Azirella

About us

About Azirella

We build Autonomy, the unified decision platform for supply chain. One Decision Stream, demand to delivery.

Not a forecasting tool. Not a planning module. A single shared world model driving six decision domains, with autonomous agents operating under the AI·IO·ML operating model.

Our Thesis

Gartner designated Decision Intelligence "transformational" in the 2025 AI Hype Cycle and published the inaugural Magic Quadrant for Decision Intelligence Platforms in January 2026. The shift is clear: from "data-driven" to "decision-centric."

Supply chain is ripe for what Jordi Visser calls the "agentic inversion", the structural shift from human labor to machine execution. Not automation (the same tasks, faster) but inversion: agents own decisions by default, humans provide governance.

We believe the transition happens through a deliberate, measured progression: Decision Support (human in the loop) to Decision Augmentation (human on the loop) to Decision Automation (human out of the loop). The overrides during augmentation are the training signal that enables automation. This is the self-reinforcing loop that creates the moat.

Overrides = training signal Measured quality governs expansion Decision Support Human in the loop Decision Augmentation Human on the loop Decision Automation Human out of the loop Self-reinforcing loop

Your Role Evolves, It Doesn't Disappear

The most common question we hear: "Will AI replace supply chain planners?" The answer is no, but it will transform what planning means. Today, planners spend the majority of their time on exception processing, data gathering, and reconciliation across systems. That's not planning. That's administration.

With Autonomy, the administrative burden shifts to agents. What remains is the work that only humans can do: setting strategic direction, exercising judgment on edge cases, coaching teams, and building Operating Knowledge, the elicited expertise that makes the entire system smarter. Every override you make captures a pattern. Your expertise doesn't just solve today's problem, it prevents tomorrow's.

The planner of the future is a decision governor, not an exception processor. They manage a portfolio of AI agents the way a fund manager manages a portfolio of investments, setting guardrails, monitoring performance, and intervening where human judgment adds measurable value.

The planner's role inverts: from a doer of tasks to a manager of decisions.

Agents do the laborious work. You do the creative work.

Remember: Latency compounds costs. Velocity compounds value.

And unlike human planners, agents never sleep, never take holidays, and never need a lunch break. They handle the repetitive, the mundane, and the time-sensitive around the clock, freeing your team to focus on the truly impactful decisions that require human creativity and judgment. Through continuous learning, every decision-outcome pair makes the agents better. Your supply chain improves not just during business hours, but continuously, 168 hours a week, not 40.

Our Approach

Autonomy is a unified decision platform, not a collection of planning modules. One shared world model represents demand, supply, inventory, capacity, and the network itself. Every decision domain , portfolio, demand-shaping, supply, production, transport, warehouse, reads and writes the same state, so expansion is a policy upgrade rather than an integration project.

  • Decisions as digital assets. Every recurring decision is a trackable asset with defined inputs, logic, ownership, and measured outcomes, not an implicit output of a planning run.
  • Full decision lifecycle. Model, orchestrate, monitor, and govern decisions end-to-end, following Gartner's four DI capabilities.
  • Research-grounded. Every architectural decision maps to peer-reviewed research in sequential decision-making, decision science, and conformal prediction.
  • Enterprise-ready. AWS Supply Chain data model compliance, SAP integration, role-based access control, full audit trail.

Company

Azirella Ltd is incorporated in Cyprus. We build the Autonomy platform for mid-market manufacturers, distributors, and retailers who need enterprise-grade decision intelligence without the enterprise-grade price tag and implementation timeline.

Leadership

Domain expertise meets autonomous engineering.

Trevor Miles

Trevor Miles

CEO & Founder

Trevor has spent 30+ years at the frontier of supply chain planning technology. He was VP of Thought Leadership at Kinaxis, where he coined the terms "Concurrent Planning" and "Network Planner" and shaped the company's market positioning for RapidResponse. Before Kinaxis, he held sales, strategy, and consulting roles at i2 Technologies, working with global leaders including Continental, Volkswagen, Nokia, and Thomson.

Most recently Chief Strategy Officer at Daybreak (formerly Noodle.ai), Trevor has consistently challenged the status quo in supply chain, advocating for probabilistic planning, AI-native architectures, and the shift from data-driven to decision-centric operations.

Trevor holds a PhD (ABD) in Industrial Engineering & Management Science from Penn State University, with a research focus on Optimization Theory. He also holds an MSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand. He has lived and worked across Canada, the United States, Europe, and Africa.

At Azirella, Trevor sets the vision, strategy, and messaging: translating three decades of supply chain domain expertise into the architecture and go-to-market for Autonomy. His conviction is simple: the planning function is overdue for inversion, and the technology to deliver it finally exists.

Advisory Panel

Operators, investors, and researchers who shape how we build Autonomy.

Dennis Pegden

Dennis Pegden

Simulation & Operations Research

Dennis is one of the foremost authorities in discrete-event simulation and a pioneering figure in the field of operations research. He founded Systems Modeling Corporation in 1982, which became a global leader in simulation software, and later co-founded Simio LLC, where he continues to serve as Chief Product Officer.

Educated at Purdue University, Dennis has spent over four decades advancing the science and practice of simulation-based decision-making, making him an invaluable resource for companies tackling complex planning, scheduling, and operational challenges.

Enno Siemsen

Enno Siemsen

Forecasting, S&OP & Supply Chain Strategy

Enno is the Patrick A. Thiele Distinguished Chair in Business at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Wisconsin School of Business, where he also served as Associate Dean for MBA and Masters Programs. He holds a PhD in Operations Management from UNC Kenan-Flagler and has previously held faculty positions at the University of Minnesota and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

His expertise spans predictive analytics, demand forecasting, sales & operations planning, supply chain strategy, and Industry 4.0. Enno's research has been published in leading journals including Management Science and the Journal of Operations Management, and has been featured in the Harvard Business Review.

He is the author of Demand Forecasting for Managers and brings deep academic and applied knowledge to the challenges of planning and decision-making in complex supply chains.

Hala Zeine

Hala Zeine

Enterprise Software Strategy & M&A

Hala is a seasoned technology executive and investor with deep expertise in enterprise software strategy, M&A, and private equity. She most recently served as Chief Strategy Officer at ServiceNow, where she led the company's strategic repositioning as an AI orchestration platform and oversaw its most ambitious acquisition program.

Prior to that, she was a Managing Director at Blackstone, focused on high-growth technology investments across Europe. Earlier in her career, she led SAP's Digital Supply Chain business as President, with global responsibility for one of the largest enterprise supply chain software portfolios in the industry, spanning planning, manufacturing, logistics, and asset management.

Hala now advises growth-stage companies navigating strategic transformation at the intersection of AI and enterprise software.

Harry Andersson Bettencourt

Harry Andersson Bettencourt

Global Finance, Operations & Supply Chain

Harry is a global finance, operations and supply chain executive with over 30 years of experience building and leading world-class finance and supply chain organizations. He served as Chief Supply Chain & Operations Officer at HARMAN International, where he led the transformation of the company's global operations.

Educated at Helsinki University of Technology, Harry has a proven track record of driving operational excellence, resilience, and innovation across complex, multinational manufacturing and technology businesses.

Stephen Pratt

Stephen Pratt

Enterprise AI Pioneer

Stephen is a pioneer in enterprise AI with a career spanning technology consulting, product leadership, and entrepreneurship. He was the Founder & CEO of Infosys Consulting, led IBM's global Watson AI implementations, and founded Noodle AI, a company applying machine learning to complex supply chain and operations challenges.

He serves as Board Member/Advisor to Northwestern University AI program, SoftServe, Patriot Maritime, and Nemo Industries. He frequently lectures at Stanford University GSB on Exploring the Frontiers of Enterprise AI.

Stephen brings a rare combination of deep AI expertise, operational experience at scale, and a passion for helping founders create meaningful impact.

Talk to us

We'd love to hear about your supply chain challenges.