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Plan retail
like it's 2026.

Cadence is the modern AI-native experience layer for Oracle EPM retail planning. Conversational AI, image-rich workflows, and modern speed — without replacing the planning engine you already trust.

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Built on Oracle EPM + Claude
What is Cadence

The experience layer your planning team has been waiting for.

Cadence sits on top of your existing Oracle EPM investment — not in place of it. EPM keeps doing what it's great at. Cadence handles everything it can't.

EPM is a powerful engine. It's also a 2010-era experience.

Your finance team trusts NSPB / Oracle EPM for the math, the calc rules, and the audit trail. That doesn't change. But the user experience hasn't kept pace — buyers, planners, and execs deserve modern tools.

Cadence delegates to EPM for what it owns (calc engine, security, controls) and adds what it doesn't: conversational AI that reasons across your data, image-rich assortment workflows, AI-generated narratives, and the kind of speed and search modern teams expect.

One unified workspace. No replacement. No migration. Same data, modern experience.

Conversational AI"Why did Huk shirts miss plan in May?"
Image-rich assortmentVisual board with real product photography
AI-generated narrativesOne-click summaries of plan vs. actuals
Modern speed & searchFind any SKU in <300ms across 30K items
How it works

Three systems. Each in its lane.

NetSuite is the system of record. EPM is the planning engine. Cadence is the experience layer. Together they cover the full retail planning cycle without overlap.

Experience
Cadence
Modern UX + AI Layer
Conversational AI · Image-rich assortment · AI narratives · Modern speed
Users → Cadence: questions, plan inputs
Cadence → Users: answers, narratives
↑ ↓   Plans + Plan Changes   ↑ ↓
Planning
NSPB / Oracle EPM
Planning Engine
Class plans · Calc rules · OTB · Reconciliation · Scenarios · Audit trail
EPM remains source of truth
for plans, rules, and security
↑ Actuals + Inventory   ↓ POs + Transfer Orders
Record
NetSuite ERP
System of Record
Actuals · Inventory · Item master · Customer master · GL · PO/TO execution
Operational truth
flows up; plans flow down
What Cadence adds

Capabilities EPM alone can't deliver.

Four modern beats that change how planning teams work — without changing your underlying planning model.

Conversational AI

Ask questions in plain English. Claude reasons across plans, POs, demand forecasts, and inventory positions to surface answers in seconds — no SQL, no forms, no waiting.

"Why did Huk shirts miss plan in May?" → "PO-4571 from Pacific Performance Mfg arrived 23 days late, causing a 3-week stockout on Kryptek Icon X Long Sleeve."

Image-Rich Assortment

Visual board view of every SKU with real product photography. EPM forms can't show product imagery — Cadence renders the assortment visually so buyers see what they're planning, not just style codes.

A buyer's assortment review used to require flipping between EPM and a separate PLM. In Cadence, the photo, color, brand, plan, and margin live on one card.

AI-Generated Narratives

One-click summaries that explain the plan, not just show it. "Generate AI Narrative" produces a 3-sentence read on plan vs. actuals, late-PO risk, OOS items, and recommended actions — for any module.

"YTD actuals are 4.2% above plan, driven by Huk Shirts. Watch HUK-KSL-LS — sell-through is 38%, recommend 25% markdown next week."

Modern Speed & Search

Server-side aggregation, instant filters, paginated drill-down. Search 30K SKUs in under 300ms. Class-level views in under 500ms. EPM's calc strength + Cadence's read speed.

No more 30-second form loads. No more scrolling endless tables. Type two letters and the right SKU is on screen.

Built on the planning engine you already trust.
Augmented by frontier AI.

Cadence is intentionally not a planning engine. We delegate the math, the security, and the audit trail to Oracle EPM — and use Claude, Anthropic's frontier model, to deliver the AI experience layer EPM can't build natively.

Oracle EPM
Your existing planning system of record. Class plans, calc rules, OTB, scenarios, audit trail, security model. Cadence delegates to EPM — never replaces it.
Claude
Anthropic's frontier model powers conversational AI, narrative generation, and cross-system reasoning. State-of-the-art reasoning quality, with enterprise data handling.
Built for every role

Whoever opens Cadence sees what they need.

From the buyer reviewing tomorrow's assortment to the exec asking about last quarter's miss — Cadence speaks every role's language.

Buyer

Image-rich assortment review

  • Visual board view of every SKU
  • AI-suggested overrides on demand
  • Open to Buy at a glance
  • Cut / pending / in-plan workflow
Demand Planner

AI forecast with override workflow

  • Plan vs. actuals vs. AI forecast
  • One-click AI suggestions
  • MAPE tracking by item
  • New item performance vs. plan
MFP / Finance

Top-down vs. bottoms-up reconciliation

  • Class plan vs. demand sum
  • Variance flags and AI explanations
  • Plan health narratives
  • Audit trail back to EPM
Executive

One-click cross-portfolio AI summaries

  • Brand- and category-level health
  • Late PO and OOS risk surfaced
  • Vendor performance scorecards
  • Plain-English daily briefings
FAQ

The questions every buyer asks first.

Does Cadence replace Oracle EPM?
No — and intentionally so. EPM remains the planning system of record for the calc engine, business rules, scenarios, audit trail, and security model. Cadence is an experience and AI layer on top. Your finance team's existing workflows, controls, and licenses don't change. We add what EPM can't do; we don't replace what it does well.
How does Cadence handle security?
In production deployments, Cadence federates authentication against your existing EPM identity provider (Oracle IDCS, IAM, or SAML/OIDC). Each user calls EPM with their own identity — so a buyer who has access to one brand in EPM only sees that brand in Cadence. EPM remains the source of truth for who sees what. We don't replicate or replace EPM's security model; we delegate to it.
How long does deployment take?
A typical first-module deployment runs 4–6 weeks: 1 week of EPM dimension mapping and security setup, 2–3 weeks of UX configuration to your data, and 1–2 weeks of user acceptance testing. Subsequent modules add roughly 2 weeks each. Most clients are live in production with their first module inside 6 weeks.
What about data scale — does Cadence work for 30K SKUs and 100 stores?
Yes. Cadence runs a server-side aggregation layer that caches and pre-computes class-level rollups from EPM on a schedule. Detail-level queries are paginated and indexed. Class views render in under 500ms; search across 30K SKUs returns in under 300ms. EPM stays the source of truth; Cadence is the read-fast layer on top.
Which EPM products does Cadence support?
Today: NetSuite Planning & Budgeting (NSPB) and Oracle EPM Planning (Cloud). On the roadmap: Oracle Retail Planning & Optimization. We integrate via the standard Oracle EPM REST API, so any modern EPM Cloud application is in scope.
How does pricing work?
Cadence is licensed per active user with a tiered structure based on modules deployed. We can also accommodate a flat-rate enterprise license for larger deployments. Pricing conversations are part of the demo — book one and we'll walk through what fits your team.
Get started

See Cadence on your data.

Book a 30-minute walkthrough. We'll show you Cadence running on a representative apparel/retail data set, walk the architecture, and answer security and deployment questions specific to your EPM environment.

  • Live demo on real EPM dataSee how it works against a connected EPM cube — not slideware.
  • Architecture & security walkthroughTailored to your EPM deployment and identity provider.
  • Deployment timeline & pricingModules, scope, and licensing for your team size.

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