Crowd-powered supplier ratings to dodge disruptions and cut costs
Small manufacturing business owners face skyrocketing material costs from unreliable suppliers that constantly disrupt production schedules.
SupplyScore lets small manufacturers rate and review suppliers based on reliability, pricing, and delivery speed. It aggregates community data into dynamic scorecards with disruption alerts. Owners get instant insights to switch suppliers before production halts.
Owners of small manufacturing businesses with tight production timelines and thin margins
Exclusive focus on small manufacturers' real-world ratings, with AI-powered reliability predictions from anonymized user data
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Search and filter suppliers by material, location, and score
Submit detailed ratings on delivery, quality, and pricing
Personalized dashboard showing supplier scores and trends
Email/SMS alerts for dropping supplier scores
View price and reliability trends over time
Side-by-side comparison of top suppliers
Create and manage personal supplier watchlists
Import supplier lists from CSV
Export scorecards as PDF
AI-suggested alternative suppliers
Native iOS/Android app
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| name | text | Yes |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| name | text | No |
| material_type | text | No |
| location | text | Yes |
| avg_score | int | Yes |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| supplier_id | uuid | No |
| delivery_score | int | No |
| price_score | int | No |
| quality_score | int | No |
| comment | text | Yes |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| supplier_id | uuid | No |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
/api/suppliersSearch and list suppliers
/api/suppliers/:idGet supplier details and scores
/api/ratingsSubmit new rating
/api/dashboardGet user dashboard data
/api/watchlistsAdd to watchlist
/api/alerts/preferencesUpdate alert settings
10 ratings/month
None
5 users
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 50 | 5% | $63 | $756 |
| Month 6 | 400 | 12% | $1,152 | $13,824 |
Join 100+ manufacturers rating suppliers for reliable production and lower costs.
Post in r/manufacturing, r/smallbusiness, and LinkedIn groups for small manufacturers sharing supplier pains; offer free Pro access for first ratings and testimonials. DM 20 owners from industry directories like ThomasNet listings under 50 employees.
Large directory
No ratings or alerts
Crowdsourced scores and real-time alerts tailored for small biz
Network effects from user-submitted ratings; data moat grows with more manufacturers
Post-pandemic supply chain volatility + rising costs make reliability tools essential for small manufacturers
Low adoption if few initial ratings
Seed with fake data and incentivize early users
Spam ratings
Moderation + verification
Success: 80% confirm need for ratings tool
Success: 50 ratings submitted
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