Sustainment is transforming the way U.S. manufacturers connect, collaborate, and grow through modern software and AI. Designed specifically for manufacturing supply chains, Sustainment’s dual-use technology platform helps commercial and DoD teams streamline sourcing, procurement, and supplier management by organizing key data, automating key workflows, and providing real-time visibility into supplier performance. Our mission is to strengthen American manufacturing by making it easier for manufacturers to work together, compete effectively, and build resilient supply chains. Learn more at www.sustainment.com. Reach out to hello@sustainment.com to get in touch with a team member. X: @sustainmenttech YouTube: @sustainmenttech
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Announcing our CHAINge 2026 sponsors! Thanks to Adaptive Pallet Solutions, Algo, BackOps AI, b2wise, Didero, Fox Valley Technical College, Geek+, Kenco Group, Oracle, Revenew International, Sustainment, and Zionex, Inc. for supporting supply chain professionals' learning and development at our flagship event.
Once you email an RFQ, you lose visibility into it. No status updates without manual checks and spreadsheet math. Then a spec changes mid-cycle, so you start a new thread, and now you're not even sure every supplier is quoting the same version. When quotes come back, you're comparing them by hand across PDFs, Excel, and email replies. Almost 80% of manufacturers still run sourcing this way. Not because it's working, but because it's the only system for sourcing that most teams have. Think about it, sales gets a CRM, engineering gets a PLM, and finance gets an ERP. Sourcing? An inbox, spreadsheet, and a ton of heroics. Let's consider five reasons why email is no longer the way. Check out the full breakdown in the comments.
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Finally, an event for direct procurement leaders in manufacturing! Really excited for this gathering in Chicago this fall. Claire Barnes and Sophie Lumley have been a pleasure to work with, as we've collaborated for the past several months on bringing an event tailored specifically for supply chain leaders focused on cost optimization, supply chain visibility, where AI and automation fits, and all the essentials for direct procurement. If you are a VP/Head/Director of supply chain, sourcing, or procurement in manufacturing, and you are responsible for the direct side, you won't want to miss this! Sustainment is proud to serve as the title sponsor of this event, and we'd love to see you there. DM me for more info on attending. #KonnectHouse #Sustainment #DirectProcurement #Industrials #SupplyChain
Co-founder of KonnectHouse | Event Strategist | Curating premium procurement experiences built on trust, insight and meaningful connection
I’ll be honest: we probably should have launched this sooner! We’ve had many inspiring direct procurement and supply chain leaders attend KonnectHouse events. Every time, the interest was there, the conversations were valuable but it was clear that direct procurement needed something more specific. Not another broad supply chain event or a generic procurement conference but something built specifically for manufacturing, direct materials on risk, resilience, AI, automation and the very real challenges teams are dealing with right now. So we created the Direct Procurement Leadership Summit and the traction has been incredible. On October 20–21, we’re taking over The Newberry Library in Chicago for what will be one of the most relevant and practical conversations in this space. We’ll be joined by an amazing group of speakers including Lisa Reisman, Shashi Mandapaty, Scott Weiner, Ian Silver, CEPP 이안 실버, Bhavik Pathak, Tim Riordan, Abhijit Supekar, Adi S., David Stowe and more. A big shout-out to our advisors: Amit Patel, Anna McGovern, David Schultz, James Meads, Spencer Traver and Sandeep Dhar whose input is helping us shape this into something really sharp, super valuable and truly exciting! This is what KonnectHouse does best: intimate, curated experiences where people can talk honestly, learn from peers and leave with a clearer sense of what to do next. No theatre. No one-size-fits-all agenda. No sitting at the back of a huge ballroom wondering if any of it applies to you. Just a focused room of people working through the future of direct procurement together. If you’re in manufacturing, in direct procurement, sourcing, supplier management or supply chain transformation and you care about AI, automation, resilience and what comes next, I really think you should be in the room. DM me if you’d like to be part of it. I can’t wait to see this one come to life in Chicago. Special thanks to Sustainment, Didero
Price or availability: which one can't you afford to get wrong? Today on the blog we get into chemical sourcing, where your RFQ is still open while prices keep moving. By the time you award, the window you were chasing has already closed. The instinct is to pick one, but you shouldn't have to. The fix isn't better negotiating. It's speed: live supplier data, quote benchmarking, targeted mini-RFQs, and coverage gap visibility. That infrastructure pays off whether you're in a long market chasing cost or a short market chasing supply assurance. Full breakdown in the comments.
Our CEO, Bret Boyd, shares his takeaways from Reindustrialize last week. Check out the full recap below.
Had a great time at Reindustrialize last week, well done to Ian Battelle and team for pulling together an amazing event. Proud to have Sustainment be part of it. Check out our recap and key takeaways: https://lnkd.in/g8uFsbPk
Wondering what it costs to build vs buy software for sourcing, procurement, or supplier management? Our team helps manufacturers evaluate this decision from time to time. We're sharing some of the best learnings from those conversations today. Often times, it's not a technology decision; rather, it's a question of whether internal software is what you want your best engineers working on and maintaining for the foreseeable future. And how accurately you can quantify the investment of time and money to build, maintain, and improve the system over time. We’ve got a full breakdown, link in comments.
It takes the right partners to build something worth building. The supply chains that support both our commercial markets and the warfighter are held together by rows, columns, and emails. We're committed to delivering technology that ushers in the future of manufacturing together. Thank you, Victorum Capital, for the partnership.
American manufacturing has a supply chain problem, and our portfolio company, Sustainment, is built to solve it. 🏭 Founded by veterans and inspired by the military principle of sustainment, they are bringing that same discipline and precision to the American manufacturing base. Their AI-driven workflows help businesses modernize supply chain operations in ways that are practical, scalable, and built for the complexity of today's industrial landscape. At a time when supply chain resilience has never been more critical, the work Sustainment is doing couldn't be more vital. We are incredibly proud to back a veteran-owned company tackling one of the most important infrastructure challenges facing this country. 🇺🇸 Learn more about what they're building.
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What a week in Detroit! Reindustrialize is one of my favorite gatherings of the year, and the third edition might've been the best yet. I'm grateful for all the builders out there who gave their time and energy to be together. The leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators, manufacturers, policymakers, investors, and more are what make this so special. This week left me feeling energized and optimistic about our future together. 🇺🇲
We want to thank POTUS, The White House, and Freedom 250 for this address to the REINDUSTRIALIZE summit. 90% of Americans want to manufacture more things at home, and we all understand the challenges ahead. This is what makes America great: our willingness to charge headfirst into the fray, reject stagnation, and reimagine the world around us through hard work, innovation, and industry. The future belongs to the BUILDERS. That is why we gather in Detroit: to honor the spirit, ingenuity, and grit of those who built before us, and to build anew for future generations of Americans. We have a generational opportunity to unite technology and manufacturing as the foundation for America's next 250 years. Thank you for your support Mr. President, we will never back down.
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Thank you to all of this year's sponsors. See you in Detroit.
The future of American manufacturing is being built right now by the entrepreneurs, executives, investors, and policymakers who show up to do the work. Reindustrialize in Detroit is one of the rare rooms where those people are all in the same place, each holding a piece of what this industry becomes. We're proud to be part of it for a second straight year. This year, we've got something special in store for those in attendance: an exclusive report in partnership with New American Industrial Alliance and Reindustrialize, highlighting critical findings on the state of American manufacturing directly from executive leaders of these businesses. See you June 16–17. Bret Boyd, Christopher McCole, Spencer Traver