Data. Intelligence. Results.
Three words, in that order — and it's a process, not a slogan. Take in the messy reality of an operation, find what actually matters inside it, and hand back something you can act on Monday. The domain changes: a warehouse floor, a federal feed, a pile of spreadsheets that disagree with each other. The process doesn't.
How we work
One process, three stages
Every engagement runs the same way, whatever the industry. It's the reason the work is checkable — you can see which stage a number came from.
Data — take in the messy reality
Your WMS export, a federal solicitation feed, four spreadsheets nobody trusts. We start with what you already have, however unusable it looks, and consolidate, clean, and validate it into something that can actually be reasoned over. Nothing gets invented to fill a gap — missing is recorded as missing.
Intelligence — find what actually matters
The analysis layer. Where there is a right answer, it gets computed rather than guessed. Where it takes judgment, it is labelled as judgment with the reasoning attached. This is the stage that turns a dataset into a dollar figure, a shortlist, or a ranked set of moves.
Results — something you can act on Monday
A deliverable a person can use without a manual: the twenty changes worth making, the three opportunities worth pursuing, the report that now writes itself every week. Every number traces back to your data, so any of it can be checked.
What we do
The same three stages, pointed at different problems
These are applications of the process, not separate products. If your problem isn't listed, it's probably still the same three stages.
Warehouse & logistics operations
Pick-labor cost, travel paths, slotting decay. We model your real floor and compute the provably shortest pick or travel route — exact math, not an AI guess — then hand back a prioritized list of changes worth making.
Data operations & automation
Scattered files and exports merged into one reliable master dataset, then the repetitive analysis and reporting set to run on their own — fixed-scope, reviewed with you before anything is final.
Federal contracting
For federal buyers: a registered small business you can put a defined piece of data or analysis work to. Active in SAM.gov, fixed scope, fixed price, and the measurement agreed before anything starts.
Operational problems that don’t have a name yet
The recurring decision nobody has time to make properly, the number the business runs on that nobody can trace. Bring the problem in plain words; we’ll tell you honestly whether the process fits it.
Built and running
Pipelines, not slideware
Systems that exist and run today. Each is labelled with what it actually is — in production, or in demonstration. No client names, no borrowed logos.
Federal opportunity sweep
An automated pipeline that pulls federal solicitation and grant feeds, filters them against a capability profile, and produces a qualified shortlist with a bid / no-bid read. It flags what it isn’t sure about rather than guessing. It ran nightly and unattended; the schedule is paused while attention is on direct client work, and it runs on demand.
Data → scraped feeds · Intelligence → fit scoring · Results → a morning shortlist
Pick-path optimization for a warehouse floor
Built from direct experience running pick operations: it models a real floor’s layout and racking, then computes the provably shortest pick sequence — checked against brute force, not estimated. It quantifies the travel waste in the current sequence in dollars.
Data → order & slotting history · Intelligence → exact route math · Results → a ranked moves list
The system that runs this firm
99 Strategic runs on its own tooling: a multi-agent operations system with an append-only decision ledger, refusal logging when an agent lacks grounds to answer, and a human approval gate on anything that ships, sends, or spends. We build the automation we sell.
Data → operational ledgers · Intelligence → agent analysis · Results → work that ships
What makes the output trustworthy
The same rules apply at every stage — they're the reason a number from us can be checked instead of taken on faith.
Anything with a right answer is computed, not guessed. Deterministic beats plausible.
Absent facts are flagged, never filled with a confident guess. “I don’t know” is a real answer.
Numbers carry their source and every claim can be checked back to the data behind it.
Nothing ships, sends, or spends without a person approving it. Automation assists; it does not decide.
A clear quote up front and work reviewed with you before anything is final — no open-ended meters.
Built around the systems you already use; confidential handling and working copies deleted on request.
Who's behind this
One operator who builds the tools
99 Strategic is a founder-led practice run by Tuan Le — a career spent running operations and working warehouse and logistics floors, now building the data and automation systems himself. You work directly with the person doing the work.
Tell us the problem in plain words
The operation that never quite runs smooth, the messy dataset, the decision nobody has time to make properly. If the process fits, we'll tell you how. If it doesn't, we'll tell you that instead.