# DecisionNext

> DecisionNext is a San Francisco enterprise software company that combines machine learning, econometric models, market data and customer expertise to help commodity businesses forecast prices and supply, test scenarios, structure transactions and measure execution. Its software is aimed at buyers, sellers and operators in food, agriculture, mining and natural resources whose spreadsheet-era decisions can move millions of dollars.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Mike Neal (Co-Founder and CEO), Bob Pierce, PhD (Co-Founder and Chief Scientist), Graeme Stanway, PhD (Co-Founder and EVP Strategy Delivery)
- **Team size:** Approximately 27 employees; LinkedIn lists 11-50.
- **Products:** MarketView, Enterprise, Governance, ScenarioLab, DecisionBuilder
- **Notable:** A regional beef processor reportedly avoided $2.3 million in losses by modeling spot-versus-formula alternatives over a volatile six-month period., A published case study reports a 6% improvement in ad-plan margin., MarketView integrates USDA, CME and more than 100 additional data sources and provides forecast horizons of 26 to 52 weeks.

## Products & services

- **MarketView** — Commodity-specific market intelligence with multiple transparent, backtested price, supply and demand forecasts presented side by side.
- **Enterprise** — Scenario modeling and decision optimization for pricing, procurement, contracts, margin, timing and product mix.
- **Governance** — Executive benchmarking, exposure visibility and market-adjusted measurement of decision execution; requires an Enterprise deployment.
- **ScenarioLab** — Collaborative what-if testing for changes in supply, demand, pricing and other market assumptions.
- **DecisionBuilder** — Comparison of alternative cash-flow, price, timing, margin and cost decisions under multiple forecasts.
- **MarketSim** — Long-term supply-and-demand simulation for contract structures and market scenarios.
- **YieldMax** — Carcass cut and product-mix optimization using forecast prices and demand.
- **Data and modeling suite** — DataMiner, DataFlow, DataForge, ExpertSync, SeriesLink, FutureSight, ModelBuilder and ModelTuner connect, prepare and model market and company data.

## Achievements

- A regional beef processor reportedly avoided $2.3 million in losses by modeling spot-versus-formula alternatives over a volatile six-month period.
- A published case study reports a 6% improvement in ad-plan margin.
- MarketView integrates USDA, CME and more than 100 additional data sources and provides forecast horizons of 26 to 52 weeks.
- The platform became available on AWS Marketplace in November 2024.
- DecisionNext cites a global customer base across meat, agriculture, mining and natural resources.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Pre Brands partnered with DecisionNext for procurement, pricing, sourcing and budget planning.
- **2026-05** — DON Smallgoods selected the platform for pork-market procurement timing and risk management.
- **2026-03** — Buckhead Meat & Seafood, a Sysco company, adopted DecisionNext for protein forecasting and procurement strategy.
- **2026-03** — DecisionNext published refreshed MarketView, Enterprise and Governance product architecture.
- **2024-11** — DecisionNext became available on AWS Marketplace.

## Links

- Website: https://decisionnext.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/decisionnext
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/DecisionNextHQ
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/decisionnext

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Last updated: 2026-08-22