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National Supply and Demand Dashboard

Monitor national supply and demand information to increase awareness and visibility on product availability. A supply and demand dashboard provides government officials quick status on national inventory levels of general products (e.g. commodities, primary material, construction material).

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Key benefits

Reduced Operating Costs

Additional incurred costs can be avoided by utilizing available inventories. This benefits both suppliers and buyers in terms of saved costs in lead times, storage and shipping.

Enhanced National Inventory

With visibility on real-time national supply and demand inventory levels, government officials can make more informed decisions regarding national needs.

User Journey

1

Buyer logs into the dashboard to source construction material for one of his sites and given his need, he localizes two different suppliers to satisfy his need
2

He consults the available insights to support his decision and contacts the suppliers to negotiate pricing and agrees with one of the suppliers on a price and settles payments through the platform
3

Meanwhile, a government official is monitoring the inventory levels of the sought products that analyzes trends, historical data and sale price points across the country
4

He simulates a what-if scenario in an effort to better understand risks and forecasts and notices national risks with the available inventory levels
5

He synthesizes his analysis and forwards it to the right government department