Your operational Chief of Staff

Give every supply chain leader a Chief of Staff.

Unchained is the Chief of Staff for supply chain teams at mid-market F&B manufacturers. It has read every system, every inbox, every supplier document — so your team can ask anything, tell it what to do, and execute across your operation instantly. Nothing happens without your approval.

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Data silos

Your supply chain already has the data. It's just trapped.

The result is operational noise, reactive firefighting, and costly decisions made too late — because the data your team needs to answer basic questions lives across five or six systems that don't talk to each other.

NetSuite
PO-2025-0142 · status ???
missing 6d
Gmail
Re: Re: Re: Re: shipment for PO 0142
47d ago
supplier_tracker_v17_FINAL.xlsx
= VLOOKUP(#REF!, ...)
23 sheets
cargill-vendor.net
Session expired. Please log in again.
2-factor needed
Tribal knowledge
Always call Jen before Friday — rush
post-it · 9 months old
NetSuite
PO-2025-0142 · status ???
missing 6d
Gmail
Re: Re: Re: Re: shipment for PO 0142
47d ago
supplier_tracker_v17_FINAL.xlsx
= VLOOKUP(#REF!, ...)
23 sheets
cargill-vendor.net
Session expired. Please log in again.
2-factor needed
Tribal knowledge
Always call Jen before Friday — rush
post-it · 9 months old
Slack · #procurement
@channel did anyone confirm PO-0142?
3 replies, no resolution
Outlook
Quanzhou Films · MOQ change notice
unread · flagged
Google Sheets
ETA column: 'ask Mike'
shared with 8
coupa.bridge
PO-0148 acknowledgement pending
5d unread
Voicemail · J. Park
Cargill rep called about lead time
transcript: 32%
PDF · scanned
Quote_QZ8842.pdf · OCR partial
fields missing
Slack · #procurement
@channel did anyone confirm PO-0142?
3 replies, no resolution
Outlook
Quanzhou Films · MOQ change notice
unread · flagged
Google Sheets
ETA column: 'ask Mike'
shared with 8
coupa.bridge
PO-0148 acknowledgement pending
5d unread
Voicemail · J. Park
Cargill rep called about lead time
transcript: 32%
PDF · scanned
Quote_QZ8842.pdf · OCR partial
fields missing
Meet your Chief of Staff

A Chief of Staff who has already read everything.

Most software gives your team another dashboard to check. Unchained gives them a senior teammate — one that has already read every system, every inbox, and every supplier document, and can execute anything they tell it to.

Live signal · PO-2025-0142
Quanzhou Films · 14:02
01
Detect
Inbound signal
ops@quanzhou-films.com14:02
Re: shipment Q4 delay
“Slipping 6 days on the Nov 15 shipment. Will update Monday.”
classified · 0.97
02
Reconcile
Record matched
PO-2025-0142 · line 3
itemSteel bearings
qty1,200 units
value$87,400
dueNov 18
context enriched
03
Prioritize
Impact ranked · P0
Production line 3 · $87.4K committed
6-day slip exceeds buffer · stockout risk Nov 18
value above $50K
buffer under 4 days
queued highest
04
Coordinate
Actions drafted · 2
J. Park
split-order proposal
Cargill
1,200u quote · 4d lead
awaiting approval
05
Execute
Resolution · #8842
Cargill quote secured
J. Park approval sent
audit entry #8842 logged
split order pending one-click confirm
loop closed
Outcomes

The compounding effect of having a teammate who's already done the work.

When your team stops spending half the day pulling data together, they get the day back — for decisions, for supplier relationships, for the strategic work you hired them to do.

Operational leverage

Reduce manual coordination

Eliminate spreadsheet-driven reconciliation and repetitive operational follow-up. Free your team from chasing status updates across inboxes and portals.

Production continuity

Prevent production disruptions

Your Chief of Staff flags shortages, delivery slips, and supplier risks before they become fire drills — surfacing the signals days earlier, when there's still time to act.

Working capital

Improve inventory performance

Reduce excess inventory and stockouts simultaneously. Order the right quantity, at the right time, against real demand and supplier capacity.

Team capacity

Scale lean teams

Enable procurement and operations teams to operate at significantly higher leverage — without adding headcount as complexity grows.

What your Chief of Staff does

Ask it anything.
Tell it what to do.

From ordering decisions to supplier follow-ups to exception management — your Chief of Staff handles the data assembly so your team spends time on decisions, not on hunting.

Manage every order by exception

Every milestone tracked. Every slip flagged before it becomes a fire drill.

Live sync active
PO Number
Supplier
Expected
Value
Status
PO-2491
Acme Mfg
Oct 24
$12,400
Received
PO-2492
Global Steel
Nov 02
$45,250
In Transit
PO-2493
TechComponents
Nov 08
$8,100
Processing
PO-2494
Precision Parts
Nov 15
$18,750
Acknowledged
PO-2495
Allied Materials
Oct 18
$22,300
Backordered
PO-2496
Summit Supply
Oct 20
$15,800
Received

The data assembly is already done

Your Chief of Staff has already read every email, every attachment, every ERP signal — and reconciled them into one current picture. No more spreadsheets. No more manual cross-checking.

Sender
Sender
Sender

Supplier performance, always current

Catch OTIF and responsiveness drift early — before it becomes a production problem.

OTIF0%
Quality rate0%
Risk detected: 2 late shipments

Ordering decisions, grounded in reality

Overstocked ties up working capital. Understocked shuts down production. Your Chief of Staff recommends what to order and when — grounded in your actual demand, current lead times, and supplier reliability. You approve every order.

Analyzing

Steel bearings #SB-4420

$124
$131
$118
$127
$115
-8%
Your Best: $118
Q1Q2Q3Q4New Quote
You stay in control

Your Chief of Staff. Your rules.

Every recommendation shows the reasoning. Every action requires the permission you've defined. Nothing happens outside the policy you've set.

Operating posture
Active policy

Routine work runs within policy. Material decisions surface for you.

Permission matrix

Three tiers — you define each.

Recommend only
Prepared for you. Your team decides.
1 action
Switch primary supplier
strategic · high impact
Requires approval
Prepared and waiting for approval.
3 actions
Approve PO $5K–$50K
budget · mid-tier
Escalate to backup supplier
vendor · relationship
Approve PO over $50K
budget · executive
Runs within your policy
Approved rules only. Logged and reversible.
4 actions
Send overdue follow-up to supplier
comms · low impact
Update master data record
internal · reversible
Re-order safety stock under $5K
budget · auto-approved
Flag MOQ change > 10%
alert · surfaces info
SOC 2 Type II roadmapFull action reversibilityPer-user permission scoping
Audit log

Every action — traceable.

Audit trailLive
last 24h
14:02:11agent.recommendPO-2025-0142 reorder| confidence 0.91
14:02:09agent.executefollow-up email sent · PureSweeten| msg ID 8842
14:02:05agent.queuedapproval requested · J. Park| PO-0142 · $17.4K
14:01:58agent.tracereasoning chain · 3 steps| expandable
Every action logged · attributable · reversible

Every action is logged, attributable, and reversible. Your team sets the policy — your Chief of Staff operates within it.

Supplier Delay Cost Calculator

How much is late detection costing you?

Most procurement teams don't know the true cost of reactive work. Answer a few questions and find out in 2 minutes.

Reactive Labor

Your team chasing confirmations, handling escalations, and manually tracking supplier status.

Production Disruption

Downtime, expedited freight, rescheduling, and margin erosion from supplier-driven volatility.

Strategic Opportunity

COGS reduction, dual sourcing, and automation projects delayed because your team is firefighting.

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