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Jun 26, 2026 · Operations

AI Budget Overruns? A Three‑Step Protocol to Align Cross‑Department Compute Costs and Demand

The article explains why naïve per‑head AI token budgeting fails, introduces a three‑step cross‑department compute‑cost attribution and settlement protocol, and shows how transparent logging, weighted mapping, and automated routing can cut dispute resolution time from days to hours while preventing budget overruns.