AI demand forecasting in Palmerston North.
AI demand forecasting designed around the way a Palmerston North team actually runs.
Palmerston North moves freight for much of the country and hosts the Linton and Ohakea defence bases. We automate dispatch, bookings and reporting for the firms serving them.
What AI demand forecasting actually does
Forecasts that account for school holidays, NZ weather, tourist seasons, and your own promo calendar. With the right workflow automated, nine hours of admin a week could drop to about one.*
*Illustrative example only, based on 9 hours a week of admin falling to about 1 hour a week. Actual results vary by workflow and business.
Small team.
Real systems.
Zero fluff.
What you get
What changes for Palmerston North teams after this lands: the work that used to need a person stays done, the work that needs a person gets done with their attention undivided.
- Combines your sales history with weather, calendar, and event data
- Per-SKU and per-store forecasts, not whole-business averages
- Re-forecasts weekly as new data comes in
- Explains the why behind every number
- No AI theatre
- No annual contracts
Not your typical AI agency.
*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.
Already buried in admin? We'll sort the first workflow for you :)
Nine hours a week of admin is 468 hours a year. That could drop to about 52.*
*Illustrative, based on 9 hours a week of admin at a typical 80% automation rate. The calculator uses your own numbers.
From one-person trades to national organisations, we find the hours :)
The questions a public sector buyer asks, answered up front: privacy impact, the NZISM, where the data lives and how an algorithm is held to account.
*Illustrative example based on nine hours a week of admin. Actual results vary by workflow and business.
Palmerston North, up close.
The Manawatū economy spans distribution and logistics, construction, manufacturing, agritech and research science, and Palmerston North is home to the Linton and Ohakea defence bases.
Te Utanganui, the central New Zealand distribution hub, connects road, rail, air and sea networks from Palmerston North. Wellington Anniversary Day falls on on or near 22 January.
Questions Palmerston North businesses ask
How quickly can we see something running?
Week three for a clickable internal demo against real data. Week six for a slice your team can actually use. We hold ourselves to those numbers because they're what stops a project drifting into "endless discovery".
Has this actually shipped for a real Palmerston North?
Yes. Stockouts down 35%, overstock down 22% in the first season. We'll share comparable engagements on the call.
What's the smallest engagement you'd take on?
A two-week paid discovery for Palmerston North businesses that aren't sure whether the build is worth doing at all. You get a one-page write-up of what we'd build, what we'd skip, and what it would cost. About 30% of those discoveries end with us recommending you don't proceed.
Does scheduling handle public holidays?
It should. New Zealand has 11 national public holidays, including Matariki, plus a regional anniversary day that depends on where your business is.
Can you work to the NZISM?
The NZISM is the government's information security manual and is written for vendors serving agencies as well as the agencies themselves, so government-adjacent work should be built to it.
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