The #1 Reason Operators Still Lack Procurement Visibility
1. The Invisible Leak
Rush orders, duplicate POs, last-second card swipes—individually they feel minor.
Stacked over a month, they drain 5-15 % of EBITDA. Not because the data doesn’t exist, but because it lives in:
• Email threads nobody searches
• Vendor portals nobody logs into
• Spreadsheets only one person understands
Result: leaders make million-dollar decisions on half-complete information.
2. The True Cost of Scattered Data
Across our operators, we benchmark data sprawl bleeds:
• $9K–$15K per month in duplicate buys, price creep, and rush freight
• Two finance days each close hunting PDFs and coding invoices
• Audit anxiety when a shipment’s tracking or vendor license is AWOL
You can’t plug leaks you can’t see.
3. The One-Screen Cure
Visibility isn’t more data—it’s one source of truth:
• Linked PO timeline – request, approval, shipment, invoice, tracking—click to open.
• Real-time spend guardrails – budgets update the second a PO is approved.
• Instant document traceability – tracking numbers and vendor docs attach automatically.
With everything on one screen, finance stops chasing, ops stops guessing, and compliance stops sweating.
4. Wins in the Wild
• 5-store chain – cut month-end close from 4 days to 1.
• Multi-state grower – caught $11.4 K in duplicate POs before checks went out.
• Single-site cultivator – trimmed 17 % off indirect spend by flagging price creep in real time.
5. Measure Your Own Blind Spot in 120 Seconds
1. Run the ROI Calculator → https://www.mainstem.io/roi
2. Four numbers, zero email.
3. See hard-cost leaks, labor drag, and annual recovery—line by line.
If the number stings, book a 20-minute walkthrough. We’ll show exactly where the data gap lives and how fast a unified dashboard pays for itself.
Visibility isn’t a future nice-to-have—it’s tomorrow’s margin.
