Simplify their supply chain workflowIncrease communication with suppliersMore time to fix data discrepanciesAdvance notice when delays were expected

OpenStore, a brand aggregator founded in March 2021, faced the challenge of managing procurement for over 40 brands. The company's mission was to identify, value, acquire, and scale long-tail e-commerce brands, offering liquidity to entrepreneurs who had grown these brands to their first six to seven figures in annual sales. The operations team, initially consisting of just two people, was tasked with managing all aspects of supply chain, fulfillment, demand planning, and product development. With an ambitious objective to grow to hundreds of brands as soon as possible, OpenStore needed to find a way to streamline operations and incorporate hundreds of unique supply chain management processes into a standardized, repeatable practice that could run with minimal manpower.

Brooklinen, a leading e-commerce disruptor in the home essentials industry, needed an operational framework that could scale as they planned to expand their product offerings into new stores and regions. They required a system to streamline and automate their processes, centralize their data, and provide better visibility into the status of their goods. After raising a Series B of $50 million in March 2020, the company was poised for growth but needed the right tools to support this expansion.

Native, an eco-friendly personal care brand based in San Francisco and a P&G brand, faced several challenges in aligning their supply chain team. They needed to manage production timelines effectively, launch an eco-friendly line of packaging, and introduce new product categories. The complexity of these tasks required a streamlined approach to ensure that all stakeholders were on the same page and that the supply chain operations were efficient and transparent.

The Harry’s sourcing team actively searches for tools and systems that can supplement their dynamic supply chain in an effort to find more scalable ways to track data about suppliers, manufacturing, and shipments. The team has been piloting Anvyl in hopes of adopting an automated solution for increased transparency across the supply chain, specifically with production reporting and tracking. As part of the pilot, the sourcing team is starting to move purchase order data over to Anvyl’s Production Hub, so they can test it as a central place for everyone to see sourcing and production information.

Before Tervoort and his team found Anvyl, they were managing all of their supply chain operations in spreadsheets and over email threads. They knew they needed to cut down the hours they were spending on following up with suppliers and logistics partners, and they wanted more clear, effective communication between the finance and supply chain functions of Organifi. Tervoort envisioned a single dashboard where every stakeholder could find status updates on important production milestones, detailed supplier data, and an easily searchable history of conversations around orders and payments.

When Caraway was ready to launch its first eco-friendly product line in the summer of 2019, the team needed a way to quickly and efficiently monitor their production and shipment of ordered goods. As a new brand, Caraway did not have a large operations team in place to oversee every production milestone with its suppliers. The business needed to operate with a small but highly productive team as it looked to simultaneously produce and expand its product offering with other home goods.

Before Anvyl, COOLA’s supply chain information was fragmented. Purchase orders (POs) were created and emailed to suppliers, order statuses were manually tracked in spreadsheets, and important updates were communicated across multiple channels. Every change or revision to a purchase order – which happened 70% of the time – had to be manually updated across many systems, including their NetSuite ERP provider. For a company that issues more than 1,000 orders per year, shares over 5,000 files, and manages nearly 2,000 tasks, this inefficient approach took a toll on the team.

S’well, the leading insulated reusable beverage container company, had experienced nearly a decade of rising unit costs for its core products, as well as quality concerns within its supply chain. While the company wished to address these issues, it recognized that switching suppliers could be disruptive – especially amid high and growing consumer demand. To help solve these challenges, S’well asked Anvyl to evaluate its supply chain and identify cost savings opportunities for its core product offering, insulated water bottles.

Sock Fancy was rapidly expanding and needed to scale their supply chain operations. They faced challenges with inefficient communication with overseas manufacturing and design partners, lengthy email chains, lack of process visibility, and technological hassles. These issues made it difficult to maintain their quality of service with the anticipated 10x growth. Managing B2B accounts demanded significant time, leaving little room for other important functions like marketing, trade show placement, and design. The team spent hours following up with upstream supply chain partners to ensure quick and accurate updates for their enterprise customers.

As the pace of product innovation increases, startups face intense pressure to get products to market faster. hims, an early-stage, high-growth men’s personal care brand, sought to reduce its time to market for several new products in order to capture market share in an increasingly crowded category. hims tasked Anvyl with helping it rapidly develop a new supply chain for a variety of products. In the direct-to-consumer business, getting your products out to market quickly is critical to success,” said Hilary Coles Head of Product for hims. “We were excited to work with Anvyl because its team of experts could serve as an extension of our own – providing eyes on the ground at every stage of the sourcing and production process.