Active deployment · Dec 2025 →
Bebida Viva
Beverage manufacturing · 200 employees · Guadalajara, Mexico
Can KIOS eliminate inventory discrepancies in a 200-person beverage manufacturing plant?
Flujo 06 — Materials Availability and Accuracy. The plant had never had a systematic inventory count cycle in 11 years of operation. Every discrepancy was discovered at shipment. KIOS is installing the structure that makes that impossible.
73%
Reduction in inventory discrepancies
Month 1 → Month 3
11yr
First ever documented count cycle
In 11 years of operation
3
Structural components initialized
Organizational · Technical · Governance
Context
Bebida Viva is a 200-person beverage manufacturing plant in Guadalajara. They produce three product lines across two shifts. Before KIOS, inventory accuracy was tracked manually — a process that depended entirely on two senior warehouse operators who had been with the company since its founding.
When one of those operators took medical leave for six weeks, inventory discrepancies increased 340%. The CEO contacted Kwark the following month.
The problem
No systematic count cycle existed in 11 years of operation.
Discrepancies discovered at shipment, not at origin.
Two people held all institutional knowledge about inventory behavior.
No governance document defined what 'accurate inventory' meant.
Key findings — Month 3
01
Inventory discrepancies down 73% in 90 days
Systematic daily cycle counting protocol installed across all three warehouses. First time the plant has had a documented count cycle in its 11-year history.
02
First Checkpoint Card operational after Week 3
Weekly inventory review meeting formalized with agenda, inputs, outputs, KPIs, and attendance requirements. Previously informal — held when convenient.
03
Three structural components initialized
Organizational, Technical, and Governance components documented and transferred to the socio repository. First time the plant has a single written source of truth for how it operates.
How KIOS is installed inside the plant
The Agente de Cambio
Bebida Viva designated Héctor M., a 26-year-old production engineer, as their internal KIOS operator. He is not a new hire. He was already on the payroll.
Kwark trained Héctor for 8 weeks across three domains: census methodology, KIOS governance standards, and data collection for Flujo 06. He now runs the weekly inventory review independently. Kwark audits monthly.
The Checkpoint Card (Flujo 06)
Deployment timeline
Deployment started. Structural census initiated. Internal Agente de Cambio designated.
Three structural components (Phase 2 close). Flujo 06 selected as activation target. Diagnostic findings documented.
Inventory cycle count protocol installed. First Checkpoint Card operational. Activation plan v1 accepted.
Discrepancy rate 73% below baseline. Second KPI dashboard operational. Agente de Cambio running independently.
Phase 3: Operation. Agente completes first independent cycle. Flujo 06 fully closed.
Phase 4: Capitalization. Second flujo activation. Knowledge fully in system.
Agente de Cambio operating context
// Bebida Viva — KIOS Agente de Cambio — Flujo 06
Role: Internal KIOS operator, designated by the CEO.
Scope: Flujo 06 — Materials Availability and Accuracy.
Authority: Can initiate cycle counts, document discrepancies, and escalate resolution decisions to warehouse lead.
Constraint: Cannot modify inventory records without documented approval from Warehouse Lead.
Evidence: Every action produces a log entry: timestamp + flujo + action + actor + outcome.