Surefront Case Study: Protective Equipment Manufacturer

Client Profile

Protective equipment manufacturer with products that are sold both to retail and trade needs to accelerate their global product development process—which is difficult to do when all information is contained in multiple spreadsheets throughout the organization and its vendor base.

Key issues include:

New Products come in multiple Iterations, sizes, colors
Product Sets are sourced both individually and as sets
Manufacturer rapid turnaround on new part sourcing, pricing, and samples
No vision into global status of Categories, Product lines, Products, or Components

Let's examine some key pain points and solutions to this manufacturer's issues.

Key Challenges

Our Solution:

With easily creatable private/public Custom Fields, Product Development teams can assign tasks to internal and external partners through Surefront’s unique collaboration platform. Whether it is called a Product Card or a Bill of Materials or an Item #, each can be highly customized to speed the product process from sourcing to sample.

Our Solution:

Buyers can quickly create customizable Tech Packs or Line Sheets to share the details of a project with vendors quickly and efficiently and get the answers they need faster.

Our Solution:

Using Surefront’s Vendor Management, Vendor Collaboration, and Vendor Communication Tools, teams can give and get the information they need to qualify new vendors quicker.

Our Solution:

Using Surefront’s Custom Workflows, critical milestones can be assigned to products, teams, and individuals to create transparency, vision, and control over all of your product processes.