Crackerjack · Discount Retail · AI Transformation · Cycle 1
The Monday number. On Monday.
The weekly report takes 7–13 hours to compile by hand and arrives Wednesday — every pricing and stock decision lags 2–4 days behind reality.
NZD $54K Stage 1 · 90 days · Week 8 kill switch
~24 months before the data gap compounds
Navigate the journey · Reality ◯ → Dream ★ → Bridge △
Reality
What's true today?
Name the live pain before any prescription lands. The Monday number is the proof of the gap.
Dream
Where do you need to be in two years?
Picture the weekly rhythm worth funding — Monday clarity, attribution, margin, and buyer confidence.
Bridge
How do you cross — with confidence?
Stage 1 is a bounded 90-day crossing: NZD $54K budget, named proof signals, and a Week 8 kill switch.
Five fronts · one loop
01
Grow Demand
Surface what works in the customer wallet — make every catalogue saleId pay back inside 7 days.
02
Deliver Value
Cut Store-Manager replenishment time by 50% across 15 stores using a unified stock-position view.
03
Protect Trust
Pick the next 3 catalogue cycles using attributed revenue evidence — never planned on intuition again.
04
Fund Future
Approve a NZD $54K Stage 1 bet with a Week 8 kill switch and a NZD $250K–$700K conservative Year 1 floor.
05
Build Platform
Replace the spreadsheet reconciliation layer with a unified BI substrate that every future AI loop builds on.
Instruments to pressure-test the decision
Decision summary
The GO/NO-GO package: budget, proof, kill switch, and first commitments.
Data flow
Why the Monday number arrives late and what the first loop must automate.
Financial impact
The payoff case, payback window, and risk-reward frame.
Critical path
The 90-day route and named gates after attention is earned.
One-page plan
Commercial strategy on one screen — fee, payback, benefit:cost, the ask.
The trojan-horse first step
Automate the Monday number. Prove the loop. Then decide.
Stage 1 is not an AI transformation — it is a bounded proof. NZD $54K, 90 days, one automated report, one attribution signal. If the Monday number does not arrive by Week 8, the kill switch fires and the spend stops.
Step 1 of 3: Read the decision summary — the GO/NO-GO package fits on one screen.