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1*** SYNTHETIC DATA. This transcript is entirely fictional. Acme Org, Meridian
2*** Consulting and every person named are invented. Any resemblance to a real
3*** organisation or individual is coincidental. Generated for the RELEX challenge
4*** track, AaltoAI Hackathon 2026.
6Meeting: Bakery design workshop
7Customer: Acme Org (Grocery Retail, EMEA)
8Date: 2026-03-17
9Phase: Implementation
10Attendees: Nadia Haddad (RELEX), Tomas Lindholm (RELEX), Sofia Almeida (Acme), Priya Nair (Acme), Ivan Petrov (Meridian), Ruth Oyelaran (Meridian)
12Nadia Haddad
130:330:33
14NH
15Nadia Haddad 33 seconds
16First proper design session on
17Ruth Oyelaran
180:390:39
19RO
20Ruth Oyelaran 39 seconds
21Mm, okay.
22Nadia Haddad
230:400:40
24NH
25Nadia Haddad 40 seconds
26bakery. Meridian owns the production plan, we own the demand signal, and today we agree where,
27Nadia Haddad 52 seconds
28the line sits.
29Ruth Oyelaran
300:550:55
31RO
32Ruth Oyelaran 55 seconds
33Yes.
34Ivan Petrov
350:590:59
36IP
37Ivan Petrov 59 seconds
38Agreed.
39Sofia Almeida
401:031:03
41SA
42Sofia Almeida 1 minute 3 seconds
43actually Can I set out the problem first,
44Nadia Haddad
451:101:10
46NH
47Nadia Haddad 1 minute 10 seconds
48Mm, okay.
49Sofia Almeida
501:121:12
51SA
52Sofia Almeida 1 minute 12 seconds
53because I do not think it has been stated properly to Meridian.
54Ruth Oyelaran
551:201:20
56RO
57Ruth Oyelaran 1 minute 20 seconds
58Please.
59Sofia Almeida
601:241:24
61SA
62Sofia Almeida 1 minute 24 seconds
63About sixty percent bakery is baked in store. That is not an ordering decision,
64Ruth Oyelaran
651:351:35
66RO
67Ruth Oyelaran 1 minute 35 seconds
68Yeah, yeah.
69Sofia Almeida
701:391:39
71SA
72Sofia Almeida 1 minute 39 seconds
73it is a
74Priya Nair
751:431:43
76PN
77Priya Nair 1 minute 43 seconds
78True.
79Sofia Almeida
801:451:45
81SA
82Sofia Almeida 1 minute 45 seconds
83production decision,
84Tomas Lindholm
851:501:50
86TL
87Tomas Lindholm 1 minute 50 seconds
88Okay.
89Sofia Almeida
901:511:51
91SA
92Sofia Almeida 1 minute 51 seconds
93and it happens twice a
94Sofia Almeida 1 minute 55 seconds
95day. The other forty percent...
96Tomas Lindholm
971:581:58
98TL
99Tomas Lindholm 1 minute 58 seconds
100Yeah, yeah.
101Sofia Almeida
1022:022:02
103SA
104Sofia Almeida 2 minutes 2 seconds
105is delivered, which behaves like the rest of fresh.
106Ruth Oyelaran
1072:092:09
108RO
109Ruth Oyelaran 2 minutes 9 seconds
110Sure.
111Ruth Oyelaran
1122:132:13
113RO
114Ruth Oyelaran 2 minutes 13 seconds
115And the split,
116Priya Nair
1172:162:16
118PN
119Priya Nair 2 minutes 16 seconds
120Mm-hm.
121Ruth Oyelaran
1222:202:20
123RO
124Ruth Oyelaran 2 minutes 20 seconds
125varies by
126Sofia Almeida
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128SA
129Sofia Almeida 2 minutes 27 seconds
130Yeah.
131Ruth Oyelaran
1322:292:29
133RO
134Ruth Oyelaran 2 minutes 29 seconds
135format?
136Priya Nair
1372:322:32
138PN
139Priya Nair 2 minutes 32 seconds
140Mm, okay.
141Sofia Almeida
1422:332:33
143SA
144Sofia Almeida 2 minutes 33 seconds
145Heavily. The big stores bake most of it. Convenience bakes almost
146Ruth Oyelaran
1472:412:41
148RO
149Ruth Oyelaran 2 minutes 41 seconds
150Yes.
151Sofia Almeida
1522:432:43
153SA
154Sofia Almeida 2 minutes 43 seconds
155none.
156Priya Nair
1572:462:46
158PN
159Priya Nair 2 minutes 46 seconds
160Yeah.
161Ruth Oyelaran
1622:492:49
163RO
164Ruth Oyelaran 2 minutes 49 seconds
165Do you have,
166Nadia Haddad
1672:562:56
168NH
169Nadia Haddad 2 minutes 56 seconds
170Right.
171Ruth Oyelaran
1722:592:59
173RO
174Ruth Oyelaran 2 minutes 59 seconds
175that by store?
176Sofia Almeida
1773:033:03
178SA
179Sofia Almeida 3 minutes 3 seconds
180I have it a spreadsheet.
181Ruth Oyelaran
1823:073:07
183RO
184Ruth Oyelaran 3 minutes 7 seconds
185Can you send it?
186Sofia Almeida
1873:133:13
188SA
189Sofia Almeida 3 minutes 13 seconds
190I can. It is and...
191Ivan Petrov
1923:163:16
193IP
194Ivan Petrov 3 minutes 16 seconds
195Mm, okay.
196Tomas Lindholm
1973:173:17
198TL
199Tomas Lindholm 3 minutes 17 seconds
200Everything on this project is in
201Ivan Petrov
2023:243:24
203IP
204Ivan Petrov 3 minutes 24 seconds
205True.
206Tomas Lindholm
2073:283:28
208TL
209Tomas Lindholm 3 minutes 28 seconds
210Sofia's spreadsheet.
211Sofia Almeida
2123:323:32
213SA
214Sofia Almeida 3 minutes 32 seconds
215Mm.
216Sofia Almeida
2173:343:34
218SA
219Sofia Almeida 3 minutes 34 seconds
220That is not a joke,
221Sofia Almeida 3 minutes 40 seconds
222sort of it is a
223Sofia Almeida 3 minutes 44 seconds
224documented risk.
225Ruth Oyelaran
2263:493:49
227RO
228Ruth Oyelaran 3 minutes 49 seconds
229Okay, yeah.
230Tomas Lindholm
2313:503:50
232TL
233Tomas Lindholm 3 minutes 50 seconds
234You are,
235Tomas Lindholm 3 minutes 54 seconds
236right. I withdraw it.
237Nadia Haddad
2383:573:57
239NH
240Nadia Haddad 3 minutes 57 seconds
241On the boundary. Our proposal is that we produce a
242Nadia Haddad 4 minutes 3 seconds
243forecast at store, article and day for all of bakery, delivered and
244Sofia Almeida
2454:104:10
246SA
247Sofia Almeida 4 minutes 10 seconds
248Yes.
249Nadia Haddad
2504:114:11
251NH
252Nadia Haddad 4 minutes 11 seconds
253baked, and Meridian consumes it and decides how it becomes a
254Ruth Oyelaran
2554:184:18
256RO
257Ruth Oyelaran 4 minutes 18 seconds
258Mm-hm.
259Nadia Haddad
2604:194:19
261NH
262Nadia Haddad 4 minutes 19 seconds
263You're on mute.
264Nadia Haddad 4 minutes 25 seconds
265production plan.
266Ivan Petrov
2674:324:32
268IP
269Ivan Petrov 4 minutes 32 seconds
270Okay, yeah.
271Ivan Petrov
2724:354:35
273IP
274Ivan Petrov 4 minutes 35 seconds
275We would
276Ivan Petrov 4 minutes 42 seconds
277want finer than day for the baked lines. Bread sold
278Ivan Petrov 4 minutes 50 seconds
279at eight in the morning and bread sold
280Ivan Petrov 4 minutes 58 seconds
281at four,
282Nadia Haddad
2835:025:02
284NH
285Nadia Haddad 5 minutes 2 seconds
286Okay.
287Ivan Petrov
2885:035:03
289IP
290Ivan Petrov 5 minutes 3 seconds
291in the afternoon are different products operationally.
292Nadia Haddad
2935:115:11
294NH
295Nadia Haddad 5 minutes 11 seconds
296Yeah, yeah.
297Nadia Haddad
2985:155:15
299NH
300Nadia Haddad 5 minutes 15 seconds
301Intraday.
302Ivan Petrov
3035:195:19
304IP
305Ivan Petrov 5 minutes 19 seconds
306Two windows would be enough. Morning and afternoon.
307Nadia Haddad
3085:235:23
309NH
310Nadia Haddad 5 minutes 23 seconds
311That is not something this configuration does out of the box.
312Tomas Lindholm
3135:295:29
314TL
315Tomas Lindholm 5 minutes 29 seconds
316Yeah, yeah.
317Tomas Lindholm
3185:335:33
319TL
320Tomas Lindholm 5 minutes 33 seconds
321We can split the day forecast on a fixed profile
322Tomas Lindholm 5 minutes 39 seconds
323per store and category, derived from historical sales by hour. That is not a true intraday forecast.
324Sofia Almeida
3255:475:47
326SA
327Sofia Almeida 5 minutes 47 seconds
328Right.
329Tomas Lindholm
3305:515:51
331TL
332Tomas Lindholm 5 minutes 51 seconds
333Yeah.
334Tomas Lindholm 5 minutes 57 seconds
335It is a day forecast with a shape applied.
336Sofia Almeida
3376:066:06
338SA
339Sofia Almeida 6 minutes 6 seconds
340Mm, okay.
341Ivan Petrov
3426:096:09
343IP
344Ivan Petrov 6 minutes 9 seconds
345Would the shape be stable?
346Priya Nair
3476:156:15
348PN
349Priya Nair 6 minutes 15 seconds
350Yeah.
351Sofia Almeida
3526:196:19
353SA
354Sofia Almeida 6 minutes 19 seconds
355The shape is stable. Saturday,
356Sofia Almeida 6 minutes 26 seconds
357differs from weekdays, and the first Saturday after payday differs again.
358Nadia Haddad
3596:346:34
360NH
361Nadia Haddad 6 minutes 34 seconds
362Yeah.
363Tomas Lindholm
3646:356:35
365TL
366Tomas Lindholm 6 minutes 35 seconds
367Then a profile by store, category
368Tomas Lindholm 6 minutes 39 seconds
369and day type works.
370Ivan Petrov
3716:456:45
372IP
373Ivan Petrov 6 minutes 45 seconds
374That is enough for us.
375Ruth Oyelaran
3766:496:49
377RO
378Ruth Oyelaran 6 minutes 49 seconds
379Mm.
380Nadia Haddad
3816:506:50
382NH
383Nadia Haddad 6 minutes 50 seconds
384I want to be
385Nadia Haddad 6 minutes 56 seconds
386precise about what we are agreeing, yeah because this will be quoted back. We produce a day level forecast plus a fixed
387Tomas Lindholm
3887:087:08
389TL
390Tomas Lindholm 7 minutes 8 seconds
391Yeah.
392Nadia Haddad
3937:097:09
394NH
395Nadia Haddad 7 minutes 9 seconds
396intraday profile. We do not produce an intraday forecast. If the shape moves, the profile is wrong until somebody
397Nadia Haddad 7 minutes 20 seconds
398re-derives it.
399Ruth Oyelaran
4007:277:27
401RO
402Ruth Oyelaran 7 minutes 27 seconds
403Understood, and noted our side.
404Nadia Haddad
4057:337:33
406NH
407Nadia Haddad 7 minutes 33 seconds
408Who re-derives it, and how often?
409Tomas Lindholm
4107:407:40
411TL
412Tomas Lindholm 7 minutes 40 seconds
413That is the question nobody wants to own.
414Sofia Almeida
4157:447:44
416SA
417Sofia Almeida 7 minutes 44 seconds
418It will be me.
419Priya Nair
4207:507:50
421PN
422Priya Nair 7 minutes 50 seconds
423Okay, yeah.
424Nadia Haddad
4257:517:51
426NH
427Nadia Haddad 7 minutes 51 seconds
428Let us not decide that today. I will put it
429Ruth Oyelaran
4307:577:57
431RO
432Ruth Oyelaran 7 minutes 57 seconds
433Yeah, yeah.
434Nadia Haddad
4358:008:00
436NH
437Nadia Haddad 8 minutes
438on the open items list with no owner, so it
439Nadia Haddad 8 minutes 7 seconds
440is visible rather than assumed.
441Sofia Almeida
4428:148:14
443SA
444Sofia Almeida 8 minutes 14 seconds
445Mm.
446Priya Nair
4478:168:16
448PN
449Priya Nair 8 minutes 16 seconds
450On data. The intraday sales history is in the till system, not in SAP.
451Tomas Lindholm
4528:258:25
453TL
454Tomas Lindholm 8 minutes 25 seconds
455Okay.
456Tomas Lindholm
4578:288:28
458TL
459Tomas Lindholm 8 minutes 28 seconds
460Can we
461Tomas Lindholm 8 minutes 35 seconds
462get it?
463Priya Nair
4648:428:42
465PN
466Priya Nair 8 minutes 42 seconds
467Probably. It is a different team, and before you ask, no, I have not spoken to them
468Priya Nair 8 minutes 51 seconds
469yet.
470Ivan Petrov
4718:568:56
472IP
473Ivan Petrov 8 minutes 56 seconds
474Yeah.
475Tomas Lindholm
4769:009:00
477TL
478Tomas Lindholm 9 minutes
479How different?
480Priya Nair
4819:079:07
482PN
483Priya Nair 9 minutes 7 seconds
484Different building.
485Nadia Haddad
4869:119:11
487NH
488Nadia Haddad 9 minutes 11 seconds
489Mm, okay.
490Nadia Haddad
4919:159:15
492NH
493Nadia Haddad 9 minutes 15 seconds
494Then that is a...
495Nadia Haddad 9 minutes 19 seconds
496dependency with a name on it. Priya, can you open that,
497Ivan Petrov
4989:289:28
499IP
500Ivan Petrov 9 minutes 28 seconds
501Mm, okay.
502Nadia Haddad
5039:329:32
504NH
505Nadia Haddad 9 minutes 32 seconds
506conversation this month rather than in May?
507Ivan Petrov
5089:399:39
509IP
510Ivan Petrov 9 minutes 39 seconds
511Mm, okay.
512Priya Nair
5139:439:43
514PN
515Priya Nair 9 minutes 43 seconds
516I will open it this month.
517Nadia Haddad
5189:469:46
519NH
520Nadia Haddad 9 minutes 46 seconds
521Thank you. That is the one that will bite us otherwise.