Retail brand Mango is now using Inspectorio’s Lab Test Management tool to gain supplier, material and product insights to optimize sourcing decision-making, according to a Nov. 12 press release.
The artificial intelligence-powered platform streamlines lab testing protocols across Mango’s product categories and digitizes the information into a standardized format, Antonio Leon de la Barra Rocha, VP of strategy, growth and innovation at Inspectorio, told Supply Chain Dive. Mango can now access the Lab Testing analytics, allowing it to drive supply chain improvements and support its long-term strategic sustainability plan.
“The platform helps Mango have a centralized view of ALL of their different testing operations,” he said in an email. “The platform serves to centralize different types of lab tests, sometimes executed by different labs, into a single system so that Mango can have greater control over one of the most important parts of their overall Quality and Compliance program.”
Implementation began earlier this year, and thousands of Lab Tests have already been done, Leon de la Barra Rocha said. He further noted that while the first part of the rollout is complete, there is still “more work to be done” on exploring and expanding use-cases.
Previously, Mango had limited visibility over its end-to-end lab testing operations, essentially just receiving a completed report, Leon de la Barra Rocha said. The report would then be manually processed while Mango closed out any non-conformities with its suppliers.
“Now, they have visibility into the end-to-end process – from the test request creation through execution, report generation, and corrective action plan collaboration with suppliers,” he said.
Mango has been leveraging Inspectorio’s inspection capabilities — consolidating lab test requests, results and audit-ready compliance documents — for six years across hundreds of suppliers, per Leon de la Barra Rocha. Currently, Mango manages 100% of its inspection programs with the software company, including third-party inspections and factory self-inspections. Mango also uses Inspectorio’s performance analytics to reduce supplier quality defects and costs.
“We see this latest announcement as just the beginning of our expanded collaboration with Mango,” Leon de la Barra Rocha said. “Now that key product compliance information is on the platform, we're looking into seeing how we can further support Mango across other areas like supplier and factory onboarding and management, WIP monitoring, strategic sourcing and beyond.”
