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Decision Quality Scorecard Q4 2026 · anonymized
SKU Sunscreen SPF 50, 8oz
Period Week 16, 2026
Route Phoenix DC → Target West
Decisions scored 14,280
Override rate 58%
Decision Quality Score +5.4%
Override Value Score +6
Net Override Value +$2.4M

Anonymized illustrative scorecard. Your scorecard reads from your override logs and outcomes.

Three roles in every planning cycle.

What follows traces one of them, start to finish.

Sol prepares context.

Validates source data, structures planning inputs, and flags integrity issues.

Dawn owns decisions.

Makes repeatable planning decisions under policy, with reasoning and guardrails attached.

Planners govern exceptions.

Review financially material decisions and add judgment where it can change the outcome.

Watch one cycle get scored.

Sunscreen SPF 50, 8 oz. Phoenix DC to Target West. Week 16, 2026. Five moments, from Monday morning to the outcome scored three weeks later.

Monday, 5:30 AM

Context prepared.

Sol validates source data, structures planning inputs, and flags integrity issues before Dawn touches the decision.

Product: Sunscreen SPF 50, 8oz. Route: Phoenix DC to Target West. Period: Week 16, 2026.

Screenshot: Sol's context-prep view, Monday 5:30 AM.

Monday, 6:15 AM

Decision owned.

Dawn detects an early seasonal ramp and recommends 4,600 cases (+26%). Because the change exceeds the 20% stability threshold, the decision routes to review with reasoning, alternatives, and guardrails attached.

Screenshot: Dawn's decision view with stability-threshold flag, Monday 6:15 AM.

Tuesday, 8:45 AM

Exception governed.

The planner reviews the exception: $118K revenue impact. They add two signals Dawn could not see: a Southwest heat wave and a Target endcap moving up one week. Their judgment improves the decision. Daybreak captures it.

Screenshot: Planner exception-review, Tuesday 8:45 AM.

Friday

Judgment carried forward.

The plan is submitted. The accepted recommendation, added context, and policy adjustment carry forward. The next cycle starts with more validated judgment than the last.

Screenshot: Cycle close with carry-forward markers, Friday.

Three weeks later

Outcome scored.

Target sold through. Shelves stayed full through Memorial Day. Last year, the same SKU stocked out in six stores by Week 19. The override that caused it was never scored. This time, it was.

Screenshot: Scorecard at outcome, three weeks later.

Decision Quality Score: +5.4%
Dawn vs. unmodified baseline
Dawn outperformed the unmodified baseline by 5.4 percentage points.
Override Value Score: +6
Planner vs. Dawn's baseline
Planner override reduced forecast error by 6% vs. Dawn's baseline.

That was one cycle. Now multiply it.

Every cycle runs the same way, and two things compound.

Throughput

Planning throughput increases.

More decisions run under policy without adding planner capacity. Your team governs the decisions with material financial impact instead of reviewing volume.

Measurement

Decision ROI becomes visible.

Every agent decision and human override is scored against actuals, so the overrides that helped and the ones that cost you both show up.

Compounded across a full rollout:

$7M per month in inventory reduction SC Johnson, North America implementation

See your own Decision Quality Scorecard.

Runs on data you already have. The Override P&L diagnostic scores your override log and returns the net impact as a financial statement. Ten business days. Sixty minutes of your team's time.

For the operating-model thesis behind the diagnostic: Read the AI Labor Model →

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Your override log, scored against outcomes, as a financial statement. Ten business days.
The full operating model comes later, on your terms, only if the number holds.

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