Unlocking Next-Level Visibility and AI Power in Your Supply Chain
Visibility has become the ultimate competitive edge. Yet most warehouse systems only scratch the surface, capturing transactions without showing the true dynamics of what’s happening on the floor.
Softeon is changing that with our Massively Observable Warehouse concept: a new way of making every action, delay, and movement visible in real time.
This approach, powered by our Softeon AI Layer (SAIL) framework, transforms the warehouse into a living, data-rich environment that is open and ready for AI innovation.
SAIL is Softeon’s comprehensive AI framework designed to bring pragmatic, real-world AI directly into warehouse and fulfillment operations.
“Our goal with SAIL is to make AI not just a layer on top of warehouse systems, but a core part of how they think and operate. With SAIL Reach, we’re creating an environment where every signal, event, and interaction can be observed and acted upon, fueling smarter, faster decisions in real time.”
Mark Fralick, Softeon CTO
What Is the Massively Observable Warehouse?
Traditional warehouse management system (WMS) solutions capture basic transactions and statuses but stop short of giving a real-time view of how the warehouse is running. Softeon changes that with streaming observability at scale:
- Millions of events captured daily: movements, scans, validations, replenishments, and more.
- Granular activity and phase tracking: including durations between scans, time spent searching, and delays in specific areas.
- Flexible access to data: live streaming, recent history, or queryable historical data, all in AI-friendly formats.
This transforms your warehouse into a fully instrumented environment, where every action and delay is visible, measurable, and ready to be optimized.
What are the Benefits?
- AI-Ready Data at Scale
A major obstacle for AI in the supply chain is the lack of quality data. With Softeon’s observable warehouse, you have a ready-made foundation for AI applications, whether built by us, AWS, or external innovators. - Faster Problem Solving
Instead of relying on lagging KPIs, you can detect bottlenecks and inefficiencies in near-real time. For example, if replenishments in one zone consistently run long, the system surfaces this insight before it disrupts fulfillment. - Continuous Optimization
Through SAIL Reach actions can be pushed directly back into the flow (e.g., re-routing tasks, escalating priorities, shifting lane assignments) to fine-tune operations. - Future-Proof Flexibility
Because the data layer is open and extensible, you’re not locked into one vendor’s AI path. Your teams or external partners can subscribe to the same streams and innovate without friction.
How It Fits into Softeon SAIL
The Massively Observable Warehouse is part of our SAIL strategy:
- SAIL Launch: AI-assisted configuration, integration, and testing.
- SAIL Assist: Embedded AI help and support agents.
- SAIL Optimize: AI-driven execution, slotting, and replenishment tuning.
- SAIL Reach: The open data and observability foundation enabling all of the above.
Together, these capabilities give our customers the most flexible and future-proof approach to AI in the warehouse.
The Massively Observable Warehouse is a new philosophy of visibility, openness, and action. It ensures that every event in your warehouse can become a source of insight and every insight can trigger smarter execution.
Reach out to Softeon to gain insights and the flexibility needed to unlock continuous improvement in your warehouse and prepare for the future of fulfillment.
