What is supply chain visibility?
Supply chain visibility means every team member knows the current status of every open order — without having to ask.
It’s the difference between production making decisions on live information versus information from last Tuesday’s inbox check. True visibility means the moment a supplier sends a shipment update, a delay notice, or a hold — your whole team sees it. Not just the buyer who received the email.
The visibility gap
Your tracking system is only as current as your last manual update.
Critical part status lives inside one buyer’s inbox — and nobody else can see it. When production needs an update, they interrupt the buyer, who stops what they’re doing, digs through emails, and relays information by hand. If that buyer is out or slammed, everyone stops. One inbox. One point of failure.
How it works
Everyone stays aligned as soon as new information comes in.
AWB 789101112 - Shipment departed Shanghai PVG
Invoice #450092 overdue reminder for PO-112233
Weekly Inventory Sync - Q4 Projections report
Connect your email
Works with your existing Gmail or Outlook setup. Connected in minutes — your team keeps working exactly as they do today.
PO-Relay reads every supplier communication
Every hold notice, shipment update, delay, and confirmation is extracted and categorized the moment the email arrives. Nothing slips through.
Production and supply chain see the latest — instantly
The dashboard reflects what’s actually happening now, not what was entered last. Every team member sees the same current picture without asking anyone.
What you get
PO-Relay keeps your whole team current — automatically.
Live part status
Delivery dates, hold notices, and shipment updates pulled from supplier emails and shared across your team the moment they arrive.
No extra work for buyers
Buyers keep working the same way. PO-Relay runs quietly in the background — nothing new to learn, nothing to change.
Complete audit trail
Every status change is logged with the email that caused it. When a delay or dispute comes up, the full timeline is already there.