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Product note · Excel plugin
Why we built an Excel plugin instead of another system
Supply chain planning already runs in Excel, and your ERP and WMS stay. Why Aperture maps the work first, then ships an Excel add-in that reads email and acts in the sheet.
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Market note · Supply chain planning software
Kinaxis, o9, SAP IBP, Anaplan: why planners still end up in Excel
81.1% of S&OP teams plan in Excel. A comparison of Kinaxis, o9, SAP IBP, and Anaplan, where planners leave each, and why every leader now ships an Excel add-in.
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Field notes · CPG supply chain
Operational debt
Consumer goods companies run on spreadsheets, chat threads, and one person's memory. Field notes on where operational debt accumulates in the CPG supply chain and what it costs.
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Use case 01 · CPG supply chain & S&OP
Find the gap between plan and reality
S&OE was meant to close the gap between the S&OP plan and reality, but plan vs actual variance still starts in handoffs, not forecasts. See how an as-run workflow map shows where plans break. Book a founder call.
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Use case 02 · Operations & CI
The as-believed map and the as-recorded map
Workshop-built as-is process maps record work as believed. See how as-recorded current-state maps from observed work expose rework and delays. Compare both.
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Use case 03 · CEOs & owners
Make tribal knowledge a company asset
Tribal knowledge walks out the door with the people who hold it. Learn how to capture how work actually runs and keep it as a company asset.
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Use case 04 · Private equity
Ground truth on every portfolio company
Operational due diligence stops at close. Aperture records how the portfolio company actually runs and prices the improvement backlog for your 100-day plan. Book a call.
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Use case 05 · ERP, AI & transformation programs
Fund the right builds. Kill the rest.
Workshops and system logs miss the work between systems. Build an evidence-based as-is process baseline for ERP stage-gate decisions.
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Use case 06 · SI & consulting partners
Walk in with the artifact, not a workshop
How SI and consulting teams compress ERP discovery and requirements gathering with recorded evidence, and scope proposals against the client's real process.
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Market memo · 2026
The Transformation Stack
A five-layer map of enterprise AI transformation: how we read the market, where we play, and why the fourth layer is still unclaimed.
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