Get late parts back on schedule before production stops
When an order will arrive after its part runs short, Cartograph opens an expedite task. Scout Agent checks other inbound orders and stock at other sites, asks suppliers for recovery options with cost and date, and your team picks one
Every late part gets a plan. Scout Agent collects the recovery options, and your team picks one
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Cartograph compares arrival with need
Cartograph checks your ERP data for the date a part's stock runs short and the open orders that arrive after it.
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An expedite task opens with the reason
A readiness signal opens an expedite task on the order, and Cartograph hands it to your team or Scout Agent.
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Scout Agent works your expedite playbook
Scout Agent checks the cheaper internal fixes first, then asks each supplier by email and phone for recovery options, such as an earlier date, a partial shipment or a substitute, with cost and date. Your team approves the choice.
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The recovery date is on record
Once your team approves the new date, it's updated in your ERP, and the task keeps every email and call behind it.
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.
Pay per expedited order line. The platform is free, and Scout Agent is charged only for completed outcomes
Free for your whole team
Charges apply only to enterprise capabilities, phone numbers and call minutes, and the work Scout Agent completes.
Priced per order line
Expediting a purchase order line costs $29.99 when Scout leads and $19.99 when Scout assists.
Nothing for attempts
Attempts, escalations and tasks Scout couldn’t complete are never charged.
Learn the method in Cartograph Academy. Free lessons on recovering late orders and deciding what to expedite
Purchase 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 lessonClear 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 lessonEarly delivery: accept, refuse or reschedule out
Decide whether to accept, hold invoice timing or refuse an early shipment, set a PO window, and know when a reschedule-out still saves cash.
Read lessonFAQ
Cartograph compares when each open order will arrive with when its part runs short. When the order lands after that date, a readiness signal opens an expedite task. Cartograph doesn't predict delays. It works from the data already on your records.
Scout Agent follows your expedite playbook. The starter playbook measures how late or short each line is, checks the cheaper internal fixes first, such as other inbound orders or stock at another site, then asks each supplier for recovery options with cost and a new date, including an earlier date, a partial shipment, a split, alternate stock or a substitute. A person on your team decides. Your team can change the playbook.
Your team does. The starter playbook requests approval before the expedite goes ahead, and any email or call that matches one of your approval rules waits for a person. You can decline with a reason, such as asking the supplier to split the shipment first.
Another readiness signal opens a task when an order will arrive well before it's needed, so your team can delay or reduce it.
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.
Yes. The readiness signals for orders take exceptions, such as skipping orders from one supplier. Exceptions are read in order and the first match wins. Orders that match none follow the usual timing.
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