See where your chain leaks
Three short checks and a one-page report. About three minutes, no sign-up, and nothing leaves your browser unless you choose to send it.
Close the gap and the ripple dies down
When each business sees only the order from the next one along, a small change at the customer grows into a big swing at the supplier. Everyone holds extra stock, capacity sits idle, and then there is a shortage. The trade calls this the bullwhip effect. The cure is shared demand: when every business sees the same real signal, each plans from the customer instead of guessing from its neighbour's order. Switch between the two views to see the difference.
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- Customers buy a little more. A real but small change at the till.
- Each link guesses. Seeing only the order from the next link, each adds a safety margin and orders late.
- The swing grows. Margins and delays stack up the chain, so the supplier sees a boom, builds stock, then gets a bust.
- A bridge calms it. When every link sees real demand, each plans from the customer, not from its neighbour.
Know your power, pull the right lever
Every business in a chain sits between two forces: the power of those who supply it, and the power of those who buy from it. Set where you sit and who holds the power, then pull the levers to see what each does to your service, cost and cash.
Read the roomWho holds the power
Pull the leversSupply effects flow down the chain, demand effects flow up
See the resultService, cost, cash
Indicative: the check shows direction and balance, not a forecast. Further out on the triangle is better. Pick your industry to rename the positions in the chain.
Is your chain ready for the bridge?
A bridge works best when every business on it can plug in, share clean data and act on what it sees. This check grades six areas, three on technology and three on your organisation. Start with six quick questions, or go deeper with all 28. Your weakest area shows where to start, and what the bridge does about it.
ReadinessAverage across all six areas
Indicative self-assessment: each area scores 1 to 5, and its level is the average of its answers. Use it to start the conversation; we confirm the picture with you on site.
Your chain on one page
Your answers from the three checks on one page: what the gap is costing you in rands, a baseline to measure progress against, and a way to send it all to us.
Your bridge report
What the gap costsYour figures replace ours
Your baselineMeasure it, then prove it
Take the readiness check now and again after six months on a bridge. The change in score shows whether the bridge is working.
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Send it to usWe reply with a first view of your bridge
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Talk to us about building your first bridge
Bring your report. We will look at your chain with you and agree which link to bridge first.