Sourcing and operations platform for manufacturers

Chart the suppliers your business hasn’t met yet.

Stela maps the facilities that make, move and process the materials you depend on, shows the evidence behind each one, and turns them into relationships your team can work. Then it helps you run the plant those materials flow into.

FacilitiesMaterial flowsYour next connection
The platform

Source it, run it, measure it. In one place.

Most manufacturers track suppliers in one tool, plant operations in another and the data behind both in spreadsheets. Stela connects them, so what you learn while sourcing carries straight into how you operate.

Material sourcing

Discover, verify and win suppliers for any input your plant runs on.

  • Map manufacturers, processors, distributors and more
  • Evidence levels backed by dated sources
  • Contacts, outreach and a pipeline built for sourcing

Plant management

Follow material from the supplier’s dock to your production floor.

  • Receiving logs tied to each supplier
  • Supplier performance on delivery and quality
  • Inbound volumes against what you need

Data collection

Capture the data your operation runs on, once, where it happens.

  • Forms for the plant floor and site visits
  • Imports from spreadsheets and public records
  • One clean record per facility and supplier
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Detailed site analysis

Compare locations for your next plant or depot against the supply around them: who is in reach, how much material, and what the site itself offers.

Built around what you make

One platform. Any input your plant runs on.

Every workspace is configured for its materials: the supplier types that matter, the evidence that counts, the units you buy in and the stages your team uses. Pick a category to see how a workspace changes.

How sourcing works

From a dot on the map to a signed supplier.

Every facility moves through the same four steps. Each one leaves a record your team can check, so nobody has to rediscover what someone else already learned.

01 · DISCOVER

Map every candidate

Registries, industry directories, public filings and company sites become one map of facilities, each with its role, operator and how precisely its location is known.

Facilities found1,284
Location approximate212
02 · VERIFY

Show the evidence

Each facility carries a plain evidence level backed by dated sources. First-hand confirmation outranks a directory listing, and stale sources get flagged.

Confirmed3 sources
Indicative1 source
03 · CONNECT

Reach the right person

Plant managers, procurement leads and owners, with what each one is responsible for and every call and email logged against the facility.

Plant manager
Capacity and scheduling
Spoke with
04 · QUALIFY

Build the shortlist

Stages, next actions and owners keep the pipeline moving. Export a sourcing brief for leadership or investors in one step.

Qualifying
Next: send supply termsOct 2
The product

The map and the list are one instrument.

Filter by region, supplier type, evidence, stage or distance. Select a facility and its profile opens beside the map, so you never lose your place.

Receiving log This week · sample
DateSupplierMaterialQtyCheck
Sep 22Northgate PrecisionCastings, lot 1182,400 pcsPassed
Sep 23Delta Resin CompoundersPP pellets18.2 tPassed
Sep 24Ridgeline Steel ServiceCoil, 14 ga31.0 tHold: moisture
Sep 25Crescent PackagingCorrugated trays6,000 unitsPassed
Supplier performance Last 90 days · sample
On-time delivery94%
First-pass quality97%
Volume vs plan88%
Records complete100%
Principles

Honest about what it knows.

A supplier map is only useful if you can tell a lead from a fact. Stela is built so that difference is always visible.

Evidence before claims

A listing is a lead. Capability, capacity, quality and willingness to supply are separate claims, each with its own sources and dates.

Approximate stays approximate

Estimated volumes, city-level locations and straight-line distances are labeled as such. Unknown values stay unknown.

Briefs you can hand over

Turn any shortlist or filtered view into a brief with figures, open questions and method notes that leadership can read cold.

Procurement and sourcing

Find candidates faster and keep every conversation, source and next step in one place.

Plant and operations

See what arrives, from whom and in what condition, and how each supplier performs over time.

Owners and leadership

Get a credible, evidence-backed view of supply and operations for planning, partners and investors.

Get started

Chart your first constellation.

Tell us what you make and what you need. We’ll set up a workspace around your materials and walk your team through it.

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