Operational Control Layer

The Control Layer
Between Operations
and Finance.

Flag and resolve data discrepancies across your supply chain before they become operational or financial problems.

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Ingest

Detect

Flag

Resolve

The Problem

Critical decisions depend on information that is scattered, inconsistent, and easy to miss.

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Where Work Happens

Email threads with vendors, forwarders, and internal teams
Spreadsheets tracking POs, shipments, and costs
Invoices, packing lists, BOLs exchanged constantly
Updates scattered across Slack, email, and portals
No single source of truth

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What Breaks

Price changes in email never updated in POs
Shipments lost in the shuffle
Missing or outdated documents
Changes buried in threads and missed
Multiple versions of the truth, no resolution

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Why It Matters

Delays from missing documents and unresolved discrepancies
Hours lost chasing information that should be visible
Elevated risk at month-end close
Decisions made on incomplete or stale data

Real-World Example

Three source systems. Three versions of the truth.

PO-2847 · SKU: HVAC-FILTER-20x25 · Consolidated Supply Co. · 500 units

Field	Purchase Order	Shipment (ASN)	Invoice
Qty (units)	500	487	500
Unit cost	$14.20	—	$14.85
SKU	HVAC-FILTER-20x25	HVAC-FILTER-20x25	HVAC-FILTER-20X25
Delivery	Mar 14	Mar 17	Mar 14
Total value	$7,100.00	—	$7,425.00

Invoice reaches Finance unresolved

$7,425 posted against wrong receipt. Manual journal required at close.

3-way match fails, PO stays open

AP holds payment. Close cycle extended while ops is chased for confirmation.

No root cause. No audit trail.

No record of who saw the mismatch or which value was used. Audit exposure.

The Solution

Ingest. Detect. Resolve.
Before it reaches your ERP.

Outer Marker ingests unstructured data from across your supply chain and surfaces discrepancies so your team can act immediately.

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Pulls from real workflows

Emails, documents, spreadsheets, and attached systems. No manual re-entry.

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Flags mismatches automatically

Price, quantity, and document discrepancies detected without human review.

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Clear view of what needs attention

Teams see exactly what requires action, classified by type and severity.

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Prevents small issues from growing

Data problems caught before they become operational or financial crises.

How It Works

Every exception classified, assigned, and dealt with.

Discrepancies detected automatically, then assigned, actioned, and closed with a full audit trail.

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Ingest

PO, ASN, Invoice pulled from ERP, 3PL, and AP

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Match

Field-by-field comparison across sources

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Flag

Variances classified: qty, price, SKU, date

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Assign

Routed to AP or ops owner automatically

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Resolve

Approve, dispute, or correct the record

Exception Queue

Exception	PO #	Type	Variance	Root Cause	Approval	Status
EXC-0041	PO-2847	Qty mismatch	-13 units / $184	Supplier error	AP Manager	Open
EXC-0042	PO-2851	Price variance	+$0.65/unit	Business variance	AP Analyst	In Review
EXC-0039	PO-2831	SKU format	Case mismatch	System error	Auto-approved	Resolved
EXC-0038	PO-2819	Missing ASN	No shipment record	Unknown	Ops Lead	Open
EXC-0037	PO-2809	Duty delta	Est $420 / Act $614	Compliance issue	Finance Lead	Resolved

Integration

What Outer Marker owns. What your ERP does.

Every discrepancy detected, classified, and resolved before a record reaches your ERP.

OUTER MARKER Processes

Purchase OrdersQty, price, vendor, delivery matched against ASN + invoice

InvoicesLine items, amounts, tax matched against PO + receipt

Shipping / ASNCarrier, qty shipped, delivery confirmation, tracking

Freight & DutyFreight invoices, duty statements, tariff classifications

HTS CodesSupplier vs. product master vs. broker classification

TMS / WMSShipment status, warehouse receipts, carrier charges

YOUR ERP Receives

Purchase OrdersClean, validated PO

InvoicesConfirmed match or resolved variance

Shipping / ASNConfirmed receipt matched to PO line

Freight & DutyLanded cost entries with correct GL coding

HTS CodesValidated classification for duty calculation

TMS / WMSReconciled costs and inventory updates

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This is real. You can see it today.

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Logistics Module

Ingests real shipment data: CSV, documents, unstructured comms
Single structured view of all shipments
Tracks updates and changes over time

Demo Customers

Dedicated Environment

Environment spun up per company
Your data loaded, your workflows simulated
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In Development

Coming Next

Discrepancy detection and resolution
AI-drafted email responses to vendors
Slack and multi-system ingestion
Full audit trail on every resolution

The Control LayerBetween Operationsand Finance.

Critical decisions depend on information that is scattered, inconsistent, and easy to miss.

Where Work Happens

What Breaks

Why It Matters

Three source systems. Three versions of the truth.

Invoice reaches Finance unresolved

3-way match fails, PO stays open

No root cause. No audit trail.

Ingest. Detect. Resolve.Before it reaches your ERP.

Pulls from real workflows

Flags mismatches automatically

Clear view of what needs attention

Prevents small issues from growing

Every exception classified, assigned, and dealt with.

Ingest

Match

Flag

Assign

Resolve

Exception Queue

What Outer Marker owns. What your ERP does.

OUTER MARKER Processes

YOUR ERP Receives

This is real. You can see it today.

Logistics Module

Dedicated Environment

Coming Next

See Outer Marker in action.

The Control Layer
Between Operations
and Finance.

Ingest. Detect. Resolve.
Before it reaches your ERP.