The REALM Platform
Three Risks. Three Tools. One Platform.
Supply chain is the management of Material, Cost, and Information. REALM quantifies risk across all three dimensions—so you can manage what you can finally measure.
Supply Risk, Quantified
ARMOR — Will I have product?
Adaptive Risk Mitigation and Operational Resilience
Before ARMOR: "I think we're okay on chicken."
After ARMOR: "We have 14 days of coverage, supplier capacity is at 87%, and there's a single-source risk at the marinade supplier."
Supplier Health Monitoring
Continuous assessment of supplier financial health, capacity, and operational risk indicators.
Scenario Analysis
Model disruption scenarios before they happen. What if your top supplier goes down? You'll know the impact.
Contingency Planning
Identify backup suppliers and qualification timelines so you're never caught without a plan.
Capacity Monitoring
Track when demand will outpace supply capability before it becomes a crisis.
Cost Transparency, Proved
MACE — Am I receiving a fair price?
Market Analysis and Cost Evaluation
Before MACE: "Supplier says costs went up due to market conditions."
After MACE: "Market moved 3%. You raised prices 8%. Let's talk about that 5%."
Should-Cost Modeling
Every component tied to a market index. See what fair value really looks like.
Quote Comparison
Compare supplier quotes against market benchmarks and historical pricing to spot outliers.
Opportunity Identification
Surface the 3-8% margin gaps hiding in your supply chain — quantified and actionable.
PPI Validation
Supplier says costs went up 9%? PPI says 3%. That 6% gap needs a conversation.
Decision Clarity, Ensured
TOME — Am I making the right tradeoffs?
Tracking of Order Materials and Expense
Before TOME: Data scattered, knowledge in people's heads, always starting over.
After TOME: Single source of truth. Institutional memory preserved. Build on what you've learned.
Cross-Product Intelligence
Links Material Risk (ARMOR) to Cost Risk (MACE) so you see the full picture before making tradeoffs.
Knowledge Aggregation
What did you learn last time? It's here. Knowledge compounds instead of walking out the door.
AI-Powered Insights
Surface patterns and recommendations that humans would miss across your supply chain data.
Source Integration
Connects to ERPs, market data feeds, supplier portals, and internal systems.
Industries
Industry Applications
REALM works wherever supply chains create risk
Commodity volatility, ingredient sourcing, supplier pricing—REALM was born in food service and understands your challenges.
Menu costs, supplier negotiations, multi-unit operations—quantify risk across your entire supply network.
Component availability, production capacity risks, and quality issues across complex multi-tier supply networks.
Inventory risks, supplier reliability, and cost management to protect margins and availability.
Continuity of critical supplies with specialized monitoring for pharmaceutical and medical device supply chains.
Monitor commodity risks, logistics disruptions, and market movements across agricultural supply chains.
The REALM Network
More Participants, Sharper Intelligence
Neutral Third Party
REALM operates as an independent platform — not aligned with any supplier or buyer.
Anonymized & Aggregated
Your data stays yours. Network intelligence is built from anonymized, aggregated signals. No company-specific data is ever shared.
Network Effect
Every participant makes the intelligence sharper. More data means better benchmarks, better predictions, better decisions for everyone.
Start with a 90-Day Pilot
Prove the value before you scale
Pick One Category
Choose a high-spend, high-volatility category. We'll focus there first.
Load Your Data
We connect to your systems and load real data—no demo with fake numbers.
See Risk Quantified
For the first time, see exactly where your Material, Cost, and Information risks live.
Identify Opportunities
We find specific opportunities together. Then you decide if it's worth expanding.
Platform
Built for Supply Chain Professionals
REALM was built by practitioners who lived through commodity swings, COVID, plant fires, and supplier opportunism.
Real-Time Dashboards
Portfolio risk scores, category drill-downs, and Tier 2 network maps—all in one view.
Automated Monitoring
Continuous risk assessment, not quarterly reviews. Know when something changes.
Market Data Integration
Connected to Mintec, BLS PPI, CME, and other market indices for real-time fair value.
Supplier Web Engine
Supplier-provided data flows directly into ARMOR for accurate risk assessment.
Executive Reporting
One number for leadership. Full detail for practitioners. Everyone gets what they need.
Actionable Alerts
Know what to act on, not just what happened. Recommendations, not just notifications.
Let's Prove It
Give us 90 days and a category. We'll quantify your risk and show you exactly what you're missing.
The question isn't whether you can afford REALM. It's whether you can afford NOT to quantify your risk.