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Control towers

A control tower on your ERP, and a supplier portal.

Planning suites promise one view of the supply chain and take a long time to configure. Most teams need something narrower and sooner: every inbound order in one place with the date it will really arrive, and suppliers answering in a portal instead of a spreadsheet. We build those around your ERP and the carriers you use.

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// what matters here

What is different in this industry.

01

Built on the ERP, not beside it

Purchase orders, items and suppliers come from your ERP through its API or exports, so the control tower never disagrees with the system of record.

02

Milestones from the carriers themselves

Container, port and carrier events come from their APIs and EDI messages, so a slipped vessel shows up before the planner rings the forwarder.

03

Alerts that name the consequence

A late shipment alert lists the customer orders and production runs it affects, which is the question the planner asks next.

04

Suppliers answer once

The portal keeps last year's answers and evidence, so suppliers confirm what changed rather than starting again.

// example projects

Priced examples for this service.

Each one is hypothetical, labelled as such, and priced live from our rate card. Open any of them in the estimator and make it yours.

Example projectWeb app

Inbound control tower

Hypothetical. Not a client, not a result.

// The problem

A distributor tracks purchase orders, supplier confirmations and inbound containers across the ERP, carrier websites and a spreadsheet, so a slipped vessel is found when customers start calling.

// What we would build

A web control tower that joins ERP purchase orders, supplier confirmations and carrier and port milestones into one view per order, with alerts when a promised date slips and a list of the customer orders it puts at risk.

// What is in it

  • Every open purchase order with its supplier confirmation and inbound shipment
  • Carrier, port and container milestones pulled from their APIs and EDI
  • Alerts when a promised date slips, naming the customer orders affected
  • Supplier scorecards on confirmations and on-time delivery
  • Planner notes and decisions kept against each order

// Stack

  • Next.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • EDI (X12 and EDIFACT)
  • Carrier and port tracking APIs
  • Microsoft Azure

// estimate

Build
≈ US$95,000 to US$145,000, delivered within 20 weeksCAD 135,300 to 206,900
Hosting
≈ US$751 a monthCAD 1,070 a month
Support
≈ US$2,500 a monthCAD 3,565 a month

Prices in your currency are estimates from today's Bank of Canada rate. All invoicing is in CAD or USD.

Timeline by milestone

Discovery
2.9 to 3.4 weeks
Design approved
3.4 to 5.4 weeks
Core features
2.9 to 4.9 weeks
Full build
1.9 to 3.4 weeks
Testing and fixes
0.9 to 1.9 weeks
Launch
0.9 to 1.4 weeks

Outside our hands, and added to the calendar

Data access from each system's owner
1 to 4 weeks
Supplier EDI testing
2 to 6 weeks

How it is paid

Deposit 20%
CAD 27,060 to 41,380
Discovery 7.7%
CAD 10,418.10 to 15,931.30
Design approved 7.7%
CAD 10,418.10 to 15,931.30
Core features 23.3%
CAD 31,524.90 to 48,207.70
Full build 15.5%
CAD 20,971.50 to 32,069.50
Testing and fixes 7.7%
CAD 10,418.10 to 15,931.30
Launch 8.1%
CAD 10,959.30 to 16,758.90
Holdback, 30 days after launch (10%)
CAD 13,530 to 20,690
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Example projectWeb app

Supplier sustainability portal

Hypothetical. Not a client, not a result.

// The problem

Customers and lenders ask for product carbon and sourcing data, and the sustainability lead collects it from hundreds of suppliers by spreadsheet every year.

// What we would build

A web portal where suppliers answer one shared questionnaire, upload their evidence and carry last year's answers forward, with a review queue for your team and exports in the formats your customers ask for.

// What is in it

  • Supplier invitations, reminders and a questionnaire that adapts to the supplier's category
  • Evidence uploads with expiry dates and reminders
  • Last year's answers carried forward for review, not retyped
  • Review queue with comments sent back to the supplier
  • Roll-ups by product, category and region, with exports for customers

// Stack

  • Next.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • S3-compatible storage
  • Transactional email service
  • Google Cloud

// estimate

Build
≈ US$69,200 to US$106,000, delivered within 17 weeksCAD 98,500 to 150,600
Hosting
≈ US$176 a monthCAD 250 a month
Support
≈ US$1,000 a monthCAD 1,425 a month

Prices in your currency are estimates from today's Bank of Canada rate. All invoicing is in CAD or USD.

Timeline by milestone

Discovery
2.9 to 3.4 weeks
Design approved
2.9 to 4.9 weeks
Core features
2.4 to 3.9 weeks
Full build
1.4 to 2.4 weeks
Testing and fixes
0.9 to 1.4 weeks
Launch
0.9 to 1.4 weeks

How it is paid

Deposit 20%
CAD 19,700 to 30,120
Discovery 7.7%
CAD 7,584.50 to 11,596.20
Design approved 7.7%
CAD 7,584.50 to 11,596.20
Core features 23.3%
CAD 22,950.50 to 35,089.80
Full build 15.5%
CAD 15,267.50 to 23,343.00
Testing and fixes 7.7%
CAD 7,584.50 to 11,596.20
Launch 8.1%
CAD 7,978.50 to 12,198.60
Holdback, 30 days after launch (10%)
CAD 9,850 to 15,060
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// questions

Questions we get about this.

Which ERPs can a control tower read from?

SAP, Oracle NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics and most others with an API or a scheduled export. We confirm the connection on your own system before quoting.

Do we need EDI with our carriers and forwarders?

Not necessarily. Many carriers and forwarders publish tracking APIs, and EDI is used where they offer it. We map what each of yours supports.

Can suppliers answer in their own language?

Yes. The portal and the questionnaire can be translated, and answers are stored with the language they were given in.

Back to the industry: Supply chainAbout the service: Web and mobile apps

// next

Not quite your project?

Tell us what you have in mind. We will come back to you with a range and the questions that would narrow it. Or book a call and talk it through.

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