KEEL — Lab

The decision engines, exposed. Change any input and watch the conclusion move.

PART 1

How many days until the line stops?

Three systems disagree about how much stock you have. KEEL always takes the lowest — overstating stock costs you the plant, understating costs a little carrying cost.

Spreadsheet maths
8.9d
800 ÷ 90
KEEL
1.7d
basis 304 · implied from usage
⚠ Stock signals disagree by 496 units (ERP 800, warehouse 390, implied 304). Used 304 from implied_from_usage.
Available for production154 units
First stockout2026-09-03 02:04
Shortfall117 units
Severitycritical
Orders at risk
PROD-882high
slips 1.3d · due 2026-09-06 · ₹24,50,000 at risk

Try it: set the inbound PO to arrive in 3 days with the order due in 5. Total quantity is plenty, but the line still stops — enough units, wrong week. Then untick “PO is trusted” to see what happens when a supplier’s claim doesn’t hold up.

PART 2

Is this a commitment, or a feeling?

A reply counts only if it has a specific date and a specific quantity and no hedging. Philips told Ericsson “about a week”. It was nine months, and it cost $2.34bn.

✗ NON-COMMITMENT
The PO stops counting toward coverage. The agent writes back demanding a specific date and quantity.
Date
—
Quantity
—
Hedges
5
Hedging detected
maytryingwill updatesoondate range instead of a firm date

Try it: take the firm reply and change “will send” to “should send”. One word, and a plan you could build on becomes a plan you can’t.