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Product · Live Pilot

90 days. Fixed fee.
+2% EBITDA on the table.

Run Ward on your real POS, labor, finance, inventory, and ERP data. First insight cards in 48 hours, loop closed within a quarter. Success metrics agreed up front.

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First insight cards

From a read-only connection to your warehouse, ERP, and POS, Ward surfaces the first findings within two business days. Full stack online inside a week.

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Days, end to end

Detection, attribution, action, outcome. The full loop, tested on your data and your stack. KPIs and close criteria signed before kickoff.

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Target EBITDA improvement

Conservative target across margin, labor, and shrinkage: ~30 bps fill, ~50 bps assortment, ~80 bps shrink, ~40 bps promo. The math sits on the table before you sign.

What the pilot proves

Detection isn’t the gap. Every retailer has dashboards. What’s missing is the loop: detection → attribution → action → outcome, on real data, in production. The pilot proves it in 90 days, on your stack and your KPIs, with your finance team in the room.

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Full data stack connected
POS, labor, finance, inventory, ERP, all read into Ward’s unified data layer and correlated. Read-only access throughout.
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Chartered agents running continuously
Five agents on watch: revenue, stores, finance, inventory, supply chain. Each runs under a written charter, every edit logged with name, time, and approver. Cards surface daily to the right people.
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Outcomes measured
Every action tracked, every outcome fed back. Each cycle makes the agents sharper. Forecasts backtested against the prior 24 months on every refresh.
“The $1.8T AI market is here. The question is whether your tools connect insight to action, or just show you charts.”
Ward thesis, backed by McKinsey & Gartner research

The data case

$40B+
Revenue at stake from stockouts
Each year in the U.S. alone. AI-powered demand forecasting reduces stockout rates by 20–50%.
IHL Group, 2023
2–4%
Margin improvement from AI pricing
Dynamic pricing and markdown optimization translating to tens of millions in incremental profit.
McKinsey, 2024
$112B
Lost to retail shrinkage in 2022
AI-based anomaly detection identifies loss patterns weeks earlier, cutting shrinkage by up to 20%.
NRF, 2023

See Ward across verticals

30,000+
Grocery & Supermarket
Fresh availability, shrinkage, and promo effectiveness across hundreds of stores. Ward monitors perishable turn rates and flags waste before it happens.
15,000+
Fashion & Apparel
Seasonal sell-through, size curve optimization, and markdown timing. Ward monitors style velocity and flags slow movers before the window closes.
3,000+
Convenience & C-Store
High-frequency, low-SKU environments where every facing counts. Ward monitors impulse categories and daypart demand patterns around the clock.
20,000+
Pharmacy & Health
Regulated inventory, seasonal demand spikes, and front-of-store optimization. Ward handles the complexity so your pharmacists focus on patients.
50,000+
Home Improvement
Project-based purchasing, long-tail SKUs, and seasonal volatility. Ward manages the complexity of 50,000+ SKU environments with ease.
10,000+
Furniture Manufacturing & Retail
ERP-locked production data, long lead times, and margin erosion you don't see until quarter-end. Ward connects your internal systems and surfaces what matters.
5,000+
Specialty Retail
High-consideration purchases, curated assortments, and customer lifetime value. Ward tracks the metrics that matter for margin-rich retail.

Two ways to start.

Run a fixed-fee pilot on your data, or talk to advisory about a broader engagement.

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Insight
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The Closed Loop
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Insights surface

Ward’s agents detect what changed, why it matters, and what to do about it. Every insight includes a recommended action. Not just a chart to interpret.

Real-time detection Root cause + recommendation
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Insights become actions

Any insight card can be turned into a tracked ticket or task. Dispatched to the right person, on the right channel: mobile push, text, or email. Not every insight needs a ticket. When one does, it has an owner.

Tickets created automatically Dispatched to the right person
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Your team responds

Insights get voted up or down with reasoning. Tickets get completed or rejected. Every response is a signal. Ward learns what worked, what missed, and why.

Vote up / down Ticket completed Reasoning attached
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Outcomes measured

Ward evaluates real results: revenue, margin, fill rate, labor cost. Did the action actually improve the number it targeted? Measured outcomes, not assumptions.

KPI impact tracked Results vs. prediction scored
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Agents get sharper

Every vote, every completed ticket, every measured outcome feeds back in. Ward learns from your team’s judgment and real-world results. Each cycle sharpens the next. Then it starts again.

Cycle repeats, sharper each time
$1.8T
Projected global AI market by 2030
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Customer acquisition lift for data‑driven orgs
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Foundation models shipped since 2022
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Guarantees any single model stays on top

Your stores are generating data right now.

Ward turns it into +2% EBITDA, on a fixed fee, in 90 days.

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