It's not the job of the promotion software to reduce waste. There is plenty of other software and tools to help with that, but it isn't part of what I worked on

It's not the job of the promotion software to reduce waste. There is plenty of other software and tools to help with that, but it isn't part of what I worked on. There is demand forecasting software, and there are also logistics tools for things like tracking product temperature from farm to shelf to make sure it stays within the acceptable range... Those are different tools though, and not the purpose of their TPM package. So sure, there are absolutly knock on effects to anything you do. I don't think I am enabling these companies to sell any different products than they already were. All it does is find when the distributors or retailers are trying to say "you owe me $100k because I bought N of X product at Y price in the last month" and we know they are really only entitled to $70k, we give our customer the info to go talk to that distributor or retailer and say "here is why you are only getting $70k in rebates rather than what you said you were owed". That works for any product, not just sugary drinks. We had some customers who sold medical supplies for example. Tell yourself whatever you need to sleep at night though. You seem to just be a contrarian.