demand-sensing
(3)Patrick Smith
Patrick Smith is a Boston-based software executive currently serving as Chief Revenue Officer at Onebeat, a retail inventory intelligence platform. A Providence College graduate with roots in enterprise supply-chain software, he has spent his career at the intersection of merchandising strategy and inventory optimization, with prior stops at ToolsGroup, antuit.ai, ESG, and Park City Group. He writes and speaks about the 'Retail Margin Spiral' and the 'Inventory Intelligence Loop,' arguing that softlines retailers must move from reactive planning to continuous, real-time decisioning.
ThroughPut.ai
ThroughPut.ai is a Silicon Valley-based supply chain decision intelligence company that turns time-stamped operational data into fast, profit-focused decisions. Its AI platform - anchored by an engine named ELI - detects bottlenecks, senses demand, rebalances inventory, and optimizes capacity and logistics so manufacturers, distributors, and industrial operators can free up cash from operations they already run. Founded in 2017 by operators and serial industrial-tech entrepreneurs, the company works backward from real customer demand to match it with actual capacity.
Alloy.ai
Alloy.ai is a San Francisco-based software company that gives consumer goods brands a real-time, end-to-end view of demand and inventory across every retail and e-commerce channel. Its platform automatically ingests and harmonizes point-of-sale, inventory, and ERP data from hundreds of trading partners, then layers analytics, forecasting, and AI agents on top so brands can sense demand shifts, catch stockouts and phantom inventory, and respond in seconds rather than days. Customers like Crayola, BIC, Valvoline, Melissa & Doug, and Anker use it to cut out-of-stocks and protect revenue with their retail partners.