The planning engine

The planning engine behind Cadence.

It is not software we sell. It is the proprietary technology that powers the Cadence methodology — turning a structured brief into scored scenarios a senior strategist can review, refine, and stand behind. The engine accelerates the analysis. The strategist owns the decision.

What it is

Decision support. A scenario engine that evaluates audiences, channels, budgets and constraints together, and scores the trade-offs.

What it is not

Not a plan-in-seconds button. It does not replace strategists, and it does not ship a recommendation without senior review.

Why it matters

Faster planning cycles. The weeks once spent assembling scenarios by hand collapse into a single working session.

Input → output

A structured brief in.
A scored scenario out.

Four inputs frame the decision. The engine returns five outputs — each one a building block of the executive recommendation.

Input · the brief You + strategist
Objectives
Drive NBRx among high-decile cardiologists; protect launch share of voice
Audience
CardiologyDecile 7–10NPI-targetedStaff & NPs
Budget
2.4M USD working · 6-month flight
Geography
Top 30 DMAsEndemic-firstMLR-aware
Output · scored scenario Strategist-reviewed
1 Audience strategy

Lead with decile 8–10 cardiologists in the top 30 DMAs. Sequence decile 6–7 writers on a lower-frequency support tier; extend to staff and NPs in adoption.

2 Channel recommendations
HCP DSP
29%
Point-of-Care
21%
Med Publisher
18%
Programmatic
17%
HCP Network
15%
3 Budget allocation
HCP DSP
696K
Point-of-Care
504K
Publisher
432K
Other (USD)
768K
4 KPI framework
Primary
NBRx lift
Reach
Qualified HCP
Frequency
Eff. freq.
Efficiency
Cost / reach
5 Executive narrative

A conversion-led mix anchored on precision HCP DSP and point-of-care, sequenced to reach highest-decile cardiologists first while holding reach efficiency at the chosen budget — with a defined measurement framework wired in from day one.

The workflow

Where the engine sits in the method

The planner does the analytical heavy lifting in the middle. Senior strategy owns the framing at the start and the judgment at the finish.

1
Framed by a strategist

Structured brief

Objectives, audience, budget and geography are captured as a decision, not a wish list.

2
Engine

Scenario generation

The planner generates multiple scenarios and scores audience, channel and budget trade-offs.

3
Engine + strategist

Rapid evaluation

Scenarios are compared side by side against objectives, constraints and efficiency.

4
Owned by a strategist

Reviewed & documented

A senior strategist refines the lead scenario and sets the rationale that ships to the executive.

Inside the engine

The planner, at work

The brief is locked from objectives, audience and channels; the engine then models reach curves, frequency capping and outcomes-based allocation — and shows the rationale behind every recommendation.

Cadence planner — step four, the locked brief ready to model: segments, HCP universe, channels, objective, working media and flight
Step 4 · the locked brief, ready to model. Illustrative.
Cadence planner — the generated omnichannel media plan: qualified reach, frequency, recommended channel mix and the rationale for each decision
The generated plan, with a documented rationale for every channel. Illustrative.

The planner is not the product. It is the engine behind the service — the reason a senior recommendation can arrive in days instead of weeks, with the rationale fully documented.

— The Cadence methodology

See the engine work on your brief

Bring a real decision — a launch, a reallocation, a channel question. We will frame it, run it through the planning engine, and walk you through the scored scenarios.