2026

optaire by 4flow

Entrant

4flow

Category

Innovation in Technology - Supply Chain & Logistics Technology

Client's Name

Country / Region

United States

Supply chains today face a perfect storm of rising complexity, relentless cost pressure and constant disruption. The biggest challenge is not lack of data, it’s how decisions are made. Fragmented systems, disconnected data and siloed decision-making prevent organizations from operating with the resilience, agility and flexibility required today. Despite significant investments in digital and AI transformation, many initiatives fail to deliver measurable outcomes, leaving teams stuck in reactive, manual processes. The result includes slow response times, higher cost-to-serve, service failures and lost revenue.

To address these challenges, 4flow has built optaire by 4flow, a modular, AI-native, end-to-end supply chain and logistics optimization platform designed to help organizations operate at the speed of supply chain reality. optaire by 4flow connects network optimization, logistics and risk and disruption management on a shared data and intelligence layer, enabling continuous optimization across both long-term planning and day-to-day execution. Instead of analyzing data after the fact, the platform continuously detects changes, evaluates scenarios and recommends actions in real time, creating a closed-loop decision system that links long-term strategy with daily execution.

optaire by 4flow is not a rip-and-replace solution. It integrates seamlessly into existing ERP, TMS, WMS and partner systems, unlocking value from current data and technology investments. Its modular architecture allows organizations to start with high‑impact use cases and expand over time, while a common data foundation ensures that decisions across network design, logistics execution and disruption management are made using the same data and logic.

The platform is built on a four-layer architecture. A unified data and supply chain ontology integrates internal and external signals into a single, governed representation of the network. An AI, optimization and agentic execution layer continuously interprets signals, evaluates trade-offs across cost, service and risk, and drives decisions from insight to action. Modular applications deliver business value across network, logistics and risk, while an open, API-first ecosystem connects internal teams and external partners.

By continuously translating insight into execution, optaire by 4flow helps organizations protect revenue, prevent lost sales, improve service performance and reduce cost, turning fragmented supply chain operations into a resilient, continuously optimizing system.

Credits

Vice President
Natalia Andreyeva
 
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