Find the short part while the build can still start on time
Cartograph looks up to five weeks ahead for parts your plan will run short of, and opens a task on each order that arrives too late, so your team closes the gap before the build is due
A build stops for the one part that isn't there. The earlier you find the gap, the more ways you have to close it
The later you find a shortage, the more it costs
When a missing part surfaces on the day of the build, the options left are premium freight, overtime or moving the build, and each costs more than a fix found weeks earlier.
Measure builds that start on plan
Track the share of work orders that start on their planned date, and how many delays trace back to a purchased part. Both come from records you already keep.
Up to five weeks' notice
Cartograph works out from your ERP data when each part runs short, and opens a task on the order that arrives after that day. Scout Agent checks the cheaper internal fixes first, then asks the supplier for options with cost and date.
A part can miss a build by arriving late or arriving short. Readiness signals catch both and open a task for your team or Scout Agent
Expedite a late or short order
Finds a way to get parts in before the build that needs them.
See how it worksCheck an order is on track
Checks a confirmed order still holds before its date, while there is time to act.
See how it worksFind a late or missing shipment
Finds out where an overdue shipment is and when it will arrive.
See how it worksResolve a mismatched delivery
Sorts out short, over, damaged, or wrong deliveries with the supplier.
See how it works[01]
An order that lands after the shortage
Cartograph compares each open order's arrival with the day its part runs short. When the order comes too late, a readiness signal opens a task.
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A delivery that closed short
When a delivery closes with fewer parts than ordered, a readiness signal opens a task, and Scout Agent asks the supplier for a date for the balance.
Your team sets the limits. Test Scout Agent first without a supplier seeing anything, then decide what Scout may do without asking
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Always allow, Needs approval or Never
Set each action Scout Agent can take, separately for tasks Scout leads and tasks Scout assists.
Place this call?
CallingNora Whitfield · East Coast Castings
Call summaryLock in Thursday’s release and the courier for PO 24103.
Plan3 steps
Why you’re asked This contact has been reached a lot recently.
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Scout asks first when your rules say so
Even when Scout Agent leads, an email or call waits for your team when it matches an approval rule or the contact has been reached a lot recently.
Scout Agent leads
Scout Agent resolves this task end-to-end on its own, including interacting with external parties. Scout Agent pulls you in for escalations or when your approval is required.
Scout Agent assists
Scout Agent assists with the resolution, including researching, planning, and drafting communications. You approve all key actions, and can suggest alternatives.
Just me
Scout Agent will not run on this task.
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Who works each task
Each task type sets whether Scout Agent leads or assists, and your team can change the role on any task, down to Just me.
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A no comes with a reason
Decline a draft with a reason, and Scout Agent uses it to find a different way through.
Learn the method in Cartograph Academy. Free lessons on having every part in place when the build starts
Clear to build: kitting, shelf life and a CTB checklist
Know before the line starts whether a build is clear. Check on-hand status, shelf life against the build date, kitting timing, and what makes a CTB wrong.
Read lessonPurchase order expediting: decision tree and expedite log
Get late or short parts back on schedule. Find why the order is late, expedite only parts that complete a kit, and pick the right recovery option.
Read lessonPast-due purchase orders: how to work the report
Rank past-due purchase orders by the build each line blocks, clean the report first, and run a daily rhythm that catches a slipping date early.
Read lessonReceiving inspection: checklist, sampling and hold rules
Check each shipment against the PO, size the sample to the part's risk, and hold unverified stock out of the ERP until it clears.
Read lessonFAQ
Cartograph works out each part's balance from the stock on hand, the open orders and the demand already in your ERP, up to five weeks ahead. Cartograph finds the first day a part runs short, and a readiness signal opens a task on the open order that arrives after that day. Cartograph doesn't forecast demand. It works from the plan you already have.
Four readiness signals look after a build. One opens an expedite task when an order will arrive after its part runs short. Another opens a task when a delivery closes short of the ordered quantity or more arrives than was ordered. By default, a third opens a task three days before a confirmed order's expected date, and a fourth opens one on the delivery date if nothing has been received. Your team sets when each readiness signal opens a task, and which orders it skips.
Cartograph hands the task to your team or to Scout Agent, depending on how you set up that task type. Scout Agent emails and calls the supplier within the permissions your team sets, and a decision such as paying for an expedite waits for a person on your team.
No. Cartograph reads the orders, stock and demand already in your ERP and works the gaps your plan shows. Your ERP stays the system of record, and your planning stays where it is.
Yes. Once the date is approved, it's updated on the order in your ERP. You choose which fields Cartograph may update, and every update is logged.
No. Triggers stay off until an admin turns them on, and each readiness signal can be paused or given a different timing. The ones for orders also take exceptions, such as skipping a supplier you trust.
Talk to us about keeping builds on schedule
We'll walk through your build plan, your suppliers and the readiness signals you'd turn on first.