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Retail

Vendor Vault

Supplier and purchase order management for independent retailers — catalogs, orders, and landed costs.

Operational visibility

Improved

Teams could act from one trusted source.

Manual work

Reduced

Less spreadsheet and copy-paste overhead.

Decision speed

Faster

Important decisions made with current data.

Project context

Built for real operational constraints

Supplier and purchase order management for independent retailers — catalogs, orders, and landed costs.

Boutique retailers manage supplier relationships, purchase orders, and product costs across email threads and spreadsheets — with no single vendor view.

Client profile

Retail team with workflow complexity and cross-functional coordination needs.

Delivery timeline

Iterative implementation with continuous stakeholder feedback.

Stack

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Vendor Vault — Overview
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Overview

Primary screen showing day-to-day operating visibility.

The challenge

Boutique retailers manage supplier relationships, purchase orders, and product costs across email threads and spreadsheets — with no single vendor view.

The approach

A vendor management platform with supplier catalogs, purchase order queues, landed cost calculators, and reorder alerts tied to sales velocity.

Implementation details

  • Mapped the current workflow and key bottlenecks.
  • Designed the operating dashboard and team actions.
  • Rolled out iteratively with real user feedback.

Business outcomes

  • POs created in minutes instead of hours
  • Stockouts reduced with velocity-based alerts
  • True margin visible with landed costs included

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