Function cockpit
Supply Chain
Continuous sensing and bounded replanning, with plan stability enforced.
Phase: Phase 3 — Functional orchestration
Sense demand, inventory, capacity and disruption continuously; execute bounded replanning inside stability limits; and put material service trade-offs in front of humans.
Trust score
0
Touchless
0%
Human review
0%
Override rate
0%
Capacity released
20-30% inventory reduction and 5-20% logistics-cost savings (aspiration, not additive)
Accountable human
Chief Supply Chain Officer
CoS agent: Supply Chain Chief of Staff
Cost to serve per unit including inference, and where the capacity went
Unit economics
What a unit of Supply Chain work costs to serve
Cost per unit is stated after inference, not before it. more
Units per week
114,337
Cost to serve / wk
$1.2M
was $3.8M
Run-rate saving
$136.4M
annualized at current volume
Inference spend / wk
$200K
17% of cost to serve
Capacity released
286.7 FTE
682 → 395 on the work
Cost to serve by sub-function
Before and after, per unit, with the inference component shown separately.
| Sub-function | Units / wk | Cost / unit before | Cost / unit now | Of which inference | Change | Weekly delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demand Planning | 8,143 | $28 | $6.81 | $1.19 | -76% | $175K |
| Supply Planning | 15,564 | $47 | $17 | $1.86 | -64% | $470K |
| Sales & Operations Planning | 88 | $1K | $401 | $65 | -62% | $58K |
| Inventory Optimization | 10,449 | $35 | $9.49 | $1.48 | -73% | $270K |
| Logistics & Transportation | 10,029 | $44 | $11 | $2.72 | -76% | $334K |
| Warehouse & Fulfillment | 18,305 | $33 | $7.64 | $1.31 | -77% | $465K |
| Trade & Customs | 13,428 | $11 | $4.68 | $1.19 | -57% | $84K |
| Supplier Collaboration | 14,439 | $19 | $4.77 | $0.62 | -75% | $207K |
| Order Promising | 5,643 | $42 | $13 | $2.72 | -70% | $166K |
| Network Design | 7,324 | $30 | $12 | $1.59 | -61% | $136K |
| Resilience & Risk | 10,925 | $38 | $15 | $3.40 | -61% | $257K |
| Total | 114,337 | $3.8M | $1.2M | $200K | -70% | $2.6M |
Inference is a variable cost that scales with volume, unlike the headcount it replaced. more
Where the released capacity went
Capacity that is not redeployed is not a saving, it is a rounding error waiting to be re-hired.
Demand Planning
61.0 → 41.9 FTE
Redeployed into data stewardship and evidence quality.
Supply Planning
45.7 → 25.4 FTE
Redeployed into customer-facing escalation ownership.
Sales & Operations Planning
5.3 → 3.4 FTE
Redeployed into agent supervision, calibration and coaching.
Inventory Optimization
87.8 → 42.4 FTE
Redeployed into customer-facing escalation ownership.
Logistics & Transportation
86.7 → 41.9 FTE
Redeployed into cross-function process redesign.
Warehouse & Fulfillment
73.8 → 37.1 FTE
Redeployed into data stewardship and evidence quality.
Trade & Customs
69.7 → 47.2 FTE
Redeployed into data stewardship and evidence quality.
Supplier Collaboration
102.9 → 51.0 FTE
Redeployed into control design and independent testing.
Order Promising
30.5 → 21.3 FTE
Redeployed into cross-function process redesign.
Network Design
40.0 → 28.2 FTE
Redeployed into scenario work and strategy authoring review.
Resilience & Risk
78.4 → 55.3 FTE
Redeployed into data stewardship and evidence quality.