See It Work — Three costed response options in fifteen minutes | Book 04 · AI Agents for Supply Chain

When a disruption lands, the expensive thing is the time spent figuring out what to do. An automated-disruption-response agent produces three detailed response options with costs and probabilities in fifteen minutes, and recommends a combination. In one real case, that recommendation saved $446K compared to inaction — the cost of the delay you'd otherwise eat.

Inaction during a disruption isn't neutral — it's the most expensive option, accruing cost every hour. Costed options in fifteen minutes mean you choose deliberately instead of paying for delay.

What this means for you

The agent delivers three costed response options in fifteen minutes — inaction is the expensive choice. What this means for you: when disruption hits, you choose from costed options in fifteen minutes instead of paying for the delay of figuring it out — and you see clearly that doing nothing is the most expensive option, accruing cost every hour you wait.

Costed options in fifteen minutes beat the cost of delay:

Disruption Response

disruptionhits

3 optionscosted, in 15 minutes

recommendationthe best combination

vs inaction$446K saved

Three detailed response options with costs and probabilities in fifteen minutes — the recommended combination saved $446K compared to inaction.

For the technical reader — the command, and how to verify it yourself

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# -> three costed response options in fifteen minutes, beating inaction

Full step-by-step is in Appendix RX: Hands-On Demonstrations in the book.