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The agents running the operation

A small workforce, each with a role, a live status, a record of what it has done, and a defined scope of what it's allowed to do on its own. The Head of Operations orchestrates all of them; you only talk to the Head of Operations.

Supply specialists — the headline crew

The three agents that do the heaviest lifting on a CPG operation: the co-packers, the freight lanes, and the suppliers. Most of what they do — chases, drafts, COA refreshes, lane checks — runs on its own. POs, carrier switches, and new vendors come to you.

Sage

Co-packer agent — production & POs

recovery plan awaiting your approval

2 co-packers tracked · 14 open POs · 9 active production schedules · reorder points live on 9 SKUs

Recent work

  • Chased PO-4421 with Northeast Bottling; got reply, run still on for May 28today 6:48a
  • Drafted split-run recovery for the Green Mountain delaytoday 7:42a
  • Re-ran the Q3 production plan with the delay factored intoday
  • Drafted PO #1142 to Hollow Brook Foods — 4,000 units (awaiting your go)yesterday
  • Reorder alert: 32oz Classic Beef below buffer in CA 3PLthis week

Scope

Runs the co-packer relationship: chases POs by email and phone, tracks every production run to its scheduled date, drafts the next run schedule, and proposes a recovery plan when something slips. Sends the chase emails on its own; POs send only after you approve.

Pier

Freight agent — lanes, carriers & tracking

VT→Dallas lane re-quote in motion

3 carriers · 11 inbound shipments tracked · 4 active lanes · lane-margin monitored weekly

Recent work

  • Flagged VT→Dallas LTL at 14.2% of revenue vs 9.0% baseline — re-quote queuedyesterday
  • Pinged Cardinal Freight on a late LTL inbound to TX 3PL — ETA back, +1 daytoday
  • Drafted re-quote RFQs to 3 carriers for the VT→Dallas lanetoday
  • Reconciled 9 inbound freight invoices for April against quoted ratesthis week

Scope

Watches every freight lane against its baseline cost (% of landed revenue), tracks inbound and outbound shipments, drafts re-quotes when a lane drifts, and pings carriers when a shipment is late. Sends carrier chasers on its own; carrier switches need your go.

Forge

Supplier agent — ingredients, packaging, COAs

3 COA request emails drafted, awaiting your send

6 suppliers tracked · 18 ingredient & packaging lines · COA expiries watched daily

Recent work

  • COA expiry sweep: 3 suppliers flagged, request emails draftedyesterday 11:50a
  • Pulled fresh price lists from 4 ingredient suppliers for the Q3 cost reviewtoday
  • Flagged a 6% bone-cost increase at Stowe Bone & Marrow — note added to Sagethis week
  • Resolved a short-ship from Champlain Sea Salt — credit memo postedthis week

Scope

Runs the upstream supplier relationships: tracks every ingredient and packaging supplier, watches COA and spec-sheet expiries, refreshes price lists quarterly, and drafts the supplier comms. Sends routine asks on its own; new vendor onboarding needs your go.

Back office — books, billing, channels, customers

The supporting crew. They keep the books clean, the bills honest, the channels read, and the customer inbox warm — so the founders can stay on the supply side and the growth side, not on admin.

Marigold

Freight & vendor billing audit

disputing a freight overbill

3 carriers audited · $4,310 in billing errors recovered YTD

Recent work

  • Caught $1,840 overbill on Sweetwater invoice SW-22910yesterday
  • Reconciled 9 inbound freight invoices for Aprilthis week
  • Flagged a delayed LTL shipment to the TX 3PL — passed to Pierthis week
  • Recovered $670 detention charge from Cardinal Freightlast week

Scope

Audits every freight and co-packer invoice against its quoted rate and bill of lading, opens disputes on overcharges, and closes the loop with Pier. Files disputes on its own; settlements need your sign-off.

Ledger

Bookkeeping & reconciliation

reconciling May payouts

April closed clean · 1,209 transactions categorized this month · 0 unmatched

Recent work

  • April month-end close — full reconciliationtoday
  • Matched 88% of May Shopify payouts to the bank feedtoday
  • Flagged duplicate Amazon settlement, asked for reviewyesterday
  • Categorized 1,209 transactions for Maythis week

Scope

Pulls Shopify, Amazon and bank feeds into QuickBooks, categorizes transactions, reconciles payouts and closes the month. Flags anomalies for review — never moves money.

Pace

Channel & sales analyst

refreshing velocity by channel

4 channels tracked · velocity refreshed hourly · 1 line review in motion

Recent work

  • Assembled Costco NW line-review deckMonday
  • Flagged Maple-Miso outpacing forecast at Whole Foods NEtoday
  • Weekly velocity report — all channelstoday
  • Caught slowing Amazon velocity on 16oz Classic Vegthis week

Scope

Tracks sell-through across Shopify, Amazon and retail distributors, watches velocity and stock health per channel, and assembles buyer decks. Read-only on the channels — proposes, never commits.

Echo

Customer reviews & support

triaging reviews + support inbox

1,940 reviews monitored · avg 4.6★ · 11 support emails open · 6 escalated

Recent work

  • Clustered 4 reviews into a lid-defect pattern (lot GM-0419) — passed to Sagetoday
  • Replied to 17 reviews; drafted 6 support responsesyesterday
  • Sentiment digest — Maple-Miso launch weekthis week
  • Routed a wholesale inquiry to the sales pipelinethis week

Scope

Monitors reviews across Shopify, Amazon and retailer pages, drafts replies, triages the support inbox and clusters complaints into patterns. Drafts replies and refunds — you approve sends.

Head of Operations

Orchestration — the one you talk to

always on

Watches the whole company — most of all the supply side — decides what needs doing, dispatches Sage, Pier, Forge, Marigold, Ledger, Pace and Echo, and surfaces only what needs a human. Writes the daily brief, flags what needs you, and proposes what to automate next — so the founders manage one relationship, not a roster of agents.

See its current brief on the Head of Operations tab.