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Decision journey study

How Russian wheat appears in the algorithmic choice of domestic processors

A milling holding · purchase for in-house processing

76/ 100

76 out of 100 — this is how much the object influences the choice in this scenario0 — the buyer never sees you, 100 — you are recommended first

Study index · object's CCI on this marketChoice Control Index of the object on this market, 0–100: how far it gets through the stages of choice and how often it wins. Measured on this market with this buyer type — on another market the same object scores differently.
-3 vs Q4 2025Russia · Q1 2026 · AI systems: 7
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The choice happens right here.

On a specific scenario and in the relevant languages we show where the company holds a strong position and where it starts to lose it.

Pick a company and find out why it loses the position, who takes its place, what the economic effect is and what can be changed.

AI systems: 7
AI systemThe measurement runs in every AI system at once. The combined result is shown by default. Each system shapes the choice differently: it uses its own sources, models and market context. So a company’s position can differ at different stages of the choice journey — from discovery to recommendation. Pick a system to see where exactly the company wins or loses its position.
Target marketderived estimateConfidence: low
$5–7.5bn / year · 2025 · Russia
Basis
annual trade / sales

The category has no standalone public report: the value is derived from the parent market by segment share, so it is directional rather than exact.

Choice scenarios

The scenario is the economic task being measured. It sits below the market: each market has its own scenarios. Switching it recomputes the stages of choice, the point of maximum loss, the journey comparison, and the forecast under “Points of intervention”. The key finding, the loss factors, and the competitors belong to the measurement as a whole.

Language is a run condition, not a separate scenario: the same economic task is asked in the local language and in English. The gap between them is visible in the raw observations at the bottom of the page.

Compare the scenarios across journeys →
Choice journey

Passing the stages of choice

Share of AI-system answers where the object passes each stage of choice and stays in the buyer's consideration field. The early stages make up the Participation Index, the shortlist and recommendation — the Win Index.

Measured

Measurement conditions: S1 «Buying a lot for a flour mill» · journey «Problem-first» · Russia · languages RU, EN · AI systems: 7 · Q1 2026

01DiscoveryDoes the object appear in the answer space at all?
Russian wheatRU
95%
Kazakh wheat
29%
Belarusian supply
21%
EU wheat
14%
02ConsiderationDoes the AI present it as a real alternative worth considering?
Russian wheatRU
92%
Kazakh wheat
20%
Belarusian supply
14%
EU wheat
9%
03EvaluationDoes it enter a substantive comparison against the choice criteria?
Russian wheatRU
87%
Kazakh wheat
12%
Belarusian supply
8%
EU wheat
5%
04ShortlistDoes it enter the final set of candidates?
Russian wheatRU
80%
Kazakh wheat
5%
Belarusian supply
3%
EU wheat
2%
05RecommendationDoes the AI recommend it outright as a preferred option?
Russian wheatRU
70%
Kazakh wheat
2%
Belarusian supply
1%
EU wheat
1%
Where the choice is lostRussian wheat
−3
−5
−7
−10largest loss

Height of a column is the share of answers where the object passes the stage. The narrowing between columns is the loss.

Participation index91first three stages
Win index75shortlist and recommendation

A stage is analytical markup of a step, not a required order of conversation: a journey may start with a recommendation and come back to comparison.

Key finding

On the domestic market Russian wheat is named by default: the choice is not between countries of origin but between suppliers and quality grades.

Point of maximum loss

The largest loss occurs between the stages «Shortlist» and «Recommendation» −10 pp for Russian wheat on the selected journey.

Why the position is lost

Choice factors that keep the object out of the final recommendation.

Lot quality by grade is inconsistently evidenced
44%
Logistics to the specific elevator is thinly described
36%
Price and settlement terms are not always disclosed
29%
Comparing suppliers against each other is difficult
22%
Little public data on shipment reliability
16%

Position depends on the journey and on the scenario

Probability of a final recommendation for Russian wheat for each decision journey, in both scenarios.

S1S2

The scenarios are different economic tasks. Their levels may be set side by side but not subtracted: the gap between scenarios is not a deficit to be closed.

Who takes the place

In AI recommendations (60–100)
Medium (30–59)
Low (10–29)
Critical (0–9)

Tile area and colour show the win index on this market — shortlist and recommendation. The participation index is in the table view.

For companies · from findings to action

What implementation givessample analysis

Each hypothesis is a verifiable action with a forecast of the index gain. Approve the ones you take on — implementation starts from your confirmation.

  1. 01loss factor · 44% of answers

    Publishing confirmed quality figures by grade will strengthen the position at the evaluation stage.

    Lot quality by grade is inconsistently evidenced

    Forecast+4pts to the indexEconomic potential≈ $20 mn / year
  2. 02loss factor · 36% of answers

    Disclosing haul distances to the elevators will settle the question on the transition into the shortlist.

    Logistics to the specific elevator is thinly described

    Forecast+3pts to the indexEconomic potential≈ $15 mn / year
  3. 03loss factor · 29% of answers

    An open shipment history will add a reliability signal ahead of the recommendation.

    Price and settlement terms are not always disclosed

    Forecast+3pts to the indexEconomic potential≈ $15 mn / year
How the forecast is calculatedforecast · model

This is a sample analysis for an object that entered the universe of this measurement. The universe is assembled anew at every scan of the category: its composition and the positions within it may change. Forecast, not a measurement. The upper bound is the loss at the narrowest transition, distributed across the weights of the loss factors; stage-passing points are carried into index points one to one, and the conversion coefficient is not yet established by the methodology. The money figure uses a working calibration: CCI is measured inside the category universe rather than against the whole market, so 25 index points are taken as roughly 2 percentage points of market share. The actual gain is obtained empirically only — by repeating the same benchmark after the intervention.

Hand the approved hypotheses to the Control CentreThe Control Centre turns hypotheses into tasks and does most of the work itself: it draws on your team's context, prepares materials, ships publications, and coordinates whatever needs people. Control and the key decisions stay with you.
Full plan potential+10pts to the index7686index 76 → 86≈ $50 mn / yearforecast · model
For researchers · verification and authorship
Verifiability · for researchers

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How the measurement works
170
observations
7
AI systems
2
languages · RU, EN
Q1 2026
measurement
Sample data rows
IDQueryModelLangAnswer (fragment)
006У какого поставщика закупить пшеницу третьего класса для мукомольного производства?ChatGPTRU…в первую очередь называют крупных российских трейдеров и ОЗК. Импорт из Казахстана упоминается только для приграничных регионов…
033Where should a Russian flour mill source milling wheat?ClaudeEN…domestic suppliers are named first; Kazakh wheat appears only for border regions and EU wheat is not considered…
001Кто основные поставщики пшеницу в России?PerplexityRU…первыми называют Kazakh wheat и Belarusian supply; Russian wheat известен как крупный производитель, но в списках квалификации появляется редко…
002Who are the leading wheat suppliers for Russia?GeminiEN…Kazakh wheat and Belarusian supply are named first; Russian wheat is known as a large producer but rarely appears in the qualification lists…
003Какие компании поставляют пшеницу в России?ClaudeRU…короткий список строится вокруг Kazakh wheat и Belarusian supply. Russian wheat упоминается только когда спрашивают об альтернативах…
A place for you
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Wheat × Russia

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$5–7.5 bnmarket volume per year
2choice scenarios
7AI systems measured
5objects compared
Authorship · share in commercial projects · Terms of participation are fixed before the study starts

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