The licence ledger
IllustrativeThe commercial shape of a supply-chain stack, as a buyer reads it
- Basis of charge
- Per node, per planner, per module. The network you exist to grow and the people who run it are the two things on the invoice.
- Growth condition
- New sites, lanes and planners are additive across every module at once. Consolidation rarely removes the same lines before the term ends.
- Model opacity
- The forecasting and optimisation artefacts are licensed, not transferred. Tuning them to your network sits outside what the contract covers.
- On exit
- Stock policies, lane definitions and floor layouts sit inside the vendors' schemas — not in an asset you hold.
Shape only — the direction of travel, not a quantity. Your own curve comes from your own renewal schedule.