Your POs Take 11 Days. Your Schedule Has 3.
Your project manager just told the owner the schedule is on track. They said that because they do not know your POs take 11 days on average — and four materials that ship Monday need a PO by today. That PO was submitted Thursday. It is still in review.
The Cost of Buying Too Slow
Every day a PO sits in approval is a day closer to a critical-path delay. Three scenarios you are already living.
You find out too late to act
By the time a PO delay shows up in your schedule, the delivery window has already closed. The crew is already on site. The damage is already done. Real-time PO tracking means you see the collision coming — with enough time to route around it.
Critical-path materials get no special treatment
In your current process, a PO for incidental hardware gets the same review queue as structural steel on the critical path. POD knows the difference and escalates accordingly — automatically.
Your monthly report hides 30 days of waste
Procurement reports arrive after the damage is done. By the time you read that your PO average is 11 days, three more critical-path deliveries have already been compromised. POD tracks in real time — not in retrospect.
The Procurement Race You Are Losing
Industry-best procurement completes in 3 days. Yours takes 11. Watch where the time disappears.
What POD Gives You Back
Stage-by-stage PO visibility
BuyingSpeed breaks every PO into its component stages and shows exactly where time disappears. You stop managing outcomes and start managing the process that creates them.
Fix the right bottleneckCritical path exposure flagged automatically
MaterialCriticalPathExposure cross-references every open order against the schedule. When PO cycle time threatens float on a critical-path item, you get an alert — in time to act.
No more surprise delaysBenchmark against industry best practice
Your team has been operating at 11-day PO cycles because no one measured it. POD compares your cycle time against benchmarks and shows the schedule days you recover when you close the gap.
73% delay reduction possible5-minute voice input replaces the paper trail
Field teams speak their daily update. POD transcribes, classifies, and updates procurement status automatically. The administrative overhead that slows down approvals disappears.
89% time savingsProcurement Speed vs. Schedule Reality — Live
BuyingSpeed shows where the delay lives. MaterialCriticalPathExposure shows what it costs.
Buying Speed
PODMaterial Critical Path Exposure
PODFrequently Asked Questions
Your POs Are Already in Review. Do You Know Which Ones?
Stop discovering procurement delays at 6am when the crew is standing there. Start seeing them 5 days early.
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