Fujitsu cuts excess stock 20% with Celonis AI rollout

Fujitsu subsidiary FSAS Technologies has reported millions of dollars in inventory optimisation savings after deploying Celonis Process Intelligence across parts of its supply chain.

The company said it recorded a 20% reduction in excess inventory and a 50% reduction in inventory orders in the first six months of implementation.

FSAS Technologies sits within Fujitsu's server and storage operations. Fujitsu formed FSAS Technologies to consolidate its server and storage business units. The company describes itself as a provider of data centre solutions focused on servers, storage and integrated systems.

Inventory focus

FSAS Technologies used the Celonis Process Intelligence Platform for inventory management. The software provided visibility into inventory levels. The company also received AI-enhanced recommendations about when to purchase materials, when to re-allocate materials, and when to refrain from buying materials.

Celonis said the platform connected systems, teams, and processes across the FSAS Technologies supply chain. The companies also flagged an expansion of the work into other business processes.

Inventory management remains a persistent cost pressure for technology hardware operations, particularly where product cycles and component availability can shift quickly. Companies often aim to balance service levels with lower working capital tied up in stock.

Fujitsu positioned the deployment as part of a wider push around data, decision-making and AI usage inside the group.

"With Celonis, we've been able to cut costs by giving our teams the data and context needed to make faster, smarter decisions. We're now scaling AI across the enterprise fuelled by transformative technologies like Celonis. This is not only transforming how we run Fujitsu, but also how we support our customers in reaching unprecedented levels of efficiency," said Kazushi Koga, Corporate Executive Officer, SEVP, Head of Platform, Fujitsu.

Process intelligence

Celonis markets its software around process intelligence. The company said it aims to show organisations how work actually flows across systems and teams. It also positions the approach as a way of giving AI systems business context.

"Many enterprises struggle with AI because models and agents alone can't see how the business runs. Fujitsu shows what it really takes to unlock the full potential of enterprise AI. By grounding AI in process intelligence, Fujitsu can automatically trigger the right actions to continuously improve how its business runs, setting a new standard for how complex global operations can perform with speed, reliability, and trust," said Bastian Nominacher.

Celonis said its approach points companies to areas where they can deploy AI solutions. It also said it provides AI with context and keeps AI aligned with other work in progress across the organisation.

Broader rollout

The companies said they plan to expand the use of process intelligence beyond inventory-related activity. Fujitsu also described itself as a Celonis partner for customer work. It said it works with IT services customers in multiple markets on business transformation using process intelligence.

The partnership positions Fujitsu on both sides of the relationship, as a user of Celonis technology inside its own operations and as a services partner working with customers that adopt the Celonis platform.

For FSAS Technologies, the immediate results reported centre on the scale of reduced ordering and lower levels of excess stock. The next stage of the work will involve deployment across additional processes as Fujitsu and Celonis broaden the use of the platform.