Origin Energy faced a common challenge across asset-intensive operations, where inventory decisions were driven by fragmented data, manual reporting, and inconsistent planning processes. This reactive approach made it difficult to balance material availability with cost, often leading to excess stock in some areas and shortages in others.

In this session, Origin will share how they transformed inventory planning by extending SAP with targeted capabilities, including PartsInsight and an Inventory Planning Report. These enhancements created a single, trusted view of materials, demand signals, and planning priorities, enabling planners, maintenance teams, and operations to work from the same data and make more consistent, informed decisions.

By repositioning SAP as a planning and decision-making platform rather than just a transactional system, Origin improved inventory governance, reduced reliance on spreadsheets, and embedded proactive, data-driven planning into day-to-day operations. Attendees will gain practical insights into how to move from reactive to proactive inventory management in their own organisations.

Key Takeaways:

• Replace fragmented spreadsheets with a single source of truth in SAP to enable consistent, data-driven inventory decisions
• Align maintenance, operations, and supply chain teams through shared demand signals and planning priorities
• Improve stock availability while reducing excess by embedding planning logic and governance directly into SAP