Case Study: Simple Sugars cuts sourcing time and expands supplier options with Tenkara

How Simple Sugars Cut Sourcing Time By 10 Hours Weekly While 8x'ing Their Supplier Base

Simple Sugars, a skincare company, faced significant supply chain challenges due to limited visibility and a dependency on a small number of core suppliers. Their reactive sourcing process involved manual quote-chasing and left them vulnerable to price spikes and delivery failures, costing their founder hours each week. They turned to Tenkara and its automated sourcing agents to address this critical operational vulnerability.

By implementing Tenkara, Simple Sugars automated supplier discovery, quote collection, and cost monitoring. The solution delivered transformative results, including an 8x increase in their approved supplier base and time savings of 10 hours per week for the founder. Tenkara provided proactive alerts on pricing trends and gave the company the operational leverage and visibility needed to turn their supply chain into a competitive advantage.

Simple Sugars

Lani Lazari

Founder