Predictive QC scoring that ranks your suppliers by reliability.
Solo manufacturing founders suffer persistent quality control failures from overseas suppliers due to lack of reliable remote QC tools.
Connect supplier shipment data and past QC results to generate reliability scores and risk alerts. Use simple forms for quick remote audits, powered by ML scoring. Solo founders get proactive warnings to switch bad suppliers early.
Solo manufacturing founders outsourcing to overseas suppliers
ML-based supplier scoring from your historical data, predicting failures before orders.
friendly
Add/track suppliers with scorecards.
Mobile-friendly forms for shipment QC.
ML-generated reliability score (0-100).
Email/Slack alerts on score drops.
Log shipments and link to audits.
Compare suppliers to industry avgs.
CSV upload past data.
Threshold-based notifications.
Integrate with inventory tools.
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No |
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| name | text | No |
| score | int | Yes |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| supplier_id | uuid | No |
| shipment_id | text | No |
| issues_count | int | No |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
/api/suppliersAdd supplier
/api/auditsSubmit audit
/api/dashboardGet scores & alerts
/api/scores/:supplierIdRecalc score
No alerts
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 100 | 2.5% | $73 | $876 |
| Month 6 | 600 | 5.5% | $990 | $11,880 |
Quick audits build predictive scores—spot risky suppliers before they cost you.
Target Reddit r/supplychain and Alibaba forums with score calculator tool. Email 25 founders from manufacturing directories with free audit. Convert via shared supplier score reports.
Full platform
Overkill for solos
Solo-focused, affordable scoring
Data moat from aggregated anonymized audit data improves scoring accuracy.
Supply chain volatility + cheap ML makes predictive QC accessible to small ops.
Data privacy concerns
GDPR compliant, user-owned data
ML accuracy with low data
Seed with synthetic data
Success: 8/12 prioritize scoring
Success: 20% paid conv
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