Architecture case-study blueprint: no deployment results, customer endorsement, or measured improvements are claimed.

Data and operating scope

Agree billing periods, ownership tags, allocation drivers, currency treatment, and disputed charges.

Deterministic solution

Apply the approved allocation policy and reconcile totals to the authorized billing dataset.

Agentic solution

Explain unallocated spend and propose ownership corrections with supporting evidence.

Acceptance evidence

Reconciled allocation report, documented shared-cost policy, disputed-item queue, and finance acceptance.

Decision boundary

Cost recommendations must consider reliability, security, commitments, and workload demand. Agents do not authorize purchases, change production capacity, or guarantee savings.