Enterprise Decision Systems
Designed from the decision down
An Enterprise Decision System (EDS) brings trusted data, governed business logic, AI and the apps people act in together around one recurring decision.
Three decisions, three systems
Every Enterprise Decision System is built around a decision a team makes again and again. Here is what three of them look like.
Demand planning team, consumer goods
Northeast demand is down 8% next quarter. What is driving it, and what should we change?
What changes for the team
- Signals from retailers, promotions and history in one governed view
- The scenario runs on the approved plan, not a spreadsheet copy
- The approved change flows to replenishment and the S&OP pack
Two retailers cut promotions. Holding the plan risks 11 days of excess inventory; a 6% reduction keeps service above 97%.
Leadership team, professional services
Do we have the capacity to deliver our pipeline profitably, and what should we change?
What changes for the team
- Pipeline, time, project and people data joined into one view
- Options compared on revenue, margin and utilization with approved logic
- The plan and staffing update once leadership decides
| Option | Margin | Utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Hire four | 38% | 76% |
| Subcontract the peak | 34% | 81% |
| Defer low-margin work | 40% | 83% |
Recommended: hire two, subcontract the peak and defer one low-margin project. Margin holds at 39% with utilization at 80%.
Finance and division leaders
Which investments do we fund this year, and which wait?
What changes for the team
- Every request scored the same way, against the same plan
- Trade-offs between returns, timing and cash shown side by side
- Approved projects flow into the capital plan and the forecast
Fund seven of eleven projects, phase two into next year and defer two. Spend lands at $118M against a $120M budget.
Isn't this just dashboards and a chatbot?
No. Each of those tools does part of the job. An Enterprise Decision System does all of it, around one decision.
Yes Partly No
| Capability | Dashboards and BI | AI assistants | Planning tools alone | Enterprise Decision System |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trusted, reconciled data | Partly | Partly | Partly | Yes |
| Governed business logic: drivers, rules, scenarios | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| AI that explains the numbers and drafts options | No | Yes | Partly | Yes |
| The decision acted on and recorded | No | No | Partly | Yes |
| The decision shared in the reports and decks leaders already use | Partly | Partly | Partly | Yes |
We design it, then we build every layer
The team that designs your system builds it. We don't hand a blueprint to someone else to implement.
Data foundations
Pipelines, data cleansing and modeling, and the governed tables in Databricks, Snowflake or Microsoft Fabric that each decision depends on.
Planning models
Anaplan models for the drivers, rules and scenarios behind the decision, whether we build from scratch or extend what you already run.
Integrations
Connections to your ERP, HCM and CRM, so data moves on schedule without manual uploads. Your systems of record stay in place.
Decision applications
The custom apps and dashboards people review, approve and act in, plus the reports and decks that share the decision.
AI agents
Agents grounded in your governed data and logic that explain the numbers, draft options and prepare the decision pack.
Start with the decision that matters most this year, prove the value with that team, then extend to the next. We build alongside your people so you own the system, and our Center of Excellence (COE) stays close as it grows.
Start with one decision
Tell us the decision that matters most to your business this year. We'll talk through what an Enterprise Decision System for it would involve.