INTELLIGENCE LAYER · AGENTIC AI COMPANION

Meet Nova, your agentic AI companion planner

Nova helps planners make decisions and understand every system recommendation. Ask why, get a clear answer, and act with confidence.

Its advanced Trace tool enables deep-dive investigation and root cause analysis across forecasts, inventory, lead times, and source data. Nova also has memory, learning from every interaction to build context and answer with greater understanding over time.

Seconds
To explain any recommendation
Ask Nova why the system suggested an order, forecast, or safety stock level
End-to-end
Root cause trace
Follow a signal from demand drivers to supply constraints in one view
Memory
Learns with every question
Nova builds context over time to better understand and answer your questions
24/7
Agentic planning support
Nova watches your plan and surfaces what needs a decision

Managing Nova

You decide which model powers Nova, how deep each response goes, and how far Nova can act, so every team gets the right balance of speed, depth, and control.

Model selection

Choose the large language model Nova runs on, from best-of-breed Anthropic and OpenAI models.

  • Anthropic
    Careful, long-context reasoning and analysis
  • OpenAI
    Fast, versatile insight generation
  • Hybrid
    Routes each task to the best Anthropic or OpenAI model

Response depth

Control how far Nova digs before it answers.

  • Quick Scan
    Fast, high-level answers
  • Standard Insight
    Balanced depth and speed
  • Deep Investigation
    Full trace and root cause analysis

Action mode

Set how much Nova is allowed to do in your plan.

  • Discovery
    Read-only analysis
  • Guidance
    Propose changes
  • Action
    Apply changes

How Nova works

  1. STEP 1

    Ask in plain language

    Planners ask Nova questions like "Why is this SKU recommending a PO for 4,000 units?" or "What changed in the forecast this week?"

  2. STEP 2

    Nova explains the logic

    Nova breaks down the recommendation into its drivers: demand forecast, lead times, safety stock, on-order, and constraints.

  3. STEP 3

    Trace to the root cause

    The Trace tool lets you drill from the recommendation into every input, override, and data source that shaped it.

  4. STEP 4

    Decide with confidence

    Accept, adjust, or escalate with Nova suggesting next best actions and documenting the decision trail.

Nova capabilities

Agentic companion planner

Nova works alongside each planner, monitoring exceptions, prioritizing decisions, and proposing actions instead of waiting to be asked.

Explainable recommendations

Every forecast, order, and inventory target comes with a clear, plain-language explanation of why the system made that call.

Advanced Trace tool

Deep-dive investigation across forecasts, inventory positions, lead times, overrides, and source data to find exactly what drove a result.

Root cause analysis

Pinpoint whether a stockout risk or excess position came from a demand shift, supplier delay, parameter setting, or data issue.

Memory that learns

Nova remembers past questions, decisions, and investigations, building context over time so it understands your business better and answers with increasing precision.

Scenario guidance

Ask "what if" questions and Nova compares outcomes so planners can weigh service level, cost, and cash impact.

Governed and auditable

Nova acts within your permissions, and every explanation, trace, and decision is logged for review.

Nova FAQ

What is Nova?

Nova is the ForecastWorx agentic AI companion planner. It helps planners make decisions, understand system recommendations, and investigate root causes with an advanced Trace tool.

How is Nova different from a chatbot?

Nova is agentic: it monitors your plan, surfaces decisions that need attention, explains recommendations using your live planning data, and proposes next actions within your permissions.

What does the Trace tool do?

Trace lets planners follow any recommendation back through its inputs, including forecasts, inventory positions, lead times, overrides, and source system data, to identify the true root cause.

Does Nova remember previous conversations?

Yes. Nova has memory. It learns from past questions, decisions, and traces, building context about your products, suppliers, and planning patterns so it can better understand and answer future questions.

Can I choose the AI model and response depth?

Yes. Choose between best-of-breed Anthropic and OpenAI models, and set response depth to Quick Scan, Standard Insight, or Deep Investigation.

How much can Nova change in my plan?

You control it with action modes: Discovery (read-only analysis), Guidance (propose changes), or Action (apply changes).

Does Nova replace planners?

No. Nova is a companion. It handles investigation and explanation so planners spend their time on judgment and decisions.

Is Nova part of the Intelligence Layer?

Yes. Nova sits in the ForecastWorx Intelligence Layer alongside Exceptions & Playbooks, Dashboards & KPIs, and AI Studio.

Ready to plan with Nova?

See how Nova explains recommendations and traces every result back to its root cause.

"Every dollar of inventory is a bet on the future. AI just makes it a much better bet."
— Supply Chain Quarterly