You get a straight verdict, either build now, fix the data first, or don't buy yet, with the evidence sitting underneath it. If we can't give you one, or we run past fourteen days from the day your data lands, we refund the fee in full.
Call → Assessment → Verdict
You know the price, the timeline, and the paperwork before you buy anything, from us or a vendor.
Scoping Call & Quote
Thirty minutes of specific questions: SKU count, history depth, systems. With your OK we record it, so the specialists who run the assessment size it from your words. Flat quote in writing within one business day.
The Assessment
Fourteen days, working off a read-only export of your SKU-level history, scored on the dimensions a platform actually depends on.
The Verdict
BUILD NOW, FIX DATA FIRST, or DON’T BUY, with the reasoning, a live walkthrough, and a recorded video.
One page of paperwork, e-signed before any data moves, then we invoice you directly.
Built for One Specific Buyer
You're evaluating a demand-planning platform: Netstock, o9, Blue Yonder, or similar
You've posted or filled a demand-planner or S&OP role in the last year
You want an objective pre-purchase referee, not another vendor demo
You'd rather find out now that your promo-flag data is a mess than after the contract is signed
Exactly What We Do, and How Long It Takes
The Forecasting Feasibility Report
Your data-readiness score, the specific gaps standing between you and a working model, and an honest verdict: build now, fix the data first, or don't buy yet, before a vendor's sales team answers that question for you.
AI Forecasting Feasibility Report
The full sample: readiness scorecard, gap findings, and a stamped verdict page.
The Fix Sprint
If the verdict is Fix Data First, we close the specific gaps the report names. Master-data cleanup, promo-flag restructuring, SKU hierarchy rebuild, or a light forecasting layer if the verdict is Build Now and you'd rather not sign with a platform. Scoped off the report, quoted flat.
Wider than the other Sprints because "fix the data" and "build the layer" are two different bodies of work. Priced flat off the report, invoiced half to start and half on delivery.
The full assessment fee you paid comes off the Fix Sprint's price. You are not paying for the same diagnosis twice.
If the verdict is Don't Buy Yet, that is the whole answer, and you owe nobody anything after the report lands.
Straight Answers
Does this need to go through procurement?
Almost never. This is scoped to typically fall within a Director or VP's discretionary spend limit.
What data access do you need, and is it secure?
A read-only export of your historical SKU-level sales and master data. No standing ERP access required.
How long does it take?
Fourteen days from data receipt, ending with a walkthrough call. The clock only starts once we have everything we asked for, so if we miss it we refund the fee.
Is this fully remote?
Yes, from end to end.
What happens after you get the report?
You get an honest build-versus-buy recommendation. If you'd rather we close the data gaps or build the forecasting layer ourselves, the Fix Sprint above is that route, and the assessment fee you already paid comes off its price.
Are you affiliated with any forecasting vendor?
No. We take no referral fees or commissions from any platform. Our only incentive is telling you the truth about your data.
Why don't you quote a price on the call?
Because the people who size the work are the specialists who run it, not the person selling it. They scope from the call itself (with your OK, we record it) and you get the flat number in writing within one business day. Once quoted, it doesn't move.
Pairs with: the Data-Bridge Friction Assessment, because clean forecasting inputs usually depend on clean system handoffs.
See the Assessment →Ready to Find Out?
Book a 30-minute scoping call. Flat quote in writing within one business day.