How to Reduce Total-Cost-per-Order by Balancing, Not Overriding Smart Systems

Now, with BVI continuously monitoring trade-offs and recommending system-wide improvements, Rick doesn’t have to babysit every module. 

“He now has an integrated real-time adaptive decision layer.”

And he’s already building the case for phase two: value-led orchestration of packing workflows, dock scheduling, and shipping priorities using BVI as the backbone.

By the end of the year, Rick is aiming to take another 5–7% off TCPO not by running faster in silos, but by running smarter as a system.