Decision Room · Fictional engagement DR01

One client decision, finished and ready to test.

Fernhill Advisory has to tell Calder Supply how to meet 360 orders a week when the current depot handles 300. Three ways to add capacity, one four-week cash ceiling, two trained coordinators to allocate. Read the deck as the client would. Then change the numbers it rests on and watch the candidate, the worksheet, the report and the next actions move together.

Explore the decision

Fictional firm, client and figures. Narrative prepared with AI assistance; reviewer revision is scripted. Every figure is computed here from the fixed hypothetical inputs in the source register. Not live AI, not a client result, not investment advice.

Model candidate for review: Improve current depot · A$1,320 over four weeks · capacity 360 a weekScenario d360-n2-b8000-available · dr01-m1

Your scenario

Three numbers and one fact the decision rests on

Change any of them. Everything on this page recalculates from the same snapshot. Nothing is estimated live.

Weekly orders (D)

orders / week

Source S02 records 360 as the synthetic demand basis. A different value is your editable assumption; it never becomes a new source fact. S02
Source datum 360 · range 240–600.

Trained coordinator allocations (N)

allocations

Fictional allocations of people already trained. Not hires, not a staffing promise. S03
Source datum 2 · range 0–4.

Four-week cash ceiling (B)

A$ / four weeks

Incremental cash available for the four-week planning period. Not a calendar month, not capital. S05
Source datum 8000 · range 0–20000.

Demand basis

‘Missing’ shows what honest advice does without a demand basis. The arithmetic stays visible; the candidate does not.

No inputs are uploaded or stored. This browser calculation uses fixed hypothetical assumptions.

01 / Client decision deck

The second-depot decision.

Deck v2 · issued 2026-10-06 in this fiction · Fernhill Advisory for Calder Supply · Narrative prepared with AI assistance; figures computed here. Reviewer revision is scripted.

The question01 / 08

How could Calder cover 360 orders a week?

Current scenario demand: 360
Existing depot capacity: 300
Unmet with no change: 60

One four-week period. Three illustrative options. A real decision stays with the commercial director.

Read the reasoning

Calder Supply handles 300 orders a week. The synthetic basis says about 360 are coming (S02). There are three ways to add capacity (S01), one four-week cash ceiling and two trained coordinators to allocate (S05). This deck answers two things: which option is a numerical fit under fixed assumptions, and what has to be verified before anyone spends.

Sources: S01 S02 S05

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The current constraint02 / 08

Capacity is the first constraint to clear.

Existing depot300 / week

60 orders / week unmet

Improve current depot360 / week

0 orders / week unmet

Partner overflow420 / week

0 orders / week unmet

Second depot450 / week

0 orders / week unmet

Demand rule: 360 orders / week. Bars compare weekly capacity, not service quality or operational readiness.

Read the reasoning

At 300 orders a week the depot is full. Every order above 300 is handled by added capacity or goes unmet. Under your scenario, 60 orders a week would go unmet with no change. The constraint is capacity; cash and people limit how it can be added.

Sources: S01 S03

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Three ways to add capacity03 / 08

Compare the cash required to cover demand.

Option	Capacity / week	Four-week cash	Numerical fit
Improve current depot	360	A$1,320	Meets both · candidate
Partner overflow	420	A$3,840	Meets both
Second depot	450	A$9,240	Does not fit

2 trained allocations · A$8,000 four-week ceiling. Fit means the two numerical constraints only.

Read the reasoning

Improve the current depot: +30 a week per coordinator, lowest fixed cash, lowest cash per extra order. Partner overflow: +60 per coordinator, capped at +120, moderate fixed cash, highest cash per extra order. Second depot: +75 per coordinator, capped at +225, highest fixed cash, low cash per extra order. At 360 orders and 2 coordinators: Improve current depot: capacity 360 orders/week; handled 360; unmet 0; four-week cash A$1,320; Meets both numerical constraints. Partner overflow: capacity 420 orders/week; handled 360; unmet 0; four-week cash A$3,840; Meets both numerical constraints. Second depot: capacity 450 orders/week; handled 360; unmet 0; four-week cash A$9,240; Cash A$9,240 exceeds the ceiling A$8,000.

Sources: S03 S04

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The model candidate04 / 08

Improve current depot

Four-week incremental cash: A$1,320
Current demand: 360
Candidate capacity: 360

Numerical fit is not viability. Lease, capital, setup, other staffing, opportunity cost, service quality, readiness, variability and real demand remain outside the model.

Read the reasoning

Model candidate for review: Improve current depot · A$1,320 over four weeks · capacity 360 a week. Candidate means it meets demand and the cash ceiling in this model, under fixed assumptions. It does not mean viable. Lease, capital and setup costs; other staffing and opportunity cost; service quality; partner and depot readiness; demand variability and real demand evidence are outside the model. Revenue, margin and ROI are not calculated. A real professional decision remains human-owned.

Sources: S06

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What changes when the numbers change05 / 08

The issued result holds at the baseline.

Issued baseline · 360 / 2 / A$8,000: Improve current depot
Current · 360 / 2 / A$8,000: Improve current depot

Orders / allocations / ceiling	Model result
400 / 2 / A$8,000	Partner overflow · A$4,800
480 / 3 / A$12,000	Second depot · A$9,720
600 / 2 / A$8,000	No fit · capacity binds for all

Worked scenarios are conditional arithmetic, not forecasts. Missing demand basis always suppresses selection.

Read the reasoning

Issued baseline 360 · 2 · A$8,000: improve the current depot at A$1,320. At 400 orders the current depot falls 40 short and partner overflow becomes the candidate at A$4,800. At 480 orders with three coordinators and A$12,000, only the second depot covers demand, at A$9,720. At 600 orders with two coordinators nothing fits: capacity binds for every option. Without a demand basis, no candidate is selected. Your scenario against the baseline: Issued baseline: Model candidate for review: Improve current depot · A$1,320 over four weeks · capacity 360 a week. Current scenario: Model candidate for review: Improve current depot · A$1,320 over four weeks · capacity 360 a week. Demand 360 → 360; allocations 2 → 2; four-week ceiling A$8,000 → A$8,000; basis available → available.

Sources: S02 S03 S04 S05

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Next actions, with owners06 / 08

Verification first. Spend after.

Priority task	Owner
Verify the demand basis with actual order history for the period	Operations lead with finance lead
Confirm coordinator allocations and their current duties	Operations lead
Confirm the four-week incremental cash ceiling	Finance lead

Prioritised checks, with fictional role owners. Full dependencies and completion evidence are in Next actions; no meeting or spend is scheduled here.

Read the reasoning

Verify the demand basis with actual order history for the period — Operations lead with finance lead. First: verify before relying on the model. Completion: Four weeks of order counts with source and date. Confirm coordinator allocations and their current duties — Operations lead. Required before a real decision. Completion: Named allocations and backfill, signed by the operations lead. Confirm the four-week incremental cash ceiling — Finance lead. Required before a real decision. Completion: Written ceiling for the period. Obtain partner overflow terms and readiness — Partner liaison. Outside the model; check if this option is pursued. Completion: Carrier terms, capacity confirmation, start date. Scope second-depot lease, capital, setup and timing — Depot project owner. Outside the model; check if this option is pursued. Completion: Costed readiness note. Define the service-quality check for any added capacity — Operations lead. Required before a real decision. Completion: Agreed measure and threshold. Decision meeting on the verified basis — Commercial director. Last: decide only on a verified basis. Completion: Recorded decision. Verification first; spend after.

Sources: S02 S03 S04 S05 S06

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What the reviewer changed, and why07 / 08

Replace a viability claim with a bounded conclusion.

Before · v1, withdrawn: The model shows the current depot improvement is viable.
After · v2, issued baseline: The current depot improvement is the lowest-cash option that meets demand and the ceiling in this model. Viability needs the excluded costs and readiness checks.

Scripted reviewer revision for the issued deck. No real reviewer or live review; changing a control is not a review.

Read the reasoning

Scripted reviewer revision for the issued deck, not a live review. The return on deck v1 on 2026-10-02 removed a viability claim, an unsupported low-risk description of partner overflow and a broad growth claim about the second depot. Read the full before/after record in What changed. A control change in the room is not a review.

Sources: S03 S04 S06

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Sources, formulas and the next step08 / 08

Keep the source basis and working with the decision.

Source	Assumption record
S01	Question brief
S02	Synthetic demand basis
S03	Capacity and coordinator assumption table
S04	Four-week cash table
S05	Budget and staff constraints
S06	Excluded readiness and cost unknowns

Capacity · S03: Current: 300 + 30N; partner: 300 + min(120, 60N); second depot: 300 + min(225, 75N)
Working · S02–S05: handled = min(D, capacity); unmet = max(0, D − capacity); extra = max(0, handled − 300); cash = fixed + 4 × extra × unit

Six invented assumption records. Fixed source facts stay distinct from editable inputs and derived figures.

Read the reasoning

S01 to S06 are invented assumption records. Handled = min(demand, capacity); unmet = max(0, demand − capacity); extra = max(0, handled − 300); cash = fixed + 4 × extra × unit. Deck v1 2026-10-01, return 2026-10-02, v2 issued 2026-10-06. Next step for Calder: commission the verification actions, then decide. Fictional throughout.

Sources: S01 S02 S03 S04 S05 S06

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02 / Scenario worksheet

Every figure shows its working.

Three options, four formulas, one ceiling. Each row carries its unit, its basis and its source ID.

Improve current depot

Capacity 360 / demand 360 orders a week

Cash A$1,320 / ceiling A$8,000

Meets both numerical constraints

Partner overflow

Capacity 420 / demand 360 orders a week

Cash A$3,840 / ceiling A$8,000

Meets both numerical constraints

Second depot

Capacity 450 / demand 360 orders a week

Cash A$9,240 / ceiling A$8,000

Cash A$9,240 exceeds the ceiling A$8,000

Bars show capacity and cash; the ink rule marks demand and the ceiling. The table carries the same numbers.

Computed here from fixed inputs · d360-n2-b8000-available
Option	Capacity	Handled	Four-week cash	Numerical fit
Improve current depot	360	360	A$1,320	Meets both constraints · Candidate for review
Partner overflow	420	360	A$3,840	Meets both constraints
Second depot	450	360	A$9,240	Does not fit

Inspect all inputs, constants, formulas and evaluated rows

Line	Value	Unit	Basis	Formula	Source
Weekly orders D	360	orders/week	editable input; source datum 360	integer 240–600	S02
Coordinator allocations N	2	trained-person allocations	editable input; source datum 2	integer 0–4	S03, S05
Four-week cash ceiling B	8000	AUD/four weeks	editable input; source datum 8000	integer 0–20000	S05
Demand basis	available (synthetic)	status	scenario toggle	missing suppresses candidate selection	S02
Existing capacity	300	orders/week	constant	fixed	S01, S03
Planning period	4	weeks	constant	not calendar month	S04, S05
Unmet with no change	60	orders/week	derived	max(0, D − 300)	S01, S02
Improve current depot: capacity per allocation	30	orders/week/allocation	constant	fixed	S03
Improve current depot: added capacity cap	no added cap within N bounds	orders/week	constant	fixed	S03
Improve current depot: fixed cash	1200	AUD/four weeks	constant	fixed	S04
Improve current depot: unit cash	0.5	AUD/extra order	constant	fixed	S04
Improve current depot: capacity	360	orders/week	derived	300 + 30 × N	S03
Improve current depot: handled	360	orders/week	derived	min(D, capacity)	S02, S03
Improve current depot: unmet	0	orders/week	derived	max(0, D − capacity)	S02, S03
Improve current depot: extra	60	orders/week	derived	max(0, handled − 300)	S03, S04
Improve current depot: cash	1320	AUD/four weeks	derived	fixed + 4 × extra × unit	S04
Improve current depot: meets capacity	true	boolean	derived	unmet = 0	S02, S03
Improve current depot: meets cash	true	boolean	derived	cash ≤ B	S04, S05
Improve current depot: eligible	true	boolean	derived	meets capacity AND meets cash; numerical constraints only	S02–S05
Partner overflow: capacity per allocation	60	orders/week/allocation	constant	fixed	S03
Partner overflow: added capacity cap	120	orders/week	constant	fixed	S03
Partner overflow: fixed cash	2400	AUD/four weeks	constant	fixed	S04
Partner overflow: unit cash	6	AUD/extra order	constant	fixed	S04
Partner overflow: capacity	420	orders/week	derived	300 + min(120, 60 × N)	S03
Partner overflow: handled	360	orders/week	derived	min(D, capacity)	S02, S03
Partner overflow: unmet	0	orders/week	derived	max(0, D − capacity)	S02, S03
Partner overflow: extra	60	orders/week	derived	max(0, handled − 300)	S03, S04
Partner overflow: cash	3840	AUD/four weeks	derived	fixed + 4 × extra × unit	S04
Partner overflow: meets capacity	true	boolean	derived	unmet = 0	S02, S03
Partner overflow: meets cash	true	boolean	derived	cash ≤ B	S04, S05
Partner overflow: eligible	true	boolean	derived	meets capacity AND meets cash; numerical constraints only	S02–S05
Second depot: capacity per allocation	75	orders/week/allocation	constant	fixed	S03
Second depot: added capacity cap	225	orders/week	constant	fixed	S03
Second depot: fixed cash	9000	AUD/four weeks	constant	fixed	S04
Second depot: unit cash	1	AUD/extra order	constant	fixed	S04
Second depot: capacity	450	orders/week	derived	300 + min(225, 75 × N)	S03
Second depot: handled	360	orders/week	derived	min(D, capacity)	S02, S03
Second depot: unmet	0	orders/week	derived	max(0, D − capacity)	S02, S03
Second depot: extra	60	orders/week	derived	max(0, handled − 300)	S03, S04
Second depot: cash	9240	AUD/four weeks	derived	fixed + 4 × extra × unit	S04
Second depot: meets capacity	true	boolean	derived	unmet = 0	S02, S03
Second depot: meets cash	false	boolean	derived	cash ≤ B	S04, S05
Second depot: eligible	false	boolean	derived	meets capacity AND meets cash; numerical constraints only	S02–S05

03 / Readable report

The report, developed from the deck.

The same decision in prose, with exact source links. The conclusion and the next work follow your current scenario.

Question and basis

Fernhill Advisory's fictional question accepted on 2026-09-23 was how Calder could meet about 360 orders a week with a 300-order depot, within four-week incremental cash and trained coordinator allocations. The issued source basis remains 360 orders, two allocations and A$8,000. Your current scenario uses 360 orders/week, 2 allocations and A$8,000 over four weeks. Edited values are assumptions; they never overwrite sources. Demand basis: available, but synthetic and not verified real demand.

Sources: S01 S02 S05

Capacity and cash trade-offs

Without change, 60 orders/week would go unmet. Capacity grows only with available trained coordinator allocations, and partner and second-depot capacity stop at their caps. Cash is fixed incremental cash plus four weeks of extra orders handled above 300; it is not a calendar-month cost or a complete project budget. Improve current depot: capacity 360 orders/week; handled 360; unmet 0; four-week cash A$1,320; Meets both numerical constraints. Partner overflow: capacity 420 orders/week; handled 360; unmet 0; four-week cash A$3,840; Meets both numerical constraints. Second depot: capacity 450 orders/week; handled 360; unmet 0; four-week cash A$9,240; Cash A$9,240 exceeds the ceiling A$8,000.

Sources: S03 S04

Conclusion under the current assumptions

Model candidate for review: Improve current depot · A$1,320 over four weeks · capacity 360 a week. Selection uses the lowest four-week cash among options meeting both numerical constraints. All lowest-cash ties remain unranked. Lease, capital and setup costs; other staffing and opportunity cost; service quality; partner and depot readiness; demand variability and real demand evidence are outside the model. Revenue, margin and ROI are not calculated. A real professional decision remains human-owned.

Sources: S02 S06

Sensitivity and revision

Issued baseline: Model candidate for review: Improve current depot · A$1,320 over four weeks · capacity 360 a week. Current scenario: Model candidate for review: Improve current depot · A$1,320 over four weeks · capacity 360 a week. Demand 360 → 360; allocations 2 → 2; four-week ceiling A$8,000 → A$8,000; basis available → available.

Sources: S02 S03 S04 S05

Next work and decision ownership

Sources: S06

04 / Source register

Six assumption records.

Fixed IDs, dates, versions and exact passages. S02 is the synthetic demand basis; an edited demand value never overwrites it.

S01 · Fictional source

Question brief

2026-09-23 · v1 · DR01#/sources/S01/text

Current depot handles 300 orders a week. Expected weekly orders about 360. Decide within the incremental cash available over the next four weeks, using coordinators already trained. Compare improving the current depot, partner overflow and a second depot.

Used by: Slides 1, 2

S02 · Fictional source

Synthetic demand basis

2026-09-26 · v1 · DR01#/sources/S02/text

Synthetic basis for this teaching case: 360 orders a week, assumed flat across the four-week period. Not derived from any real order history. Range used for scenario testing: 240 to 600.

Used by: Demand input and bounds

S03 · Fictional source

Capacity and coordinator assumption table

2026-09-29 · v1 · DR01#/sources/S03/text

Existing capacity 300 a week. Improve current depot: +30 a week per allocated coordinator. Partner overflow: +60 per coordinator, capped at +120. Second depot: +75 per coordinator, capped at +225. Coordinator allocations available: 0 to 4; default 2.

Used by: Capacity formulas; allocations input

S04 · Fictional source

Four-week cash table

2026-09-30 · v1 · DR01#/sources/S04/text

Incremental cash over four weeks: improve current depot A$1,200 fixed plus A$0.50 per extra order; partner overflow A$2,400 fixed plus A$6 per extra order; second depot A$9,000 fixed plus A$1 per extra order. Extra orders are orders handled above 300.

Used by: Cash formulas

S05 · Fictional source

Budget and staff constraints

2026-10-01 · v1 · DR01#/sources/S05/text

Incremental cash ceiling for the four-week planning period: A$8,000 by default; range tested A$0 to A$20,000. Two trained coordinators can be allocated by default. No new hires in this period.

Used by: Cash ceiling and allocations inputs

S06 · Fictional source

Excluded readiness and cost unknowns

2026-10-01 · v1 · DR01#/sources/S06/text

Not in the model: lease, capital and setup for a second depot; partner carrier readiness and terms; other staffing and opportunity cost; service quality; demand variability; verified demand. These must be checked before any decision.

Used by: Candidate caveats; next actions

05 / What changed

Issued baseline against your scenario.

Substantive fields only: assumptions, handled and unmet orders, cash by option, eligibility, candidate, and the next work that changes. The reviewer commentary beneath is scripted for the issued deck. Changing a control is not a review.

Baseline (issued)

Model candidate for review: Improve current depot · A$1,320 over four weeks · capacity 360 a week

d360-n2-b8000-available

Current scenario

Model candidate for review: Improve current depot · A$1,320 over four weeks · capacity 360 a week

d360-n2-b8000-available

Substantive fields · baseline → current
Option	Capacity / handled / unmet orders per week	Four-week cash	Meets both constraints
Improve current depot	360 / 360 / 0 → 360 / 360 / 0	A$1,320 → A$1,320	Yes → Yes
Partner overflow	420 / 360 / 0 → 420 / 360 / 0	A$3,840 → A$3,840	Yes → Yes
Second depot	450 / 360 / 0 → 450 / 360 / 0	A$9,240 → A$9,240	No → No

Weekly orders (D)360 → 360

Trained coordinator allocations (N)2 → 2

Four-week cash ceiling (B)8000 → 8000

Demand basisAvailable → Available (synthetic)

Next work whose emphasis changed

The action emphasis matches the issued baseline.

Scripted reviewer revision for the issued deck

Return on deck v1, 2026-10-02. These are authored corrections in the fiction, not a real professional review or an approval of your scenario.

Slide 4

Before (v1, withdrawn)
~~The model shows the current depot improvement is viable.~~

After (v2)
The current depot improvement is the lowest-cash option that meets demand and the ceiling in this model. Viability needs the excluded costs and readiness checks.

Reason: A candidate is not viability.

Slide 3

Before (v1, withdrawn)
~~Partner overflow is the low-risk route.~~

After (v2)
Partner overflow has the highest cash per extra order and a hard cap of +120 a week. It fits a narrow band of demand.

Reason: Unsupported risk claim; show the cap.

Slide 5

Before (v1, withdrawn)
~~A second depot is the growth answer for Calder.~~

After (v2)
At 480 orders a week, three coordinator allocations and an A$12,000 four-week ceiling, the second depot is the only modeled option covering demand; lease, capital and setup remain outside the model.

Reason: Scope excludes growth and capital claims.

06 / Next actions

What has to be verified before anyone spends.

Each action has a task, a fictional role owner, the source or dependency it rests on and the evidence that completes it. The model’s exclusions are the first items on the list.

Verify the demand basis with actual order history for the period
First: verify before relying on the model
Fictional owner
Operations lead with finance lead
Depends on
S02, S06
Completion evidence
Four weeks of order counts with source and date
Confirm coordinator allocations and their current duties
Required before a real decision
Fictional owner
Operations lead
Depends on
S03, S05
Completion evidence
Named allocations and backfill, signed by the operations lead
Confirm the four-week incremental cash ceiling
Required before a real decision
Fictional owner
Finance lead
Depends on
S05
Completion evidence
Written ceiling for the period
Obtain partner overflow terms and readiness
Outside the model; check if this option is pursued
Fictional owner
Partner liaison
Depends on
S04, S06
Completion evidence
Carrier terms, capacity confirmation, start date
Scope second-depot lease, capital, setup and timing
Outside the model; check if this option is pursued
Fictional owner
Depot project owner
Depends on
S04, S06
Completion evidence
Costed readiness note
Define the service-quality check for any added capacity
Required before a real decision
Fictional owner
Operations lead
Depends on
S06
Completion evidence
Agreed measure and threshold
Decision meeting on the verified basis
Last: decide only on a verified basis
Fictional owner
Commercial director
Depends on
All above
Completion evidence
Recorded decision

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      "task": "Obtain partner overflow terms and readiness",
      "owner": "Partner liaison",
      "dependsOn": "S04, S06",
      "evidence": "Carrier terms, capacity confirmation, start date",
      "emphasis": "Outside the model; check if this option is pursued",
      "active": true
    },
    {
      "task": "Scope second-depot lease, capital, setup and timing",
      "owner": "Depot project owner",
      "dependsOn": "S04, S06",
      "evidence": "Costed readiness note",
      "emphasis": "Outside the model; check if this option is pursued",
      "active": true
    },
    {
      "task": "Define the service-quality check for any added capacity",
      "owner": "Operations lead",
      "dependsOn": "S06",
      "evidence": "Agreed measure and threshold",
      "emphasis": "Required before a real decision",
      "active": true
    },
    {
      "task": "Decision meeting on the verified basis",
      "owner": "Commercial director",
      "dependsOn": "All above",
      "evidence": "Recorded decision",
      "emphasis": "Last: decide only on a verified basis",
      "active": true
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        "demandBasisAvailable": true
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          "meetsCash": true,
          "eligible": true,
          "reason": "Meets both numerical constraints"
        }
      ],
      "bindingConstraints": "None under the two numerical constraints; excluded conditions remain unresolved",
      "candidateLine": "Model candidate for review: Improve current depot · A$1,320 over four weeks · capacity 360 a week",
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      "scenarioKey": "d360-n2-b8000-available"
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          "cash": 1320,
          "meetsCapacity": true,
          "meetsCash": true,
          "eligible": true,
          "reason": "Meets both numerical constraints"
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        {
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          "name": "Partner overflow",
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          "cap": 120,
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          "unmet": 0,
          "extra": 60,
          "cash": 9240,
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        {
          "id": "current",
          "name": "Improve current depot",
          "perCoordinator": 30,
          "cap": null,
          "fixed": 1200,
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          "meetsCash": true,
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      "candidateLine": "Model candidate for review: Improve current depot · A$1,320 over four weeks · capacity 360 a week",
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      "scenarioKey": "d360-n2-b8000-available"
    },
    "summary": "Issued baseline: Model candidate for review: Improve current depot · A$1,320 over four weeks · capacity 360 a week. Current scenario: Model candidate for review: Improve current depot · A$1,320 over four weeks · capacity 360 a week. Demand 360 → 360; allocations 2 → 2; four-week ceiling A$8,000 → A$8,000; basis available → available.",
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      {
        "task": "Verify the demand basis with actual order history for the period",
        "owner": "Operations lead with finance lead",
        "dependsOn": "S02, S06",
        "evidence": "Four weeks of order counts with source and date",
        "emphasis": "First: verify before relying on the model",
        "active": true
      },
      {
        "task": "Confirm coordinator allocations and their current duties",
        "owner": "Operations lead",
        "dependsOn": "S03, S05",
        "evidence": "Named allocations and backfill, signed by the operations lead",
        "emphasis": "Required before a real decision",
        "active": true
      },
      {
        "task": "Confirm the four-week incremental cash ceiling",
        "owner": "Finance lead",
        "dependsOn": "S05",
        "evidence": "Written ceiling for the period",
        "emphasis": "Required before a real decision",
        "active": true
      },
      {
        "task": "Obtain partner overflow terms and readiness",
        "owner": "Partner liaison",
        "dependsOn": "S04, S06",
        "evidence": "Carrier terms, capacity confirmation, start date",
        "emphasis": "Outside the model; check if this option is pursued",
        "active": true
      },
      {
        "task": "Scope second-depot lease, capital, setup and timing",
        "owner": "Depot project owner",
        "dependsOn": "S04, S06",
        "evidence": "Costed readiness note",
        "emphasis": "Outside the model; check if this option is pursued",
        "active": true
      },
      {
        "task": "Define the service-quality check for any added capacity",
        "owner": "Operations lead",
        "dependsOn": "S06",
        "evidence": "Agreed measure and threshold",
        "emphasis": "Required before a real decision",
        "active": true
      },
      {
        "task": "Decision meeting on the verified basis",
        "owner": "Commercial director",
        "dependsOn": "All above",
        "evidence": "Recorded decision",
        "emphasis": "Last: decide only on a verified basis",
        "active": true
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    {
      "id": "S01",
      "title": "Question brief",
      "date": "2026-09-23",
      "version": "v1",
      "text": "Current depot handles 300 orders a week. Expected weekly orders about 360. Decide within the incremental cash available over the next four weeks, using coordinators already trained. Compare improving the current depot, partner overflow and a second depot.",
      "usedBy": "Slides 1, 2"
    },
    {
      "id": "S02",
      "title": "Synthetic demand basis",
      "date": "2026-09-26",
      "version": "v1",
      "text": "Synthetic basis for this teaching case: 360 orders a week, assumed flat across the four-week period. Not derived from any real order history. Range used for scenario testing: 240 to 600.",
      "usedBy": "Demand input and bounds"
    },
    {
      "id": "S03",
      "title": "Capacity and coordinator assumption table",
      "date": "2026-09-29",
      "version": "v1",
      "text": "Existing capacity 300 a week. Improve current depot: +30 a week per allocated coordinator. Partner overflow: +60 per coordinator, capped at +120. Second depot: +75 per coordinator, capped at +225. Coordinator allocations available: 0 to 4; default 2.",
      "usedBy": "Capacity formulas; allocations input"
    },
    {
      "id": "S04",
      "title": "Four-week cash table",
      "date": "2026-09-30",
      "version": "v1",
      "text": "Incremental cash over four weeks: improve current depot A$1,200 fixed plus A$0.50 per extra order; partner overflow A$2,400 fixed plus A$6 per extra order; second depot A$9,000 fixed plus A$1 per extra order. Extra orders are orders handled above 300.",
      "usedBy": "Cash formulas"
    },
    {
      "id": "S05",
      "title": "Budget and staff constraints",
      "date": "2026-10-01",
      "version": "v1",
      "text": "Incremental cash ceiling for the four-week planning period: A$8,000 by default; range tested A$0 to A$20,000. Two trained coordinators can be allocated by default. No new hires in this period.",
      "usedBy": "Cash ceiling and allocations inputs"
    },
    {
      "id": "S06",
      "title": "Excluded readiness and cost unknowns",
      "date": "2026-10-01",
      "version": "v1",
      "text": "Not in the model: lease, capital and setup for a second depot; partner carrier readiness and terms; other staffing and opportunity cost; service quality; demand variability; verified demand. These must be checked before any decision.",
      "usedBy": "Candidate caveats; next actions"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "location": "Slide 4",
      "before": "The model shows the current depot improvement is viable.",
      "after": "The current depot improvement is the lowest-cash option that meets demand and the ceiling in this model. Viability needs the excluded costs and readiness checks.",
      "reason": "A candidate is not viability."
    },
    {
      "location": "Slide 3",
      "before": "Partner overflow is the low-risk route.",
      "after": "Partner overflow has the highest cash per extra order and a hard cap of +120 a week. It fits a narrow band of demand.",
      "reason": "Unsupported risk claim; show the cap."
    },
    {
      "location": "Slide 5",
      "before": "A second depot is the growth answer for Calder.",
      "after": "At 480 orders a week, three coordinator allocations and an A$12,000 four-week ceiling, the second depot is the only modeled option covering demand; lease, capital and setup remain outside the model.",
      "reason": "Scope excludes growth and capital claims."
    }
  ],
  "deck": [
    {
      "title": "The question",
      "body": "Calder Supply handles 300 orders a week. The synthetic basis says about 360 are coming (S02). There are three ways to add capacity (S01), one four-week cash ceiling and two trained coordinators to allocate (S05). This deck answers two things: which option is a numerical fit under fixed assumptions, and what has to be verified before anyone spends.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S01",
        "S02",
        "S05"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "The current constraint",
      "body": "At 300 orders a week the depot is full. Every order above 300 is handled by added capacity or goes unmet. Under your scenario, 60 orders a week would go unmet with no change. The constraint is capacity; cash and people limit how it can be added.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S01",
        "S03"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Three ways to add capacity",
      "body": "Improve the current depot: +30 a week per coordinator, lowest fixed cash, lowest cash per extra order. Partner overflow: +60 per coordinator, capped at +120, moderate fixed cash, highest cash per extra order. Second depot: +75 per coordinator, capped at +225, highest fixed cash, low cash per extra order. At 360 orders and 2 coordinators: Improve current depot: capacity 360 orders/week; handled 360; unmet 0; four-week cash A$1,320; Meets both numerical constraints. Partner overflow: capacity 420 orders/week; handled 360; unmet 0; four-week cash A$3,840; Meets both numerical constraints. Second depot: capacity 450 orders/week; handled 360; unmet 0; four-week cash A$9,240; Cash A$9,240 exceeds the ceiling A$8,000.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S03",
        "S04"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "The model candidate",
      "body": "Model candidate for review: Improve current depot · A$1,320 over four weeks · capacity 360 a week. Candidate means it meets demand and the cash ceiling in this model, under fixed assumptions. It does not mean viable. Lease, capital and setup costs; other staffing and opportunity cost; service quality; partner and depot readiness; demand variability and real demand evidence are outside the model. Revenue, margin and ROI are not calculated. A real professional decision remains human-owned.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S06"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "What changes when the numbers change",
      "body": "Issued baseline 360 · 2 · A$8,000: improve the current depot at A$1,320. At 400 orders the current depot falls 40 short and partner overflow becomes the candidate at A$4,800. At 480 orders with three coordinators and A$12,000, only the second depot covers demand, at A$9,720. At 600 orders with two coordinators nothing fits: capacity binds for every option. Without a demand basis, no candidate is selected. Your scenario against the baseline: Issued baseline: Model candidate for review: Improve current depot · A$1,320 over four weeks · capacity 360 a week. Current scenario: Model candidate for review: Improve current depot · A$1,320 over four weeks · capacity 360 a week. Demand 360 → 360; allocations 2 → 2; four-week ceiling A$8,000 → A$8,000; basis available → available.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S02",
        "S03",
        "S04",
        "S05"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Next actions, with owners",
      "body": "Verify the demand basis with actual order history for the period — Operations lead with finance lead. First: verify before relying on the model. Completion: Four weeks of order counts with source and date. Confirm coordinator allocations and their current duties — Operations lead. Required before a real decision. Completion: Named allocations and backfill, signed by the operations lead. Confirm the four-week incremental cash ceiling — Finance lead. Required before a real decision. Completion: Written ceiling for the period. Obtain partner overflow terms and readiness — Partner liaison. Outside the model; check if this option is pursued. Completion: Carrier terms, capacity confirmation, start date. Scope second-depot lease, capital, setup and timing — Depot project owner. Outside the model; check if this option is pursued. Completion: Costed readiness note. Define the service-quality check for any added capacity — Operations lead. Required before a real decision. Completion: Agreed measure and threshold. Decision meeting on the verified basis — Commercial director. Last: decide only on a verified basis. Completion: Recorded decision. Verification first; spend after.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S02",
        "S03",
        "S04",
        "S05",
        "S06"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "What the reviewer changed, and why",
      "body": "Scripted reviewer revision for the issued deck, not a live review. The return on deck v1 on 2026-10-02 removed a viability claim, an unsupported low-risk description of partner overflow and a broad growth claim about the second depot. Read the full before/after record in What changed. A control change in the room is not a review.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S03",
        "S04",
        "S06"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Sources, formulas and the next step",
      "body": "S01 to S06 are invented assumption records. Handled = min(demand, capacity); unmet = max(0, demand − capacity); extra = max(0, handled − 300); cash = fixed + 4 × extra × unit. Deck v1 2026-10-01, return 2026-10-02, v2 issued 2026-10-06. Next step for Calder: commission the verification actions, then decide. Fictional throughout.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S01",
        "S02",
        "S03",
        "S04",
        "S05",
        "S06"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "report": [
    {
      "title": "Question and basis",
      "body": "Fernhill Advisory's fictional question accepted on 2026-09-23 was how Calder could meet about 360 orders a week with a 300-order depot, within four-week incremental cash and trained coordinator allocations. The issued source basis remains 360 orders, two allocations and A$8,000. Your current scenario uses 360 orders/week, 2 allocations and A$8,000 over four weeks. Edited values are assumptions; they never overwrite sources. Demand basis: available, but synthetic and not verified real demand.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S01",
        "S02",
        "S05"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Capacity and cash trade-offs",
      "body": "Without change, 60 orders/week would go unmet. Capacity grows only with available trained coordinator allocations, and partner and second-depot capacity stop at their caps. Cash is fixed incremental cash plus four weeks of extra orders handled above 300; it is not a calendar-month cost or a complete project budget. Improve current depot: capacity 360 orders/week; handled 360; unmet 0; four-week cash A$1,320; Meets both numerical constraints. Partner overflow: capacity 420 orders/week; handled 360; unmet 0; four-week cash A$3,840; Meets both numerical constraints. Second depot: capacity 450 orders/week; handled 360; unmet 0; four-week cash A$9,240; Cash A$9,240 exceeds the ceiling A$8,000.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S03",
        "S04"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Conclusion under the current assumptions",
      "body": "Model candidate for review: Improve current depot · A$1,320 over four weeks · capacity 360 a week. Selection uses the lowest four-week cash among options meeting both numerical constraints. All lowest-cash ties remain unranked. Lease, capital and setup costs; other staffing and opportunity cost; service quality; partner and depot readiness; demand variability and real demand evidence are outside the model. Revenue, margin and ROI are not calculated. A real professional decision remains human-owned.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S02",
        "S06"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Sensitivity and revision",
      "body": "Issued baseline: Model candidate for review: Improve current depot · A$1,320 over four weeks · capacity 360 a week. Current scenario: Model candidate for review: Improve current depot · A$1,320 over four weeks · capacity 360 a week. Demand 360 → 360; allocations 2 → 2; four-week ceiling A$8,000 → A$8,000; basis available → available.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S02",
        "S03",
        "S04",
        "S05"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Next work and decision ownership",
      "body": "Verify the demand basis with actual order history for the period — Operations lead with finance lead. First: verify before relying on the model. Completion: Four weeks of order counts with source and date. Confirm coordinator allocations and their current duties — Operations lead. Required before a real decision. Completion: Named allocations and backfill, signed by the operations lead. Confirm the four-week incremental cash ceiling — Finance lead. Required before a real decision. Completion: Written ceiling for the period. Obtain partner overflow terms and readiness — Partner liaison. Outside the model; check if this option is pursued. Completion: Carrier terms, capacity confirmation, start date. Scope second-depot lease, capital, setup and timing — Depot project owner. Outside the model; check if this option is pursued. Completion: Costed readiness note. Define the service-quality check for any added capacity — Operations lead. Required before a real decision. Completion: Agreed measure and threshold. Decision meeting on the verified basis — Commercial director. Last: decide only on a verified basis. Completion: Recorded decision. The commercial director owns the eventual decision on verified evidence. No meeting, spend, review approval or client acceptance is created by this page. The issued reviewer revision is scripted, and the narrative was prepared with AI assistance.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "S06"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "limits": "Lease, capital and setup costs; other staffing and opportunity cost; service quality; partner and depot readiness; demand variability and real demand evidence are outside the model. Revenue, margin and ROI are not calculated. A real professional decision remains human-owned."
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