leader in supply chain planning solutions, is showcasing how Kraft Heinz is transforming its global food supply chain at the Gartner Supply Chain Planning Summit 2025 in Denver. The leading food and beverage company will share how it is driving efficiency from farm to table with OMP’s Unison Planning™. By leveraging autonomous planning, decision intelligence, and AI optimization, Kraft Heinz enhances collaboration, manages complexity, and reduces waste.

Kraft Heinz’s journey to a smarter, more sustainable value chain

Thiago Serra, Head of Integrated Business Planning at Kraft Heinz, will discuss how smart, data-driven planning is helping the company build a more agile and sustainable value chain. Gain insights into how Kraft Heinz combines digital intelligence and end-to-end visibility to create real business impact across operations.

Explore human-AI synergy at the OMP booth

The Gartner Supply Chain Planning Summit, taking place December 2-3 in Denver, brings together global supply chain leaders to explore strategies for making high-impact, complex decisions and turning intelligence into execution.

OMP will be at booth 104 to showcase UnisonIQ, its game-changing AI orchestration framework. Embedded in the Unison Planning™ platform, it transforms supply chain decision-making through human-AI synergy. Visitors can experience firsthand how UnisonIQ is revolutionizing supply chain operations through always-on agents, the Unison Companion generative AI assistant, and advanced AI engines.

See how integrated planning, enhanced by the latest AI advancements, improves scenario modeling and empowers faster, smarter decisions – helping organizations strengthen resilience, overcome challenges, and achieve measurable business results.

Join OMP at Gartner to hear Kraft Heinz’s transformation journey firsthand and discover how Unison Planning™, driven by AI, can accelerate planning success and support your planning teams.

Session at a glance

Title: OMP: Real intelligence, real impact – Kraft Heinz’s journey to a smarter, more sustainable value chain
Speaker: Thiago Serra – Head of Integrated Business Planning at Kraft Heinz
When: Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST
Where: Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center – 6700 N Gaylord Rockies Blvd, Aurora, CO 80019, United States

To see where you can meet OMP next, visit their events calendar here.

About OMP

OMP helps companies facing complex planning challenges to excel, grow, and thrive by offering the best digitized supply chain planning solution on the market. Hundreds of customers in a wide range of industries – spanning consumer goods, life sciences, chemicals, metals, paper, packaging, plastics – benefit from using OMP’s unique Unison Planning^™.

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Industry giants, including AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, General Mills, and Kraft Heinz, to present real-world case studies in Miami

MIAMI, FL / ACCESS Newswire / October 22, 2025 / OMP, a global leader in supply chain planning solutions, announced its lineup of customer speakers for the OMP REAL Conference 2025, taking place November 18-19 in Miami. The event will gather industry leaders, technology innovators, and supply chain experts to share how AI-powered supply chain planning delivers real business results.

Speakers include executives from world-leading organizations, including Arxada,AstraZeneca, Beiersdorf, Eastman, Johnson & Johnson, Kraft Heinz, Land O’Lakes, and Visy. They will share real-world case studies of how they’re leveraging OMP’s Unison Planning™ to boost supply chain agility, resilience, and sustainability. Explore the program.

Conference theme: REAL

This year’s theme – Real expertise. Real solutions. Real results. – underscores OMP’s commitment to deliver tangible impact through deep industry expertise, an open cloud-native AI-driven platform, and measurable outcomes. The highlight will be a showcase ofUnisonIQ, OMP’s AI orchestration framework that enables always-on decision intelligence across the end-to-end supply chain.

Designed for leaders driving transformation or looking to stay ahead of disruption, the OMP Conference offers a unique opportunity to connect with industry peers and share best practices. Participants will explore how human-AI collaboration is shaping the next era of planning excellence through keynotes, interactive sessions, and peer-to-peer learning.

Recognized excellence in supply chain planning

Recently, ten OMP customers – including Diageo, Johnson & Johnson, and Procter & Gamble – were honored in the 2025 Gartner® Supply Chain Top 25 and Masters. During the conference, OMP will recognize several customers for their outstanding supply chain performance.

“Our customers are at the forefront of supply chain innovation,” said Kurt Gillis, OMP’s Chief Industry & Commercial Officer. “Through human-AI synergy, they are redefining global supply chains with measurable impact across efficiency, service levels, and resilience.”

Register today to learn more about these impressive supply chain transformations.

About OMP

OMP helps companies facing complex planning challenges to excel, grow, and thrive by offering the best digitized supply chain planning solution on the market. Hundreds of customers in a wide range of industries – spanning consumer goods, life sciences, chemicals, metals, paper and packaging – benefit from using OMP’s unique Unison Planning™.

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ANTWERPEN, BE / ACCESS Newswire / October 9, 2025 / OMP, a leader in supply chain planning solutions, is spotlighting at the Gartner Supply Chain Planning Summit 2025 in London how GSK is accelerating its global transformation. The global healthcare company will reveal how it is reshaping end-to-end planning across its Medicines & Vaccines business. Powered by OMP’s AI-driven Unison Planning^™, GSK is speeding up demand and supply implementations worldwide.

GSK’s roadmap to accelerated IBP transformation

Tim Shaw, Global Head of Supply Chain Planning CoE at GSK, will share how the company mobilized resources in just four months to reimagine integrated planning. Discover how GSK balanced rapid value delivery with strong IBP foundations, and built a roadmap to accelerate results while ensuring long-term transformation success.

The presentation follows an executive session by John Saxby, Senior Vice President, Supply Chain at GSK, offering participants a broader view of the company’s IBP journey and its tangible business impact.

Experience human-AI synergy at the OMP booth

The Gartner Supply Chain Planning Summit, taking place November 3-4 in London, brings together global supply chain leaders to explore strategies for making high-impact, complex decisions.

OMP will be at booth 202 to showcase UnisonIQ, its game-changing AI orchestration framework. Embedded in the Unison Planning^™ platform, it transforms supply chain decision-making through human-AI synergy. Visitors can experience firsthand how UnisonIQ is revolutionizing supply chain operations through always-on agents, the Unison Companion generative AI assistant, and advanced AI engines.

See how integrated planning, enhanced by the latest AI advancements, improves scenario modeling and empowers faster, smarter decisions – helping organizations strengthen resilience, overcome challenges, and achieve measurable business results.

Join OMP at Gartner to hear GSK’s transformation story firsthand and discover how Unison Planning^™, driven by AI, can accelerate planning success and support your planning teams.

Session at a glance

Title: OMP: From vision to reality: How GSK is accelerating its IBP transformation with Unison Planning^™
Speaker: Tim Shaw – Global Head of Supply Chain Planning CoE at GSK
When: Tuesday, November 4, 2025, at 11:15-11:45 am GMT
Where: Park Plaza Westminster – 200 Westminster Bridge Road, London, England SE1 7UT United Kingdom

To see where you can meet OMP next, visit their events calendar here.

About OMP

OMP helps companies facing complex planning challenges to excel, grow, and thrive by offering the best digitized supply chain planning solution on the market. Hundreds of customers in a wide range of industries – spanning consumer goods, life sciences, chemicals, metals, paper, packaging, plastics – benefit from using OMP’s unique Unison Planning^™.

Contact Information

Philip Vervloesem
Chief Commercial & Markets Officer
pvervloesem@omp.com
+1-770-956-2723

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ANTWERPEN, BE / ACCESS Newswire / October 2, 2025 / OMP, a global leader in supply chain planning solutions, today announced the availability of UnisonIQ, a game-changing AI orchestration framework that transforms supply chain decision-making through human-AI synergy. Embedded within OMP’s Unison Planning™ platform, UnisonIQ delivers insightful always-on agents that leverage Unison Companion, a generative AI-based assistant, and market-leading AI engines.

Bridging four decades of supply chain innovation with the agentic age

As supply chains face unprecedented complexity and volatility, organizations need more than traditional planning tools – they need intelligent systems that can adapt, learn, and act autonomously. Gartner predicts that by 2030, 50% of cross-functional supply chain management (SCM) solutions will use intelligent agents to autonomously execute decisions in the ecosystem.

With UnisonIQ, industry leaders can orchestrate decision-centric planning across their global supply chains. This framework meets manufacturers as they progress on their transformation journey, enabling a seamless evolution from AI-assisted operations to agentic teamwork and ultimately to fully autonomous planning. This new era of human-AI synergy empowers planners to harmonize end-to-end supply chains with unprecedented alignment, agility, and excellence – even amid constant disruption.

By enabling autonomous planning with full transparency, UnisonIQ demonstrates how autonomous and agentic AI are transforming the future of touchless decision-making and helping organizations build resilience in an era of relentless market volatility.

“This is an evolution grounded in reality, not just buzzwords, designed to provide incremental value and drive business adoption,” said Andrew Byer, supply chain advisor. “With UnisonIQ, organizations can now move beyond reactive planning to truly proactive, autonomous decision-making.”

Three pillars of UnisonIQ

1. Always-on agents: delivering real-world AI success

UnisonIQ introduces a new paradigm in supply chain management through decision-centric, event-driven agents that go beyond technology to offer a strategic platform for business resilience and growth. Building on forty years of supply chain innovation and expertise, and collaborating with innovation partners for validation and refinement, UnisonIQ delivers a robust framework for autonomous planning.

Its agentic architecture includes a diverse range of persona-based agents equipped with AI skills, including optimization, scenario management, and data management, transforming key decisions into plans and continuously learning from sensing and user direction:

• Supply planning agent: Constantly optimizes production and distribution decisions

• Scenario planning agent: Simulates complex scenarios for proactive planning

• Demand planning agent: Anticipates market changes and optimizes forecasting processes

• Data management agent: Ensures data quality and consistency across all planning systems

“At Zero100 Live 2025, we saw firsthand how decision-centric planning powered by agentic AI is no longer a future vision; it’s happening now,” says Philip Vervloesem, Chief Commercial Officer. “UnisonIQ brings together decades of supply chain expertise with cutting-edge AI to help planners move from reactive responses to confident, autonomous decisions.”

2. Unison Companion: driving collaboration and adoption

While Unison Planning’s AI-powered approach proactively optimizes supply chain operations, Unison Companion, its generative AI assistant, enhances user adoption and collaboration to unlock the platform’s full value. Designed to support a wide range of users, Unison Companion leverages natural language capabilities to accelerate onboarding and increase platform utilization.

Recognizing that different users have different needs, Unison Companion speaks the language of business, tailored to each role – whether it’s a data architect seeking better master data quality, a business leader influencing S&OP scenarios, or a salesperson simply asking when an order will be delivered. This personalized, AI-driven support ensures every user can obtain maximum value from the platform, regardless of their technical expertise.

3. AI engines: solving complex problems with predictive and prescriptive intelligence

UnisonIQ integrates a sophisticated suite of AI engines designed to support autonomous, decision-centric supply chain planning. Powered by the always-on agents, these engines combine classical optimization techniques, advanced machine learning (ML), and explainable AI (XAI) to deliver agility, transparency, and strategic insight across the entire planning process.

Using telescopic digital twins in combination with advanced optimization and ML, these engines allow companies to simulate, explore, and optimize supply chains while accounting for real-world constraints. The result: smarter, more agile decisions and stronger performance across service, inventory, cost, and ESG metrics – with full understanding of how every decision is made and executed.

Discover more AI innovations, case studies and analyst insights.

Experience UnisonIQ in action

Join us at the OMP REAL Conference 2025, November 18-19 in Miami, to see UnisonIQ in action. Hear from global leaders, including AstraZeneca, Beiersdorf, Eastman, Kraft Heinz, Land O’Lakes, and Visy, as they share how Unison Planning™ helps them scale innovation, build sustainable supply chains, and drive resilience.

About OMP

OMP helps companies facing complex planning challenges to excel, grow and thrive by offering the best digitized supply chain planning solution on the market. Hundreds of customers in a wide range of industries – spanning consumer goods, life sciences, chemicals, metals, paper, packaging, plastics – benefit from using OMP’s unique Unison Planning™.

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