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AI-Powered Supply Chain & Tariff Intelligence for Global Enterprises

SenseAhead builds intelligence for supply chain risk resilience. Our Trade & Compliance platform connects tariffs, classification, and landed cost to every sourcing decision, so your team acts with clarity instead of guesswork.

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Supply chain intelligence: predict risks earlier, make decisions faster, maintain continuity, execute with confidence, and prevent disruptions.

Who we are

About SenseAhead

SenseAhead is intelligence for supply chain risk resilience. Built by i2b Technologies, we help manufacturers see disruption coming and act before it lands.

Predict

Proactive risk signals instead of reactive firefighting, so disruption is visible before it reaches your margin.

Prevent

Human-in-the-loop AI that shows its reasoning, so every recommendation can be reviewed, explained, and defended.

Strengthen

A connected view of cost, compliance, and supply, so complex manufacturers stay resilient when policy and markets shift.

Live now: our Trade & Compliance platform. Classification, landed cost, reconciliation, and forward planning, connected in one place. Explore the platform

The Context

Enterprise Solutions for Volatile Global Trade

Tariff schedules that once remained stable for years are now changing every week. The tools most teams rely on were built for a more predictable era of global trade.

Geopolitical Disruption

Trade policy shifts that once took years now happen in weeks. Each new tariff schedule introduces classification challenges at a pace the industry has never had to handle — and the financial consequences land immediately.

Cost & Compliance Pressure

Tariff volatility is eroding margins and driving landed cost uncertainty across every sourcing decision. The inability to forecast accurate duty costs means procurement teams are perpetually in reactive mode.

AI That's Finally Accurate Enough

Human-in-the-loop AI now classifies trade components at enterprise scale — accurately, quickly, and with a full reasoning trail your auditors can follow. The capability exists. SenseAhead applies it.

Real-Time Tariff Exposure & Scenario Simulation

Enter an HTS code, origin, destination and entry date to get the full duty picture for a shipment in seconds. Change the country of origin or shipment value, run it again, and see how landed cost moves.

  • Real-time calculation of duties, HMF, MPF, and origin-specific surcharges
  • Smart Detection: automatically identifies all applicable tariff provisions
  • Preferential and standard rates compared where a free trade agreement applies
  • Download a PDF report or share a link to the result

The free Tariff Simulator prices one shipment from its HTS code. Classification from a part number, BOM rollup and side-by-side scenario comparison are part of the full platform.

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Explore tariff intelligence

tariff exposure · live entry

Declared entry

Industrial DC power supply

HTS 8504.40.9520 · $10,000.00

  • Duty layers
  • Base duty (Base duty (Column 1 General))0% · $0.00
  • Section 301 (Section 301 (forced labor))12.5% · $1,250.00
  • MPF (Merchandise processing fee)0.3464% · $34.64
  • HMF (Harbor maintenance fee)0.125% · $12.50

Tariff exposure

$1,297.14

12.5% effective duty

An industrial DC power supply (50–150 W) classified to HTS 8504.40.9520 and shipped from Vietnam picks up Section 301 (forced labor) at 12.5%, for $1,297.14 in duties and fees on a $10,000.00 entry.

Automated HTS Classification & Customs Compliance

A structured 4-step classification methodology — category matching, chapter notes, GRI decision tree, Chapter 99 lookup — with a full reasoning trail.

  • AI-assisted HTS classification from MPN or product description
  • Smart Detection: automatically identifies all applicable tariff provisions
  • Every classification, edit, and export is logged with a timestamp and user identity — full traceability from the first decision to the final invoice.
Explore trade compliance

hts classification · sku-20417

DIN-rail DC power supply, 24 V DC out, 90 W, for control panels

Classify

HTS code · United States

8504.40.9520

  1. Chapter 85 · Electrical machinery: it converts electrical energy

  2. Heading 8504 · Transformers and static converters; no note excludes it

  3. Subheading 8504.40 · Static converters (GRI 6)

  4. 8504.40.95 Other · Not for 8471 computers or telecom apparatus

  5. Suffix 20 · Output over 50 W, not over 150 W

Ruled out

  • 8504.40.60 for computers
  • 8504.40.70 for computers
  • 8504.40.85 telecom

+ Additional duty for Vietnam

9903.05.84 · 12.5%

Logged to audit trail

A general-purpose 90 W DC power supply classified in four steps: Chapter 85, heading 8504, then subheading 8504.40.9520 after ruling out the computer and telecom power-supply lines, and finally the Chapter 99 measure for its origin. Each step is recorded with the reason it was taken.

Total Landed Cost Analytics & Sourcing Optimization

Upload your bill of materials and instantly see every component's HTS code, country of origin, tariff rate, and landed cost — line by line, across every assembly level.

BOM Cost Rollup

  • Multi-tier BOM visibility with parent-child assembly relationships
  • Automatic HTS classification for every component on upload
  • Component-level duty tracking with cost impact analysis
  • Identify which components drive the highest tariff cost across your BOM
  • Optimize total material costs, including tariff impact

Duty Forecast

  • Monthly, quarterly, and yearly projection views
  • Assembly and part-level demand-driven duty forecasting
  • One-click export to CSV, PDF, and Excel for financial planning
  • Identify high-tariff products requiring sourcing changes before commitments are made
Explore landed cost

sourcing optimiser · motor controller

  1. Upload BOM
  2. Read parts
  3. Price every option
  4. Pick lowest cost

Your BOM

motor-controller-bom.csv

Assemblies
4
Supplier options
11

  1. Control board

    8537.10.9170

    CN$48.70 (current supplier)VN$45.74MX$43.40 (lowest landed cost)
    MonterreyMX · $43.40Save$5.30

  2. Power module

    8504.40.9520

    CN$43.50 (current supplier)VN$41.60 (lowest landed cost)IN$43.75
    Bac NinhVN · $41.60Save$1.90

  3. Microcontroller

    8542.31.0000

    TW$9.60 (current supplier)CN$10.08MY$9.35 (lowest landed cost)
    PenangMY · $9.35Save$0.25

  4. Enclosure

    7326.90.8688

    MX$18.80 (lowest landed cost) (current supplier)CN$19.35
    QuerétaroMX · $18.80Alreadylowest

Saved a year

$149K

at 20,000 units

Landed cost per unit

$120.60$113.15

$7.45 less (6.2%)

A bill of materials for an industrial motor controller is uploaded with 11 candidate parts across 4 assemblies. Each candidate is priced to landed cost: unit price plus duty plus freight. The cheapest wins each assembly: control board moves to Mexico, power module moves to Vietnam, microcontroller moves to Malaysia; enclosure stays with the current supplier. The optimised BOM costs $113.15 per unit instead of $120.60, a saving of $7.45 (6.2%).

Integrations

Plugs Into Your Existing Stack. No Migration Required.

Pre-built connectors for ERP, PLM, TMS, and SCM. SenseAhead adds a full intelligence layer on top of what you already run — without touching your existing workflows.

Your systems

  • ERP

    Parts, suppliers, purchase orders

  • PLM

    Bills of materials, product specs

  • TMS

    Shipments, routes, transport mode

  • SCM

    Demand plans, sourcing data

  • Invoices

    PDF, CSV and Excel

SenseAhead

  • AI-assisted HTS classification
  • Tariff provisions by origin and entry date
  • BOM cost rollup
  • Invoice extraction and validation

What you get

  • Landed cost

    Per part and per assembly

  • Duty forecast

    Monthly, quarterly, yearly

  • Estimated vs actual

    Variance flagged line by line

  • Audit trail

    Every classification and edit

SenseAhead sits on top of the systems you already run. It reads parts, bills of materials, shipments and invoices from your ERP, PLM, TMS and SCM, classifies and prices them, and returns landed cost, duty forecasts, estimated-versus-actual variances and an audit trail, without changing your existing workflows.

Security & Trust

Built for Enterprise Security and Audit

Your data, your control

Role-based access ensures every user sees only what their role permits. Your data never leaves your secured cloud environment.

Audit-ready by design

Every classification, edit, and export is logged with a timestamp and user identity — full traceability from the first decision to the final invoice.

Expert-trained AI, not a black box

A structured 4-step classification methodology — category matching, chapter notes, GRI decision tree, Chapter 99 lookup — with a full reasoning trail.

Enterprise-grade infrastructure

End-to-end encryption, globally distributed cloud architecture, and security measures built into the platform from the ground up.

The Outcome

A resilient, connected, predictive supply chain with actionable insights that keeps your business moving — even when the world doesn't.

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