Hold the ceiling at A4 for demand planning. Statistical forecasting and in-band adjustment are fully agentic. The consensus number that drives supply commitments is locked by a named planner. Raise it only after two consecutive quarters where the override rate stays under five percent and every override has a written cause.

Hold the ceiling at A3 for supply planning. Requirements planning and in-policy expedites are automated. Allocating scarce supply between customers is a commercial judgment a leader owns. Raise it only after two consecutive quarters where the override rate stays under five percent and every override has a written cause.

Hold the ceiling at A3 for sales & operations planning. Agents build the entire pack, model every scenario and reconcile to finance. The cross-functional trade-off decisions are the point of the meeting and stay human. Raise it only after two consecutive quarters where the override rate stays under five percent and every override has a written cause.

Keep the repeatable planning cycle volume in the spine and pull the exception tail back into the function. The spine is cheaper per unit; the tail is where the context that prevents rework actually sits.

Hold the ceiling at A4 for inventory optimization. Replenishment and safety-stock math run touchless. Writing inventory down hits the income statement, so Finance signs it. Raise it only after two consecutive quarters where the override rate stays under five percent and every override has a written cause.

Hold the ceiling at A4 for logistics & transportation. Carrier selection, booking, tracking and freight audit are deterministic and high-volume. Only exceptions with cost impact above tolerance reach a person. Raise it only after two consecutive quarters where the override rate stays under five percent and every override has a written cause.

Agents in this lane may act without a human when the forecast item sits inside the stated value, risk and confidence envelope. Outside it, the unit holds at a gate with a named approver and a running clock.

Every autonomous decision writes inputs, the rule version applied, the model and prompt version, the output and a reversal path. An action with no evidence record is treated as a control failure, not a fast decision.

Agents in this lane may act without a human when the supply plan sits inside the stated value, risk and confidence envelope. Outside it, the unit holds at a gate with a named approver and a running clock.

Every autonomous decision writes inputs, the rule version applied, the model and prompt version, the output and a reversal path. An action with no evidence record is treated as a control failure, not a fast decision.

Escalation is mandatory when confidence falls below the floor, when two options sit inside the confidence band, or when a break condition on a ratified position fires. Director, Supply Planning owns the response clock.

Agents in this lane may act without a human when the planning cycle sits inside the stated value, risk and confidence envelope. Outside it, the unit holds at a gate with a named approver and a running clock.