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Automating Supply Chain & Procurement for Foodz-X

How Foodz-X Streamlined Sourcing, Procurement & Invoicing With SmartSuite + Make

Client: Foodz-XDuration: 4 months
Automating Supply Chain & Procurement for Foodz-X

About the Client

Foodz-X is a B2B platform connecting supermarkets with food suppliers. Their operations involve complex procurement workflows, compliance-heavy adaptation processes, and multi-stage shipping coordination across international markets.

The Challenge

Before automation, Foodz-X relied on manual coordination for: - Sourcing & Supplier Matching – Finding the right supplier for each supermarket order. - Proposal Management – Collecting & comparing supplier proposals. - Sampling Requests – Managing sample approvals parallel to proposal selection. - Adaptation Compliance – Ensuring product labels meet local QA, design, and kosher standards. - Shipping Coordination – Tracking multi-container shipments with partial deliveries. - Invoicing & Commissions – Issuing invoices after buyer confirmation, tracking commissions per shipment. Their fragmented process required intense manual tracking, deep internal knowledge, and didn't scale well as order volume increased.

The Solution

  • Process Mapping & System DesignMapped end-to-end supply chain processes (BPMN-style workflow diagrams).
  • Proposal ManagementCollecting & comparing supplier proposals.
  • Sampling RequestsManaging sample approvals parallel to proposal selection.
  • Adaptation ComplianceEnsuring product labels meet local QA, design, and kosher standards.
  • Shipping CoordinationTracking multi-container shipments with partial deliveries.
  • Invoicing & CommissionsIssuing invoices after buyer confirmation, tracking commissions per shipment.

The Results

Eliminated manual tracking & fragmented spreadsheets
Reduced administrative workload by 50–70%
Improved process accuracy, eliminating errors in procurement & shipping
Enabled scalable operations, ready for increasing order volume
Increased efficiency for supplier-buyer interactions

Tools Used

SmartSuite
Make (Integromat) for automation logic
ChatGPT (OpenAI API)

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