akeno

akeno provides production planning and scheduling software that connects to ERP, MES and other shopfloor systems, models production constraints, and generates schedules. The product also re-plans live when orders, machines or suppliers change, monitors constraint boundaries for exceptions, and offers scenario simulation before changes are committed.

The customers are industrial manufacturers; the website names BASF Coatings, Sun Chemical and Shell as users or partners, and lists chemicals, food and beverages, pharma and metals as target sectors. The website does not describe the pricing or revenue model. It cites vendor-reported results of 15% throughput optimization, 20% inventory reduction and 90% planning effort saved.

The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Hamburg, Germany, where it works from an on-site office on Tuesday to Thursday. Its careers page lists open roles for a full stack engineer, a backend engineer (Rust/Python), a solutions engineer for AI and operations research in planning and scheduling, and a product owner.

Product: Autonomous production planning and scheduling software with an optimization engine, live replanning, exception intelligence and scenario simulation.