Dataleo Insight · 2026-04-01· Planning
Jean-François Nordmann’s six-year o9 journey shows the gap between selling an APS vision and delivering transformation
From French market entry to client-side delivery
From vision to execution
Jean-François Nordmann described a six-year journey beginning with the opening of the French market for o9 Solutions in 2020 and reaching a major client-side implementation milestone in 2026.
The progression illustrates the distance between positioning an APS platform and delivering a working planning transformation. Commercial momentum must be followed by process design, data preparation, governance, implementation discipline and business adoption.
Operational implication
APS value is created when decision rights, planning parameters, exception workflows and validation responsibilities are explicit. The technology can accelerate planning, but it cannot replace ownership of the operating model.