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Darwin AOP: The Agentic Orchestration Platform for EPM

Darwin Analytics Agentic Orchestration Platform (AOP)Darwin’s Agentic Orchestration Platform (AOP) redefines how businesses manage Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) by providing a central hub that unifies disparate tools, processes, and data sources. While “AOP” traditionally stands for Annual Operating Plan in EPM circles, we use it here to represent Agentic Orchestration Platform—a flexible, AI-powered layer that coordinates EPM, Business Intelligence (BI), and data platforms without forcing a complete overhaul of your existing systems.
The intent of AOP is to address a core challenge in modern EPM: the complexity of mixed environments. Companies often rely on a combination of EPM tools to execute their processes in the enterprise. This is common as organizations grow and evolve, they can easily experience spawl with their tools: legacy & newer, various brands, domain specific and simply preferences can cause this proliferation across EPM tools, BI products, and even (especially!) spreadsheets to handle planning, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis. Whatever tools you have, AOP acts as the conductor, enabling seamless data flow, centralized configuration, and intelligent automation across these otherwise disconnected components. It allows you to retain the front ends and models that work well, while introducing a unified layer for regulation, visibility, and enhancement—ensuring your EPM ecosystem performs at its best, and still can evolve at your pace.

Overview

At its heart, AOP promotes first-principles thinking: start with your business processes, not rigid vendor stacks. It centralizes key functions like data integration, workflow management, and performance monitoring, so you can apply AI-driven agents to automate routine tasks and generate insights from a single source of truth. This approach minimizes risk, reduces costs, and enhances agility, all while respecting your preferences for data sovereignty and tool choice. Darwin was envisioned precisely for this: to take full advantage of AI without requiring a complete rebuild of your EPM and Analytics assets—which can be risky, time-consuming, and expensive. Instead, AOP restructures your landscape for AI optimization, extending the life and relevance of proven tools while seamlessly incorporating the latest innovations. For organizations transitioning from outdated systems or seeking to optimize a hybrid setup, AOP provides a pathway to sustainable value—starting with what works and building toward transformative efficiency. Discover how AOP can elevate your EPM strategy today, and join us at the EPM Summit to experience it firsthand.Table of Contents

  • Apply Agentic AI (#apply-agentic-ai)

  • Data Pipelines (#data-pipelines)

  • Workflow & Observability (#workflow-observability)

  • Calculations and Insights (#calculations-insights)

  • Agnostic Product Support (#agnostic-product-support)

Apply Agentic AI

 
Step into the next era of EPM with AOP’s agentic AI, which optimizes administrative tasks and user workflows for unmatched agility. Leverage intelligent agents to automate processes and access data across multiple EPM products, delivering the most powerful insights and decisions possible. Darwin exploits context to fuel AI beyond a single EPM product’s boundaries, ensuring your AI is as informed and effective as it can be. This provides a pragmatic way to keep what you like in familiar and proven tools while adding the critical capabilities of AI to increase enterprise agility and improve the quality of insights—elevating legacy solutions without forcing risky conversions and seamlessly incorporating the latest innovations from EPM vendors for AI-driven plans. We’re thrilled by the transformative potential here, as AOP positions your enterprise to thrive in an AI-powered world, turning challenges into opportunities with ease and optimism.

Data Pipelines

 
Imagine effortlessly connecting your diverse data sources to create a seamless flow of reliable information. AOP’s data pipelines offer a robust catalog and extensive connection library, enabling you to link any source—from EPM and BI tools to databases and spreadsheets—directly to your preferred data platform. With flexible validation rules, you can ensure data quality at every step, catching inconsistencies early and building a foundation of trust. This optimistic approach means less time wrestling with disparate systems and more time focusing on strategic growth, all while adapting to your evolving needs.

Workflow & Observability

 
In a world of interconnected tools, visibility is key to success. AOP provides intuitive workflow orchestration and comprehensive observability, allowing you to initiate and monitor processes across your EPM environment with ease. Track performance in real-time to spot bottlenecks, maintain data quality, and avoid unexpected costs. The result? A superior user experience that simplifies navigation through multiple tools, fostering collaboration and efficiency. We’re excited about the possibilities this opens up, empowering your team to work smarter and respond faster to business demands.

Calculations and Insights

 
Unlock the full potential of your data with AOP’s powerful calculation engine and insight generation. Align business rules across your EPM products to perform sophisticated computations, while AI-driven analytics reveal actionable patterns and opportunities. This unified approach turns raw data into strategic advantages, helping you make informed decisions with confidence. The future looks bright as AOP helps you harness these capabilities to drive innovation and outperform expectations in your planning and analysis efforts.

Agnostic Product Support

 
Flexibility is at the core of AOP, supporting a wide array of EPM and BI products without favoring any one vendor. Choose your data platform based on what matters most to your organization—whether it’s cost savings, alignment with your tech stack, skill set preferences, or other priorities. By unifying administration and usage across tools, AOP addresses analytic sprawl, streamlining operations and reducing complexity. The Canonical Data Model (CDM) further enhances this by affording control and consistency across products, ensuring predictable taxonomy and scalable solutions. This empowering neutrality invites you to build the ecosystem that best fits your vision, paving the way for sustainable, scalable success.