Optiply

Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Eindhoven, Netherlands, Optiply is an AI-native supply chain optimization platform that automates procurement end-to-end for e-commerce, retail, and wholesale businesses. The company operates at the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning and demand forecasting, applying advanced quantitative methods to a domain long governed by intuition and spreadsheets.

Its product suite pairs ambition with measurable results. Supply chain agents take procurement from demand forecasting through to purchase order execution, cutting manual work by 80%. The AI forecasting platform draws on more than 40 forecasting models to predict demand and automate as much as 90% of purchase decisions, while an integrations layer of over 50 connections links e-commerce platforms, warehouse management systems and ERP systems for fully automated replenishment.

The outcomes are substantive: more than 500 customers served and, on average, 32% less inventory held. For engineers and researchers inclined towards problems where statistical rigour translates directly into commercial advantage, Optiply offers the rare setting in which forecasting quality, optimisation and automation are the core of the product rather than an adjunct to it.