PerciRIO
Stop managing your inventory. Start optimising it.
The MRP rules embedded in your SAP system were configured years ago. They have not changed. Your business has. PerciRIO replaces static, rules-based inventory management with a living, AI-driven strategy that continuously analyses market and operational variables to determine the most cost-effective procurement approach for this exact moment.
The biggest bottleneck may be embedded deep in your ERP.
The MRP types that came configured with your ERP system are rarely revisited. But left unchanged, they can create significant and sustained financial drain through mismanaged inventory – silently, across every material, every day. The impact is felt differently depending on where you sit in the business.
What is PerciRIO
An MRP intelligence built on decades of supply chain experience.
PerciRIO – Percipere Responsive Inventory Optimiser – is an MRP decision engine built by a team cross-skilled in SAP, AI and supply chain transformation, with experience across some of the largest industrial and energy companies globally. It moves outside static rules and continuously analyses market and operational variables to determine the most cost-effective procurement strategy for each material, at any given moment.
How PerciRio Works
A living, breathing MRP strategy.
PerciRIO replaces the static assumptions in your ERP with five interconnected capabilities that continuously learn, adapt, and improve.
Multi-layered data fusion
PerciRIO ingests and analyses years of ERP history – consumption, lead times, production data – and fuses it with external signals including commodity prices, logistics indices, and supplier risk alerts. Every recommendation is grounded in both your internal reality and external conditions.
Configurable AI priority engine
Not every business optimises for the same thing. PerciRIO lets you weight the variables that matter most to your financial plan – working capital, service levels, unit price – so every recommendation matches how your business needs to perform.
Predictive scenario analysis
Before disruption hits, PerciRIO lets planners simulate future events – a 30% spike in supplier lead times, a shift of top materials to forecast-based models – and see the likely outcomes before committing. Plan rather than react.
Explainable AI decisions
Every recommendation PerciRIO makes – including changes to SAP MRP types such as shifting from PD to VV – comes with clear, data-backed reasoning. Planners understand the logic, which means they trust the output and act on it.
Continuous machine learning
PerciRIO tracks the outcome of every change it recommends, learning what worked and what did not. The ML models improve continuously, so your MRP strategy gets more accurate over time rather than degrading as conditions change.
PerciRIO in action: A Supply Chain Disruption.
A sudden geopolitical crisis pushed resin lead times from four to twelve weeks for a European pharmaceutical manufacturer, threatening a critical production supply chain. Here is how PerciRIO responded.
1. The Disruption
2. PerciRio Detects
Lead time spike
A geopolitical crisis extended resin lead times from four to twelve weeks, threatening a critical production line.
Signal identified
PerciRIO immediately identified the lead time spike and mapped its impact across all dependent materials.
3. PerciRio Simulates
4. PerciRio Analyses
Impact modelled
The AI engine calculated a 95% probability of stockout and production shutdown within seven weeks under the current JIT strategy.
Scenarios evaluated
PerciRIO determined that switching to a consumption-based strategy and calculating a precise safety stock level would maintain continuity without overstock.
5. PerciRio Recommends
6. PerciScan Executes
Optimal strategy surfaced
A detailed recommendation with full financial justification was surfaced to the planner — MRP type change, safety stock quantity, and rationale.
Physical operations aligned
PerciScan processed the emergency order — scanning against the purchase order, updating the ERP in real time, and directing operators to the correct bin.
7. PerciRio Continues
Ongoing optimisation
PerciScan’s real-time data fed back into PerciRIO, confirming the safety stock adjustment and enabling continuous monitoring. While market conditions normalised, PerciRIO automatically shifted back to the cost-efficient JIT strategy.
The strategy and the execution are connected.
PerciRIO provides the why and the what for your inventory strategy. But to unlock results, physical warehouse operations must correspond to ERP data in real time. That is where PerciScan, Percipere’s mobile warehouse management solution, comes in.
With instant tracking of every warehouse transaction – from receiving to shipping – PerciScan eliminates manual data-entry errors and ensures the high-integrity data PerciRIO needs to perform at its best. The two products are designed to work together.
PerciRio is part of PerciSuite.
Percipere’s suite of standalone applications – each developed to solve a particular operational problem within or alongside SAP. PerciRIO sits alongside PerciBOT, PerciScan, PerciEstimate, PerciPlan and PerciHire as one of the PerciSuite.
PerciRIO’s recommendations are enriched by FUTUROOT’s process intelligence layer – providing contextual awareness of how your supply chain processes actually operate, making each recommendation more accurate over time.
Stop letting a static system dictate your inventory performance.
Tell us about your current MRP setup – the materials, the pain points, the decisions your planners are making manually – and we will show you what PerciRIO would do differently.
FAQs
What is PerciRIO?
PerciRIO – Percipere Responsive Inventory Optimiser – is an AI-driven MRP decision engine that replaces static, rules-based inventory management with a continuously learning strategy. It analyses market and operational variables to determine the most cost-effective procurement approach for each material at any given moment.
What problem does PerciRIO solve?
The MRP rules embedded in most SAP systems were configured at the time of implementation and rarely revisited. Left unchanged, they create inventory mismanagement – excess stock, stockouts, unnecessary carrying costs, and avoidable expedited freight. PerciRIO identifies and corrects this continuously.
How is PerciRIO different from standard SAP MRP?
Standard SAP MRP operates on static rules. PerciRIO continuously analyses multiple data layers ERP history, commodity prices, logistics indices, supplier risk alerts – and recommends dynamic adjustments to MRP types and safety stock levels as conditions change.
Does PerciRIO make changes to SAP automatically?
No. PerciRIO surfaces recommendations – including suggested MRP type changes – with clear, data-backed reasoning for each one. Planners review and approve before any change is applied. Explainability is built in by design.
What data does PerciRIO use?
PerciRIO ingests years of ERP history including consumption data, lead times, and production data, and fuses it with external signals including commodity prices, logistics indices, and supplier risk alerts.
Can planners simulate disruptions before they happen?
Yes. PerciRIO’s predictive scenario analysis lets planners model future events – such as a supplier lead time spike – and see the likely impact before committing to a response. The system recommends the optimal strategy with financial justification.
How does PerciRIO connect to PerciScan?
PerciRIO determines the optimal inventory strategy. PerciScan ensures physical warehouse operations align with that strategy in real time – tracking every transaction, eliminating manual data entry errors, and feeding accurate stock data back into PerciRIO. The two products are designed to work together.
What industries is PerciRIO suited to?
PerciRIO suits any industry with complex inventory management – manufacturing,
pharmaceuticals, energy, and supply chain-intensive sectors. The configurable AI priority engine aligns it to the specific financial and operational priorities of each business.
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