SAP + an advanced-planner you won't replace + 3PL planning that's a black box. ~50/50 bearings × industrial motion across the segment. Below — four operational shapes from the conversation, each with the territory deep-dive behind it.
Each pattern · anchored in a quote from regional SC leadership · scaled against public Timken signals · one action surface that travels region-by-region. Tap to open the territory deep-dive.
"50/50 bearings × industrial motion" — the seam shows up most when one customer buys both product lines.
10+ industrial-motion acquisitions over the past decade · multi-region · each came in with its own ERP, sourcing, distribution. The seam is wider than any single region.
Cross-product · cross-entity orchestration above whatever stack each region inherited. Stitch microservices around the shape.
"I can't go and tell that that is again a multimillion-dollar deployment" — the global advanced-planner is non-negotiable.
Same constraint at every Timken region. SAP + the advanced-planner are paid for + governed centrally. Cost-of-replacement is prohibitive across US, Europe, China.
Caddie sits above the global plan as a local execution layer · region-by-region rollout · zero rip-and-replace.
"The planning is slightly black box" — the outsourced 3PL plans, dispatches, settles. Visibility is the bill.
Every Timken region runs its lead 3PLs · domestic carriers · cross-border forwarders · regional 3PLs. Same opacity everywhere. The planner sees the bill, not the decisions.
Read-overlay above each region's 3PL planning surface. Deploy where the friction is highest first; expand laterally.
"40% error difference" is when the team reacts · drift surfaces post-mortem on the existing forecasting tool.
NYSE: TKR reports cash-conversion-cycle every 90 days. Forecast drift = inventory in stockout or overstock = working capital · publicly measured.
Drift early-signal layered above existing forecasting · region- or product-family-scoped · working-capital lever, not a model rip-out.
Public anchors: Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) · founded 1899 · ~$4.6B FY2024 · two reporting segments (Engineered Bearings · Industrial Motion) at roughly 50/50 mix · multi-year M&A on the industrial-motion segment · independently listed Indian subsidiary on NSE.
Substrate from our conversation · peer where we've already shipped · 90-day shape inside.
You see the bill. Not the decisions behind it. Caddie reads the 3PL plan, surfaces it back, what-if + override, audit trail.
India → ASEAN + Australia outbound. Hyderabad-based Enmovil = same-region deployment partner. POC turnaround in weeks, not quarters.
270+ pin codes. Multi-channel orders. 40–50 simultaneous constraints in one plan — load build, 3D stack, dynamic route.
Acquired entities, separate systems. Cross-product orchestration when one customer buys both — stitch microservices around your shape.
Today: drift surfaces post-mortem. Caddie takes your forecast as input, watches drift continuously, alerts before the stockout. Doesn't replace your forecasting tool.
You said the global instance has restrictions. We agree. Here's where we plug in — and where we don't.
The pattern: Maruti's senior SC leadership now calls Enmovil first when a new SC problem emerges — not because we have every standard solution, but because we stitch microservices to fit the specific problem. Three-month free POC, then MSA.