AI INVENTORY MANAGEMENT EXPERIMENT
Practical AI Experiments by Shyam Uthaman
https://shyamuthaman.com

WHAT IS INCLUDED
01-inventory-r1.xlsx
02-inventory-r2.xlsx
03-prompts.txt
04-README_FIRST.txt
05-COPYRIGHT.txt
06-answer-key-and-results.txt

HOW TO RUN THE EXPERIMENT
1. Start a fresh ChatGPT conversation.
2. Upload 01-inventory-r1.xlsx.
3. Copy the Round 1 prompt from 03-prompts.txt and run it.
4. Save the result before looking at the answer key.
5. Start another fresh ChatGPT conversation.
6. Upload 02-inventory-r2.xlsx.
7. Copy the Round 2 prompt from 03-prompts.txt and run it.
8. Compare your results with 06-answer-key-and-results.txt.

ABOUT THE FILES
The workbooks contain synthetic inventory data and synthetic business rules created for this experiment. They are designed to test whether an AI model can apply explicit inventory policies rather than simply react to low or high stock quantities.

IMPORTANT
This package is educational. Do not use the synthetic rules as your company's inventory policy. Real inventory decisions may depend on service levels, supplier reliability, minimum order quantities, seasonality, shelf life, capacity, customer commitments, financial constraints, and other factors not represented here.

Do not let an AI system place purchase orders or change inventory records based on this experiment. Test any real workflow against your organization's approved rules, known outcomes, data policies, and human review controls.
