“Our founding principle is providing customers high-quality, intuitive survival gear to navigate emergencies with confidence and peace.”
Christian Schauf, CEO Uncharted Supply Co.
Challenge
Uncharted Supply Co. launched in 2016 and quickly became the leader in supplying survival gear in the event of emergencies.
Brand recognition combined with astronomical growth of the disaster preparedness industry provided increased opportunities to expand product lines. Sourcing new high quality factories to supply demand became imperative.
Uncharted Supply Co needed a way to manage bill of materials for RFQs in real-time with each new factory. They looked for AI automations to scale procurement without increasing employee count. Requirements included:
- Siloed factory workspaces to manage quotes
- Data integration of products, parts and assemblies
- Real-time alerting and in-platform messaging
- Digital bill of materials editing with change logs
- Include quality requirements for accurate quoting
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Solution
Airbatch’s self-serve integration allowed Uncharted Supply Co to sync their Quickbooks and be live in minutes. Once live, they could source new factories and start messaging with the sales team at each factory in real-time.
Engineering and procurement teams at Uncharted Supply Co unlocked automated sourcing without adding employee count or workload. Platform based sourcing features included:
- Bulk uploading of BOMs allowed
- Comparative views of current and quoting BOMs
- Real-time messaging with factory sales teams
Uncharted Supply Co deployed platform embedded AI tools to source new factories, procure high quality products, compare quotes and automate quality control processes. The result was lower product cost and operational expenses.
Impact
expense savings
