PETRONAS service station and Patriots Holding identify high operating expenditure, particularly manning costs, as their biggest current challenge.
Progress Pitch.
Abu Huzaifah Bidin
Syafri M Yunus
PART-TIME PARTNERSJamalee Bashah
M Haniff Nasir
OBSERVE / QUESTION / REFRAME
FLOW / PROGRESS IN MOTION
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CUSTOMER DISCOVERY
PROGRESS DECK · OCT 2026
PROGRESS DECK · OCT 2026
01 / CUSTOMER SEGMENT
Our initial customer thesis: help sustainability teams move beyond disclosure to measurable business value.
PRIMARY BEACHHEAD
Large enterprises & PLCs
PRIMARY USERSustainability manager
DECISION PARTNEROperations & plant teams
BUSINESS SPONSORTo be identified
VALUE MEASUREOperational cost / ROI
PROBLEM STATEMENT · TO VALIDATE
“Sustainability managers at large enterprises & PLCs are struggling to turn data from sustainability reporting into analytical insights that demonstrate measurable business returns.”
Customer pain hypothesis — not yet proven
FLOW'S OPPORTUNITY
Data Collection
→
Data Consolidation
→
Reporting
→
Analysis
→
Insights & Value
Source: FLOW customer discovery workbook · As of 26 Oct 2026
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CUSTOMER DISCOVERY
PROGRESS DECK · OCT 2026
PROGRESS DECK · OCT 2026
02 / TESTING & INTERVIEWS
Three hypotheses under test.
12 conversations held
02 interviews planned
00 commercial validations
H01
ENTERPRISE · ANALYTICAL INSIGHTS
Sustainability managers at large enterprises & PLCs struggle to turn reporting data into analytical insights that demonstrate measurable business returns.
Early signal: GTS describes difficult what-if modelling; other PLC priorities are mixed.
H02
SMES · ANALYTICAL INSIGHTS
SME business owners struggle to turn sustainability reporting data into analytical insights that demonstrate measurable business returns.
Early signal: one petrol-station operator highlighted staffing and payroll costs.
H03
GREEN SMES · EUROPEAN MARKET ACCESS
SME business owners in the green space have faced restrictions from European investors and customers due to a lack of visible sustainability evidence.
Investor and customer restrictions remain to be validated.
Source: Stakeholder Map, Interview Log & Hypothesis Tracker · 26 Oct 2026
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CUSTOMER DISCOVERY
PROGRESS UPDATE
PROGRESS UPDATE
03 / INTERVIEW FINDINGS
Which sustainability reporting stages are more challenging?
Interview signals currently cluster around data collection, consolidation, and analytics.
DATA COLLECTION
SD GuthrieJCorpDownstreamRMTPETRONAS RetailSK Intellix
DATA CONSOLIDATION
SD GuthrieJCorpDownstreamRMTPETRONAS RetailSK Intellix
REPORTING
No signal recordedANALYTICS
PRSBPETRONAS GTSSD Guthrie
INSIGHTS & VALUE
PRSBPETRONAS GTS
AcikVegan is looking into sustainability reporting to meet European customer standards.
Source: Interview findings mapped to the FLOW value chain · 26 Oct 2026
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CUSTOMER DISCOVERY
PROGRESS UPDATE
PROGRESS UPDATE
04 / LEARNINGS & NEXT STEPS
What have we learned?
H01 · ENTERPRISEPARTIALLY VALIDATED
Sustainability managers at large enterprises & PLCs struggle to turn reporting data into analytical insights that demonstrate measurable business returns.
Some enterprise interviews support the problem, while priorities differ across organizations.
H02 · SMEDEBUNKED
SME business owners struggle to turn sustainability reporting data into analytical insights that demonstrate measurable business returns.
Current interviews point instead to immediate OPEX pressures, particularly manning costs.
H03 · GREEN SMEPARTIALLY VALIDATED
SME business owners in the green space have faced restrictions from European investors and customers due to a lack of visible sustainability evidence.
Early feedback supports the direction, but more customer interviews are required.
Next hypothesis actions
1Revise H02: Sustainability managers at large enterprises and PLCs struggle to collect and consolidate data for sustainability reporting to meet regulatory requirements.
2Meet additional representatives to validate H01, the revised H02, and H03.
Next customer interviews
01PRefChem02TNB03MPOB04YTL Energy05Nelissa Hilman06nan.ka
Priority order for the next validation cycle.
Source: Hypothesis review and next-interview plan · 26 Oct 2026
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