Aware Technology
The technology behind Aware
Aware combines structured government-action data with approved company context, traceable causal reasoning, constraint-aware option comparison, and human-controlled execution.
INPUTS
Evidence + company context
Government records, dates, entities, approved company facts, constraints, and missing information.
REASONING
Causal map + option testing
Trace consequences, quantify business effect, preserve assumptions, and test responses against real constraints.
OUTPUT
The Next Move
A ranked response with evidence, timing, ownership, open questions, and human authority.
Provenance runs under the whole chain
- SOURCEOfficial record
- FACTConfirmed
- ASSUMPTIONStated, not hidden
- CONSEQUENCEMethod + assumption
- OPTIONFeasibility tested
- RECOMMENDATIONHuman authority
Company-specific reasoning
The same government action does not mean the same thing to every company
Highlighted entities are the ones a consequence reaches, coloured by the order that reaches them first.
Inputs & Suppliers
- Nd-Pr sintered magnets
- Magnet route JP-02
- Rotor laminations
- Power electronics
Manufacturing & Operations
- Plant 2 — drive-unit assembly
- Traction-motor line
- Plant 4 — inverter
- Qualification & PPAP
Customers & Markets
- Programme A — EV drive unit
- Programme B — commercial
- Aftermarket
- Licence requirement extended to Nd-Pr sintered magnets and precursor alloysBIS / U.S. Dept of Commerce · 91 FR 48213
- Magnet allocation to Plant 2 falls 38%1,180 t/yr contracted → 732 t/yr licensedOwned by Supply Chain
- Landed cost on the remaining qualified route +14%+$1.40/kg on 732 tOwned by Sourcing
- Traction-motor line loses 11 days of capacity732 t supports 89 of 100 build daysOwned by Operations
- Two customer programmes move to allocation delivery41% of drive-unit volume moves to allocationOwned by Sales
- ~$41M of FY revenue at risk11 days × $3.7M/day of drive-unit revenueOwned by Finance
- Segment operating margin −60 bpsSame fixed base over 89 days instead of 100Owned by Finance
The path the recommended move acts onConsequences it does not address
Private company model
Context from the business
Suppliers, materials, products, facilities, contracts, inventory, capacity, customers, markets, revenue streams, plans, and owners.
Causal reasoning
Trace how the consequence moves
- Export restriction
- material constrained
- production reduced
- customer orders delayed
- revenue and margin affected
Provenance, sources & data control
Know what the system knows, where it came from, and what remains uncertain
Aware keeps external evidence, company facts, assumptions, modeled consequences, options, and recommendations distinguishable and traceable.
01Official sourceEvidenceCONFIRMED
- Issuer
- Bureau of Industry and Security
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Record type
- Export control rule
- Retrieved as
- Primary-source record, unmodified
02Government actionConfirmedCONFIRMED
- Action
- Outbound licensing tightened on Nd-Pr magnet material
- Status
- In force
- Effective date
- Recorded from the source, not inferred
Covers 01–02
Official and authoritative records
Government actions stay connected to issuer, jurisdiction, dates, and source evidence.
03Company factApproved inputCONFIRMED
- Approved by
- The customer, per company environment
- Fact
- Plant 2 draws its Nd-Pr magnet allocation from the affected supplier
- Dependency
- Two product lines run off that allocation
Covers 03
Customer-controlled context
Signals requires no customer data. Private context is introduced only when approved and useful.
04Modeled consequenceMethod + assumptionINFERRED
- Result
- Allocation to Plant 2 falls 38%; line capacity −11 days
- Business effect
- ~$41M FY revenue at risk
- Method
- Allocation model against the current order book
- Assumption
- No re-sequencing of the existing production plan
05OptionFeasibilityASSUMED
- Option
- Qualify the Japanese secondary supplier
- Binding constraint
- Qualification lead time
- Missing
- Supplier capacity confirmation
06Next MoveRecommended actionAWAITING CONFIRMATION
- Recommendation
- Qualify the Japanese secondary supplier
- Start by
- The earliest date that still clears qualification
- Authority
- Owner and approval remain with the customer
Covers 04–06
Explainable outputs
Material conclusions preserve the inputs, assumptions, method, and evidence used to produce them.
- CONFIRMED
- INFERRED
- ASSUMED
- MISSING
- AWAITING CONFIRMATION
Decision engine + human authority
A recommendation has to survive reality
Aware compares options against timing, budget, capacity, contracts, legal requirements, qualification, technical constraints, and available resources. Consequential decisions remain human-controlled.
| Response path | Timing | Budget | Capacity | Contracts | Legal | Qualification | Tradeoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Option A | Clears | Blocked | Tight | Clears | Clears | Blocked | Fast, but the budget and qualification gates do not clear. |
| Option B | Blocked | Clears | Clears | Tight | Clears | Tight | Affordable, but it misses the decision window. |
| Option C | Tight | Clears | Clears | Clears | Clears | Tight | Two constraints stay tight; every hard gate clears. |
Recommended Next Move
The only path that clears every hard constraint. Its tradeoffs stay on the record.
HUMAN APPROVAL REQUIREDConsequential decisions remain human-controlled.
Enterprise technology
The advanced layer adds predictive strategy
- 01Government-action prediction
- 02Competitor context
- 03Competitor-response prediction
- 04Adversarial strategy simulation
| Response 1 | Response 2 | Response 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Move A | Even | Weaker | Weaker |
| Move B | Stronger | Even | Weaker |
| Move C | Strongest | Stronger | Even |
Gold marks the strongest position available across the simulated moves and responses.
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