Following three days of discovery sessions with Danny Castro, three engagement options were prepared for Leila and Jeremy's review. All options share the same goal — warehouse operations efficiency before Q4 — but differ in resourcing, pace, and what gets deprioritized. Option C was selected.

Plan A
Full-Time
Parallel Tracks
$20K / month · 5 months
  • Two near-FTE engineers + junior, dedicated to warehouse
  • Bucket 1 (Order Entry + EDI): all retailers done before August
  • Buckets 2–4 (Shipment, Routing, Billing): complete by November 1
  • Reporting Portal, CRM, Monthly Report rollout: all continue at current pace
  • No deprioritization across other workstreams
Plan B
Hours Split
Across Everything
$10K / month · current rate
  • Warehouse competes with Portal, CRM, and Monthly Reports for the same hours
  • Bucket 1 (Order Entry + EDI): end of November / December — after busy season
  • No meaningful warehouse delivery before September
  • Portal, CRM, Monthly Reports: all move slowly and partially
  • Effectively status quo with warehouse added to an already full plate
✓  Selected Plan
Plan C
Warehouse as
Primary Focus
$10K / month · current rate
  • Bucket 1 Spring Systems (Order Entry + EDI): target August 1
  • Bucket 1 Bamboo Rose + SPS: target August 1, may slip to end of August
  • Warehouse becomes the primary engineering priority
  • Monthly Report rollout to all brands — continues alongside warehouse*
  • CRM migration — scoped to HubSpot baseline cutover
  • Remaining portal sections deprioritized
  • Buckets 2–4 (Shipment, Routing, Billing): end of 2026 / early 2027
  • Remaining CRM features + portal sections: end of 2026 / early 2027