Temperature-controlled wholesale
Cold-room variance after port strikes
Challenge · Finance saw rising spoilage accruals while operations insisted probes were stable—no shared narrative for auditors.
Intervention · Dock-to-ledger reconciliation lab paired with a Stock cover heatmap sprint to expose ASN timing drift versus probe placement.
Outcome · Month-end adjustments now carry a joint ops/finance memo with explicit temperature blind spots instead of dueling spreadsheets.