Material Flow & Procurement Engine
Target Audience: Supply Chain Director, Logistics Manager, Operations Manager
Core Value: Spend Governance & Working Capital Optimization
The Problem: "The Home Depot Run"
Invisible stockouts halt production, leading to expensive emergency runs to suppliers. "Rogue Purchasing" bleeds cash, and lack of receiving verification leads to paying for missing goods.
The Solution: A Digital Procure-to-Pay Workflow
I architected a Material Flow & Procurement Engine that enforces data-driven spending via a Digital Procure-to-Pay Workflow. Real-time visual thresholds for inventory health and a strict purchase order governance transformed procurement from reactive panic to proactive strategy.
The Commercial ROI
Production Uptime: Virtually eliminated stoppages caused by material shortages.
Spend Control: Reduced rogue spend by 10-15% via digital approval workflows.
Three-Way Match: Enabled automated validation of PO vs. Receipt vs. Invoice.
Technical Architecture
Server-Side Integrity: Avoided client-side race conditions by utilizing Cloud Functions (onPoReceived) to handle inventory increments securely.
Reactive Inventory Health: Built a diagnostic dashboard (quantityOnHand <= lowStockThreshold) that visually alerts purchasing managers to critical shortages.
Smart Procurement: Enforced a "Draft vs. Sent" state machine, locking POs once committed to suppliers to prevent historical revisionism.