Devonport businesses don't need another generic AI pitch. AI demand forecasting only earns its keep when it's built around the workflow you actually run on a wet Tuesday, and that's how we scope every engagement we take on in Tasmania.
AI demand forecasting designed around the way a Devonport team actually runs.
What AI demand forecasting actually does
Forecasts that account for school holidays, NZ weather, tourist seasons, and your own promo calendar. Order the right stock, roster the right hours, plan the next quarter with actual numbers.
- 01 Combines your sales history with weather, calendar, and event data
- 02 Per-SKU and per-store forecasts, not whole-business averages
- 03 Re-forecasts weekly as new data comes in
- 04 Explains the why behind every number
Built on: Prophet DuckDB Claude BigQuery Vercel
Without Koala Dynamics
With Koala Dynamics
What we keep seeing in Devonport.
- Devonport is the freight gateway to Tasmania, where the Spirit of Tasmania sets the clock for a lot of local business.
- Ferry freight, agriculture, vegetable processing and logistics on the north west coast. Timetable-driven dispatch and customer updates are constant and still largely manual.
We work with teams across Devonport: Devonport CBD · East Devonport · Latrobe · Spreyton · Ulverstone.
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How we build AI demand forecasting for a Devonport team.
We scope narrow, ship a working pilot, then harden it into production. The first slice is the highest-leverage workflow for your Devonport business, so value lands before the build is finished. AI sales + stock forecasting.
Talk to usThe outcome for Devonport teams
If we build the right slice first, Devonport teams feel the difference inside the first month. Stockouts down 35%, overstock down 22% in the first season.
Not your typical AI agency.
Honest about what AI can and cannot do
Ships the one workflow that pays for itself
Hours given back, never the size of the invoice
*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.
FAQ
How fast could we have AI demand forecasting in production?
Eight to ten weeks for most Devonport businesses. Faster if your data is in good shape and slower if we're untangling a legacy integration first. We'll give you a realistic number on the scoping call rather than the optimistic one.
What's the smallest engagement you'd take on?
A two-week paid discovery for Devonport businesses that aren't sure whether the build is worth doing at all. You get a one-page write-up of what we'd build, what we'd skip, and what it would cost. About 30% of those discoveries end with us recommending you don't proceed.
What's the realistic outcome for Devonport businesses?
Stockouts down 35%, overstock down 22% in the first season. We don't promise tenfold lifts because we don't see them outside of marketing decks.
What if our Devonport doesn't have any data ready?
Most don't. Getting the data into shape - ingestion, cleaning, the lightweight contracts you need before any model is useful - is part of the engagement. For AI demand forecasting specifically, we typically run that work on Prophet, DuckDB, Claude, BigQuery, Vercel and assume messy starting conditions from day one.
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Tell us what you're trying to do and we'll reply with how we'd build it - no obligation.