Phase 1 · Node Layer 05 · Activation

Turn the node on.
Live in 3 days. Bleed stops day one.

Activating the Tennant node costs $250,000 one-time and $35,000 per month to operate. Total year one is $670,000. The node goes live within 3 days of activation. It runs alongside SAP, does not compete with the SAP remediation budget, and eliminates between $600K and $1.2M per month of manual workaround bleed — the overtime, premium freight, and manual PO labor Tennant is currently paying to compensate for a broken signal chain.

$250K activation $35K/month operation 3 days to live Separate from remediation No obligation to continue
One-time activation
$250,000
Node activation · 3-day deployment · first month operation bundled
Monthly operation
$35,000
Signal monitoring · manual PO elimination · ongoing tuning
Year one total
$670,000
Everything included. No change orders. No hidden scopes.
The Decision

You activate the node. Or you don't.

Nothing has to happen. The node stays live on the network either way. If Tennant activates, the node turns on within 3 days — the demand signal chain restores, the manual PO elimination program begins, and the bleed stops accruing. If Tennant decides not to activate, no invoice is issued, no obligation is created, and the network continues to run. The node stays wired but dormant. Reactivation is available at any future date.

This is the activation decision. Not a contract negotiation, not a procurement cycle. The node is built. It has been running on the network. Activation is what makes it yours.

What Activation Covers

Two fees. Every cost included.

The activation fee turns the node on. The monthly fee runs it. Everything else — integration, calibration, tuning, maintenance, uptime — lives inside the monthly. Nothing is billed separately. Nothing is scoped as an extra.

One-time fee

Activation

$250,000
Due at activation. Not a deposit.

The activation fee is the cost of access. It converts the node from a live-on-the-network asset into an operational surface configured for Tennant.

  • 3-day deployment — day 1 setup, day 2 signal routing verification, day 3 live
  • Node configuration — Tennant's operational parameters, supplier list, product catalog
  • Initial signal calibration — the demand signal layer tuned to Tennant's live order flow
  • SAP parallel adapter wiring — read-only bridge to the existing SAP instance
  • First month operation — bundled into the activation, no separate charge
Recurring

Monthly Operation

$35,000
Billed monthly. Starts after activation.

The monthly fee is the operating relationship. It covers every hour of integration, tuning, and maintenance the node will require as it adapts to Tennant's live data — and it does not increase when those hours run long.

  • Continuous signal monitoring — demand signal accuracy verified cycle by cycle
  • Manual PO elimination program — one manual process retired per month, tracked and reported
  • SAP parallel adapter maintenance — reconciliation, drift detection, adapter updates
  • Ongoing integration and tuning — every additional hour, absorbed into the fee
  • Uptime ownership — node availability guaranteed and reported
  • Quarterly War Room sessions — executive review of the elimination progress
Cost line
Year one
Year two
Year three
Activation
$250,000
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—
Monthly operation (12 months × $35,000)
$420,000
$420,000
$420,000
Total node cost
$670,000
$420,000
$420,000
Bleed avoided (at disclosed $800K/month)
$9,600,000
$9,600,000
$9,600,000
Net benefit
$8,930,000
$9,180,000
$9,180,000
The Return

Return, quantified.

Based on Tennant's disclosed manual workaround costs. Same numbers Tennant has already published. Not projections — disclosures.

Bleed avoided
$600K – $1.2M
Per month. Manual POs, overtime, premium freight, and expedited shipping. From Tennant's public filings.
Payback on year one
< 3 months
Of bleed avoided. The full year-one cost of $670K is recovered inside the first quarter of operation.
Year one return
13x – 15x
On the $670K node cost, at disclosed workaround levels. Before counting revenue recovery from restored order flow.
The 3-Day Sequence

Live in 72 hours.

Tennant does not configure the node. Tennant does not modify SAP. Tennant does not change any existing process. The node runs alongside — integration is one-way on day one, and read-only the entire time.

Day 01

Setup

Node configured to Tennant's operational parameters — supplier list, product catalog, dealer network, service tiers. SAP parallel adapter installed alongside, not inside, the existing instance. Read-only connection established. No modification to any existing system.

Day 02

Signal routing verification

Demand signal layer calibrated against Tennant's live order flow. Supplier-facing accuracy verified cycle by cycle. Reconciliation against SAP begins running continuously. Any discrepancy is flagged, resolved, and logged before the node goes live.

Day 03

Live

Demand signals flow to suppliers from the node, not from the broken SAP path. Order intake, fulfillment, and shipping operate independently of SAP state. Manual PO load begins its 12-month decline — one process retired per month, tracked and reported.

The activation guarantee

If the node does not go live in 3 days, activation is refunded in full.

The node has already been built. It is live on the network. The 3-day window is the deployment window — setup, verification, and live. If for any reason we fail to deliver a fully operational node within 3 days of activation, the entire $250,000 activation fee is returned. No conditions. No exceptions.

The monthly operation fee is not committed until day 3. Activation covers the first month. If the node does not deliver what was promised at day 3, Tennant can stop before the first monthly invoice.

Questions

Activation, answered.

The 3-day deployment, node configuration to Tennant's operational parameters, initial demand signal calibration, SAP parallel adapter wiring, and the first full month of operation bundled in. It is a one-time fee. It is not a deposit and it is not refundable against future months — except under the activation guarantee described above.

Continuous demand signal monitoring, the manual PO elimination program (one manual process retired per month), SAP parallel adapter maintenance, ongoing integration and tuning as the node adapts to Tennant's live data, uptime ownership, and quarterly War Room executive sessions. Every additional integration hour is absorbed into the monthly fee. There are no change orders and no scope creep.

Activation turns the node on. Monthly operation runs it. Splitting them lets Tennant make the activation decision before committing to the operating relationship. There is no obligation to continue past activation if the node does not deliver what was promised within the 3-day deployment window. The activation fee covers the entire first month of operation, so Tennant can see the node running before the first monthly invoice.

No. The node is a parallel layer that runs alongside SAP. It does not modify SAP, does not replace SAP, and does not consume SAP remediation budget. Tennant's SAP remediation continues on its own timeline. The node operates independently, restoring order-to-cash while SAP is optimized.

Three days. Day 1 is setup. Day 2 is signal routing verification. Day 3 is live. The node has already been built and is live on the network — the 3-day window is deployment to Tennant's parameters, not construction.

Nothing is invoiced. Nothing is owed. The node remains live but dormant on the network. Tennant's SAP remediation continues on its own timeline. The manual workaround cost keeps accruing. Reactivation is available at any future date — no penalty, no change to the pricing structure.

Tennant's disclosed manual workaround costs run between $600K and $1.2M per month. At $35K per month operation, that is a 2x to 3x return in year one on the monthly alone. On the full year-one cost of $670K, payback comes inside the first quarter of operation. This does not count the revenue recovery from restored order flow.

The node is ready. The decision is yours.

$250K to activate. $35K/month to operate. 3 days to live. No obligation beyond activation. Bleed stops day one.

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