01 / Problem or territoryWhat is being examined?
For a small distributor or online retailer, an ordinary reorder can involve a quote in one inbox, approval in a chat and a delivery date in somebody’s spreadsheet. The cost is often uncertainty: who owns the next action, and what is actually confirmed?
02 / Venture rationaleWhat might be true?
QShip’s first proposed offer is a managed coordination workflow for recurring, non-regulated business supplies. Start with an agreed supplier list and a single purchasing process. Add software only after the workflow proves useful.
03 / What exists nowWhat exists now?
Follow a fictional carton purchase from specification through quote comparison, client approval and a receiving discrepancy. See who owns each next action, then describe one recurring purchasing handoff. This is a proposed coordination pilot; no live orders, supplier inventory, carriage or handling of client funds is offered.
04 / Founder roleHow the venture is being developed.
Business concept, initial workflow taxonomy, B2B product positioning, visual system, interface direction, and early technical architecture.
05 / Next milestoneWhat has to happen next?
Proposed discovery: interview 8 small-business operators about recurring supply purchases and approval bottlenecks. Test one category with 3 design-partner businesses for 4 weeks, with written responsibilities and direct supplier payment. Track overdue follow-ups, missing approvals and staff effort against the pre-pilot process. No savings or delivery performance is claimed yet.
06 / OpportunityWho could materially help?
Initial customers: Small distributors. Owner-led businesses reordering packaging, consumables or general operating supplies from recurring suppliers. Potential collaborators: Operators with enough repeat buying to need a process, but no appetite for a large enterprise-system rollout.
