QUESTION 4 · SINGLE YEAR 1 VISIBILITY INITIATIVE
What stock can we genuinely promise?
Batch records → eligible stock → retailer promise → verified action
One stock truth, batch by batch
Quantity, stock status and shelf life—not just a total.
| Batch / expiry | Recorded | Committed | Status | Eligible now |
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Where records come from—and what the investment funds
Requests and existing commitments from usable ordering channels or assisted capture.
Receipts, expiry, location, quality status and counts from interfaces or standard uploads.
Dispatch, proof of delivery and returns update custody and the next review.
The initiative includes capture, interfaces, reconciliation, access controls, training and support. These are local simulated records; no company system is connected.
Test a retailer promise
Use the right stock for this order.
Illustrative approved customer rules at delivery; not universal FMCG thresholds. Planned arrival: 11 Oct 2026.
A stock-backed quantity is not dispatch approval. Credit, pack, load, service time and approved custody must also pass.
Turn visibility into a verified action
Hold uncertainty, assign an owner, then recheck the promise.
Counting verifies quantity only. Quarantined stock still needs a separate Quality release.
Can we serve a route economically?
Consolidation helps only when stock and operating checks also hold.
A separate illustrative multi-order circuit. This checkbox is an assumption, not verification of the single order in the inventory view.
Cost per order: reference vs plan
Cost must be <₹120/order with assumed comparable urban cost ₹100.
Route assumptions and scope
All-in service cost = ₹7,000 fixed per trip + ₹60 per confirmed order. Contribution = ₹250/order after product and trade costs − all-in service cost. The 150-order capacity and cost scope are illustrative. Finance must verify transport, handling, partner fees, failures/returns, support and working capital. This experiment does not change the single-order stock ledger or district KPIs.
Does the next wave earn approval?
Independent illustrative district evidence—not results caused by this demo.
Approval safeguards and evidence
Strict case targets: service >80%, forecast accuracy >70%, cover <35 days, expiry/damage <2%, cost <1.2× urban. Additional proposed gates include stock accuracy ≥95%, mandatory events ≥98%, zero critical quality breaches, positive contribution and approved capacity/support. Operations require 8–12 weeks against matched controls; freshness/economics require 3–6 months or the relevant category cycle. Simulated here; human approval remains necessary.
Evidence releases waves—not the calendar
Verify records, owners and stock.
200–500 villages against controls.
Conditional 2–3k across districts.
Conditional 10–15k if every gate passes.
Keep the last viable footprint, e.g. 3k. Repair, reopen evidence and retest. Do not force 15k.
At least two completed cycles, approved assortment/calendar and no unresolved critical quality issue. Remove duplicates and lapses.
Five-year ambition: 100k additional sustained villages. A + B describe 75k. Audit the nominal 25k Pool X gap; pilot eligible types from Year 2, with reserves for rejection and lapses.