You didn't overspend on product. You lost money on the process.
$2,450 vanished from your operation last month.
Not from vendor markups. Not from employee theft. Not even from market volatility.
It disappeared through the cracks of your broken purchasing system.
"Just grab some gloves and cones with your card. We'll figure out the paperwork later."
This sentence is costing you thousands.
Someone makes a quick purchase on their personal card.
No purchase order.
No approval routing.
No visibility.
Finance discovers it when the statement arrives—after month-end close.
Meanwhile, that same inventory sits unused at your other location.
The Hard Truth: This Isn't About Your Vendors
Your suppliers are doing exactly what you asked.
The real problem?
Your team is scattered across 3 retail locations and 2 cultivation sites, all buying what they need however they can:
- Emergency one-off purchases
- Decentralized ordering
- Zero spend visibility
- No standardized process
And at the end of the month, Finance is left hunting down receipts and coding expenses that should have been tracked from day one.
That's not just frustrating. It's bleeding your margins dry.
MainStem: Keep Your Vendors, Fix Your Process
We're not here to replace your supplier relationships.
We're here to give you the infrastructure to actually manage them.
With MainStem:
✅ Maintain your vendor network - but with centralized controls
✅ Standardize purchasing across all locations and departments
✅ Automate approval workflows based on your business rules
✅ Match POs to invoices automatically before Finance starts chasing
✅ Gain real-time visibility into who's buying what, where, and why
Every day without a system costs you another slice of margin. Most operators discover they've been losing 5-8% of potential profit for years without realizing it.
See Your Actual Margin Leakage in 60 Seconds
Most cannabis operators don't think their system is broken—until they see the numbers.
That's why we built our 60-second ROI calculator.
No email required. No sales pitch. Just clarity on what you're really losing.
Operators typically uncover:
- $10K-$20K in monthly avoidable spend
- 15-20 hours of finance team time wasted on reconciliation
- Duplicate purchases across locations
- Compliance risks from untracked expenses
Imagine month-end with zero surprises.
Your CFO sees exactly what was spent, where, and why—before the books close. Your operations team gets what they need without the runaround. Your margins stay protected through every purchase.
You don't need new vendors. You need MainStem.
