Mission M-007
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Raw observations from customers, teams, analytics, and AI — collected so patterns emerge before anyone jumps to solutions.
Sources
◉ All sources 42
Customer 16
Employee 9
Market 5
Analytics 6
Competitor 3
AI generated 7
Manual observation 4
Filters
Signal · S-112High relevance✓ Human confirmed
Prospects say they “can’t tell what this will actually cost” before talking to sales.
Pattern across 14 discovery calls. Representative quotes attached. Privacy: names removed at source.
Source: Sales calls (Gong)Jun 3–17
▣ 3 evidence items4 similar signalsVisibility: mission team
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Signal · S-131Medium relevance◈ AI inferred
Support tickets mentioning “surprise fees” doubled quarter over quarter (23 → 47).
Detected by the analytics agent from Zendesk tags. Awaiting human confirmation before it can support any claim.
Source: Zendesk analysisJul 12Visibility: mission team
Signal · S-127High relevance✓ Human confirmed
Two competitors published full pricing pages in the last 90 days.
Nordwind Analytics (May) and Cargoline (June). Both now rank for “supply chain analytics pricing”.
Source: Market watch · Tomás NúñezJul 2▣ 2 evidence items
Signal · S-134Unassessed✓ Human submitted
A churned customer said onboarding “felt like a second procurement process”.
Submitted by Priya Sharma from an exit interview. Relates to the preserved minority position on onboarding friction.
Source: Customer conversationJul 15Visibility: contributors
Signal · S-135Low confidence◈ AI inferred
Organic queries containing “pricing” grew 31% while pricing-page CTR fell.
Search Console pattern flagged by the SEO agent. May overlap with S-112; similarity 0.81.
Source: Search ConsoleJul 18Similar: S-112
Emerging themes
Pricing uncertainty11 signals
Onboarding friction6 signals
Proof & credibility4 signals
Contradictions
Survey EV-201 rates pricing clarity 4.1/5, while sales calls describe it as opaque. Examine →
Unusual observations
One enterprise prospect asked for a public price “to justify the shortlist internally” — atypical for the segment. (S-129)
Frequently repeated
“Can’t estimate total cost” has appeared in every week since May (9 weeks running).
Challenges an assumption
S-129 challenges A-05 (“enterprise buyers expect negotiated pricing”). Assumption board →