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Frank in live product development and sourcing workflows

Material Exchange supports teams where early decisions happen: before PLM, before nomination, and before supplier choices are locked.
Discuss your workflow

Customer Stories

Frank in live product development and sourcing workflows

Material Exchange supports teams where early decisions happen: before PLM, before nomination, and before supplier choices are locked.
Discuss your workflow
Customer Story 01

Global footwear & components workflow

A global footwear brand used Material Exchange and Frank AI to support a complex development workflow across internal teams, T1 suppliers, and T2 suppliers. 

Frank helped structure supplier input, surface relevant options, identify missing information, and improve visibility across the development process.

Impact areas

T1/T2 alignment

Supplier visibility

Faster review cycles

Reduced manual coordination

Better early-stage decision support

Customer Story 02

Multi-brand material discovery

A European multi-brand group used Material Exchange to centralize material data and improve discovery across design, product development, 3D, and sourcing teams. 

Frank supported natural language search, visual discovery, and easier reuse of pre-vetted materials. 

Impact areas

Centralized material hub

AI-powered search

Image-based discovery
Better access to pre-vetted materials
Improved internal visibility
Customer Story 03

Supplier cluster onboarding

Material Exchange can onboard regional supplier groups, trade body networks, or category-specific supply clusters into an agent-ready discovery environment. 

Frank helps structure profiles, capabilities, certifications, and material data so brands can search and engage new supply faster. 

Impact areas

Faster supplier intake

Better brand access to new supply

Structured supplier capability data

Discovery-ready supplier network

Next step

See how this would work in your sourcing setup

We’ll walk through your current sourcing workflow and identify where sourcing coordination slows down, where rework starts to build up, and where earlier alignment and validation can improve execution.