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PILLAR · CONNECT · SUPPLIERADVISOR®

Connecting and empowering Africa

The supply-chain OS for verified trade.

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Vision, mission and food-security alignment

Empower · Group north starSOFI 2026 · FAO / IFAD / UNICEF / WFP / WHO
Vision

A prosperous Africa — for everyone on it

Well-being is not a privilege. Families eat with dignity, leaders decide with integrity, and communities build economies they own.

Mission

Feed. Educate. Empower.

Verified trade and SAM empower ethical commerce — transparency that blocks risk across Feed and Empower rails.

HumanityInnovationIntegrityExcellenceImpact
UN SOFI · How this pillar answers

Challenge: Without trust rails, food systems stay opaque: capable suppliers locked out, programmes without audit trails. SOFI’s healthy-diet gap (~2.7B) is also a market-access problem.

Our response: SupplierAdvisor® + SAM: verified suppliers, live control, provenance and ethical trade for B2B, B2G and B2C.

2.7B
Cannot afford healthy diets (SOFI)
SAM
Messenger AI for the chain

External hunger and nutrition figures are multi-agency UN SOFI / JME estimates — not Big Five audited counts. SOFI 2026 source · Full Group VMV

Big Five Connect · the Empower pillar

Get found. Get verified. Get trusted. Get paid.

SupplierAdvisor® is a supply-chain operating system built around a verified network of companies. It is designed to help African SMEs, suppliers and buyers do four things that decide whether a business grows: get found, get verified, get trusted and get paid.

Big Five Connect, part of the Empower side of Big Five Group™, runs SupplierAdvisor®. When an SME can be found, verified, trusted and paid, it can hire, grow and supply with confidence: empowerment in its most practical form, a fair chance to compete.

“Across Africa I meet business owners who make good products and give good service, yet struggle to be seen. What is often missing is access to markets, and the proof that opens them.”
Dr Craig R. Muller, founder of Big Five Group™ · Read the article

Get found

Company-to-company connections, marketplace reach and supplier discovery, so buyers who need exactly what you do can find you.

Get verified

Company verification and certificate metadata let counterparties know who they are trading with.

Get trusted

Buyers score every delivery on OTIFEF and peer ratings follow the relationship: a reputation you carry into the next deal.

Get paid

POs, quotes, orders and invoices sit on the same books, with payments and accounts receivable in the same workspace.

Systems in one OS
14+
Systems in one OS
Markets: B2B · B2G · B2C
3
Markets: B2B · B2G · B2C
Full-platform trial
30d
Full-platform trial
Workspace per company
1
Workspace per company
Team seats on the plan
∞
Team seats on the plan

As on supplieradvisor.com.

BIG FIVE CONNECT PROFILE · PDF · 15 PAGES · A4

Everything Big Five Connect offers, in one document.

SupplierAdvisor in full: the three markets, the trust layer and OTIFEF, getting paid, the core modules, Industry Advisors, SchoolAdvisor and HealthAdvisor, the free SA Member account, security, pricing and how to get started. Share it with your buyers, your suppliers or your board.

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THREE MARKETS · ONE FABRIC

B2B, B2G and B2C on one operating system

Most platforms pick one market. SupplierAdvisor® is built so private trade, public procurement and consumer trust share the same verification, traceability and operating discipline.

Warehouse operations beside a glass control room (supplieradvisor.com artwork)
B2B

Business to business

Manufacturers, distributors, traders and brands run the full OS: network, buy and sell, inventory, make, ship, finance, SHEQ and quality, with counterparties you can score and prove.

  • Verified company graph and OTIFEF ratings
  • POs, quotes, orders and invoices on the same books
  • Lot holds that stop the ship when QA fails
Register your company
Civic plaza and public-sector offices at dusk (supplieradvisor.com artwork)
B2G

Business to government

Public entities and suppliers need transparent procurement, accountable spend and audit-ready trails, not email chains and disconnected spreadsheets.

  • Transparent supplier discovery and handshakes
  • Documented trade and performance scores
  • SHEQ, NCR/CAPA and export packs for scrutiny
Request government access
A member using SA Member on their phone (supplieradvisor.com artwork)
B2C

Business to consumer

One free personal wallet. Link any business on the platform to manage that account: shop, subscriptions, bookings, check-in, family, waitlist and medical records. No company needed.

  • Free app: shop, book, check in, hire, subscriptions
  • Family book, waitlist, .ics calendar, gym door QR
  • Pay or send proof of payment
Create free SA Member account

Why join: a fabric of trust

Verification, peer stars, OTIFEF and RIAD risk live where you buy and sell, so bad counterparties show up before the next PO. Invite suppliers and customers, connect public buyers, and give consumers a path into verified brands: the same fabric of trust.

Multi-entity groups, clean data

Separate company workspaces, team roles and membership-scoped data: groups and brands stay clean, not tangled in one login. The same login can run a B2B or B2G company and keep a personal SA Member wallet; they never mix.

Market artwork from supplieradvisor.com.

THE TRUST LAYER

Trust is earned on real trade, not claimed in a brochure

OTIFEF scores, peer ratings and verification live where you buy and sell, so bad counterparties show up before the next PO.

OTIFEF · On-Time, In-Full, Error-Free

Score every delivery On-Time, In-Full, Error-Free. Peer stars and RIAD risk logs follow the relationship, and ratings are bilateral after trade, not vanity reviews.

For a small supplier, that record becomes a reputation it can carry into the next conversation, rather than starting from zero every time.

The purchase-order loop
  1. Draft
  2. Sent
  3. Accept
  4. Deliver
  5. Rate

Purchase orders move through the same states on both sides. When the goods arrive, the buyer scores the delivery and rates the partner, and the score follows the company across the network.

SupplierAdvisor® Suppliers view: an OTIFEF portfolio with supplier scores, sample dataSAMPLE DATA
Suppliers · OTIFEF portfolio. Product view from supplieradvisor.com, sample data (not real companies).

Verified companies

Company verification and certificate metadata, so counterparties know who they trade with.

Lot-level traceability

Product → lot → warehouse → movement → QA. Mock recalls and hold gates before goods leave the gate.

Quality release gates

Inspections that block ship. HACCP CCPs. Auditor export packs when regulators call.

SHEQ operators use

Incidents, hazards, NCR/CAPA wired to the same inventory that runs the business.

On-chain pedigree

Optional product passports and PO escrow when capital or authenticity must be proven.

Peer ratings & RIAD

Bilateral stars after trade and RIAD risk logs that follow every supplier relationship.

Paid CIPC verification

R69 once, with a 24-hour service level

Verification SLA
  1. 01
    Pay R69

    Once, via secure Paystack checkout.

  2. 02
    CIPC match

    Registration or VAT number checked with VerifyNow CIPC; legal names compared.

  3. 03
    Public badge

    On success your public profile shows the trust badge.

  4. 04
    24-hour SLA

    Target: badge, or a clear mismatch, within 24h of payment.

  5. 05
    Free re-run

    Pending or failed? Re-use the same payment; no second charge.

GET PAID

From purchase order to payment, on one set of books

Being trusted means little if the invoice is lost in an inbox. On SupplierAdvisor®, the commercial trail and the money trail are one: every PO rides a trusted relationship, and every invoice lands in the same ledger.

Network
Company-to-company connections, pricing edges with connected companies, marketplace reach and invites, so every PO rides a trusted relationship, not a cold email.
Suppliers (SRM)
Discover verified partners, connect on-platform, raise POs with optional on-chain escrow, and run OTIFEF scorecards after every delivery.
Customers (CRM)
Pipeline, quotes, sales orders, invoices and loyalty, plus platform invites that turn buyers into live trading edges. Leads → quotes → orders → AR.
Finance
Double-entry CoA, journals, AR/AP, payments, bank import, VAT, fixed assets and management accounts, with live bank feeds on selected banks (FNB Integration Channel and BankLink open banking).
In-app messaging
Internal team threads and external threads with connected suppliers and customers on the same model, not email silos.
SupplierAdvisor® Customers view: pipeline, leads and a revenue desk, sample dataSAMPLE DATA
Customers · pipeline and revenue desk. Product view from supplieradvisor.com, sample data.

Optional escrow

Where settlement needs stronger proof, optional wallet-signed escrow on purchase orders is available, without forcing crypto on every workflow.

FOUR STEPS FROM SIGN-UP TO PROOF

  1. 1
    Register & verify

    Company profile, team, certificates. Multi-entity groups get separate workspaces.

  2. 2
    Connect & trade

    Invite suppliers and customers. Handshakes, POs, docs, OTIFEF scorecards.

  3. 3
    Operate the chain

    Inventory, manufacturing, distribution, finance: one membership-scoped OS.

  4. 4
    Prove & improve

    SHEQ, QA holds, traceability, CAPA and auditor packs when it matters.

MODULES · CORE OS

Not a pile of apps. One operating system.

Not a pile of apps: a single operating system for how goods, money and trust move through African and global supply chains. Every module shares the same command chrome, so teams switch systems without relearning the UI.

Operations

End-to-end control tower

Procure, receive, store, make, ship and fulfil on one live tower; exceptions surface first.

Suppliers (SRM)

Trust you can measure

Discover and invite, POs with optional escrow, OTIFEF scorecards, peer ratings and RIAD.

Customers (CRM)

Lead → loyalty in one flow

Leads and opportunities, quotes → orders → AR, buyer portal and reviews.

Inventory

Every unit has a home

SKU master, multi-site stock, QR receive, GPS transfers, lots and serials, on-chain passports.

Network

Verified trading graph

Connection graph, pricing edges, marketplace reach and business invites.

SHEQ

ISO 45001-ready control tower

Incidents, HIRARC hazard scores, NCRs and CAPAs; failed QA inspections auto-raise NCRs.

Quality & food safety

Inspect · hold · trace · recall

Holds that block shipping, HACCP plans with CCPs, lot pedigree, recall drills, auditor packs.

Finance

One ledger of truth

Journals and GL, bank allocation, VAT, fixed assets, budgets and management accounts.

Projects

Portfolio that ships

Portfolio, kanban boards, milestone gates, timesheets and risk registers.

Impact (ESG)

Carbon you can act on

Scope 1–3 style carbon tracking and report packs wired to real inventory and logistics.

Intelligence

Signal over noise

Live pulse across network, supply, demand, finance and ops, plus Super-Cube® leadership.

Included in Core

Control Tower, Company (identity, modules, billing), Network, Suppliers, Customers, Inventory, Operations, Quality, Finance, Intelligence and Guide: one workspace, one trust fabric.

HOW IT FITS

Start with Core. Layer what you need.

Every company starts with the same Core operating system, then layers sector and industry packs for how it actually trades. Public-sector programmes and fully custom process design are specialist-led.

  1. Core OS
    R299/mo

    Trade, ops, finance, assure and insight: the foundation every company starts with.

  2. Sector
    Shape the workspace

    Manufacturing, distribution and container outlets for secondary and tertiary operations.

  3. Industry
    +R199/mo each

    Industry hubs for primary production and services, without removing Core process trees.

  4. Government
    Specialist setup

    National → Provincial → Municipal → Local workspaces: SchoolAdvisor®, HealthAdvisor®.

  5. Bespoke
    Process design

    Custom workflows, multi-entity models and integrations when your group runs differently.

Sector · Factory physics

Manufacturing

BOMs, master production schedules, MRP, work centres and work orders with OEE-style throughput.

Sector · Door to destination

Distribution

Inbound and outbound logistics, carriers, fleet and drivers, Incoterms® 2020 and event-level tracking across road, ocean and air.

Sector · Last-mile outlet network

Containers

Container retail outlets, contractors and resellers, live stock, jobs and meals impact, and feasibility models.

Also included

SAM messenger

SAM (Grok), the SupplierAdvisor® Messenger: in-app setup and how-to without a manual.

Also included

Guide

In-app how-to curriculum for every module.

Also included

Sales contractors

Pipeline, quotes and personal commission (4–6% programme).

Also included

Supply-chain referral

Earn 6/3/1% of partners’ subscriptions (max 10%).

Super-Cube inside SupplierAdvisor

Software for the chain. Development for the humans who run it.

Super-Cube® is a doctoral leadership model embedded in the product, so teams grow decision quality alongside OTIFEF, cost centres and compliance. Super-Cube is the leadership model of Big Five Learn, the Educate pillar of the same Group. Explore Big Five Learn

INDUSTRY ADVISORS · R199/MO EACH

Vertical depth, one pack at a time

Industry Advisors add vertical depth with diaries, waitlist desks, industry PWAs, rooms, marketplace listings and in-app messages. Enable only the packs you need from Company → Modules. Most Advisors bill the operating company a subscription; members and patients never pay SupplierAdvisor®.

Primary & make

CropAdvisor®

Agri production OS

Fields, harvest, inputs, fleet fuel, labour, regen metrics and farm-to-buyer trade.

QuarryAdvisor®

Aggregates & extractives OS

Sites, reserves, plant, weighbridge, fleet, QA and permits.

ApparelAdvisor®

Apparel OS for factory and brand

Range, landed-duty BOM, critical path, QA holds that stop ship, wholesale ATS, buyer PWA.

ConstructionAdvisor®

Contractor OS for building

BOQ quotes, dated plan vs actuals, claim → certify → client pay, client/contractor PWA.

Fitness & clinical services

GymAdvisor®

Gym & fitness services OS

Coaches, rooms, packs, waitlist, phone check-in QR, member PWA, marketplace.

PhysioAdvisor®

Physio & allied health OS

Exclusive diaries and rooms, waitlist, treatment plans, POPIA, Rehab PWA.

DentalAdvisor®

Dental practice OS

Multi-chair diary, waitlist, treatment plans, Chart PWA, marketplace.

PsychiatryAdvisor®

Mental health practice OS

Exclusive diaries and rooms, waitlist, treatment plans, Records PWA.

MedicalAdvisor®

General & medical practice OS

Multi-room diaries, waitlist, treatment plans, Rx on visits, Records PWA.

VetAdvisor®

Veterinary practice OS

Vets, clients, animals, consults, vaccines, waitlist, Pets PWA.

Hire & retail

HireAdvisor®

Hire / rental marketplace

Plant, tools, party gear and events kit; members hire free; 2.5% on the listing business.

RetailAdvisor®

B2C till · QR / NFC pay

Catalogue, cash or QR / NFC pay on SA Member; collect gym, clinic and hire bills at the counter.

All industries on supplieradvisor.com
GOVERNMENT · B2G

SchoolAdvisor and HealthAdvisor

Transparent supplier discovery, documented trade, verification and export packs, plus SchoolAdvisor® (NSNP / DBE · public sector only) and HealthAdvisor® (DoH) programme pathways on the same platform. Government programmes are set up by SupplierAdvisor® admin.

NSNP · DBE · public sector only

SchoolAdvisor

SchoolAdvisor® runs only on the government / public-sector pathway: DBE and PEU govern catalogue, menus and compliance; schools run kitchen, learners, approved brands and serve day; service providers (SPs) deliver against school POs. Not a private industry pack.

DBE / PEU
Catalogue · menus · PEU visits · claims
School kitchen
Stock · orders · serve day · prizes
SP supply
PO → deliver → POD · SLA
  1. National
  2. Provincial
  3. Municipal
  4. Local
Department of Health

HealthAdvisor

HealthAdvisor® brings Department of Health facility pathways onto the same OS, as an admin-set-up government programme rather than a private pack.

Access is approved, not self-serve

Government (B2G) is not self-serve: national, provincial or municipal offices submit a request, and a SupplierAdvisor® admin approves it before the workspace opens.

Without one system
  • Opaque supplier selection
  • Audit packs assembled after the fact
  • No performance trail on suppliers
  • Programme ops split from procurement systems
With SupplierAdvisor
  • Verified company graph and peer ratings
  • OTIFEF and SHEQ / NCR trails for oversight
  • SchoolAdvisor® process design (DBE · school kitchen · SP)
  • HealthAdvisor® facility pathways on the OS

The DBE × KZN school nutrition network, in practice:

SupplierAdvisor®
CASE STUDY · BIG FIVE CONNECT · SUPPLIERADVISOR®
~6,000
KZN schools · one verified network
~1,800
service providers

Department sets approved products and menus. Service providers and schools are incentivised to comply — so children get the nutrition they need.

Programme context
NSNP · DBE

School nutrition compliance — set once, enforced on the network

Big Five Connect runs SupplierAdvisor® so the Department of Basic Education can align school nutrition delivery across KwaZulu-Natal: roughly 1,800 service providers and approximately 6,000 schools on one verified operating fabric — where approved products, menus and compliance incentives live in the same place as trade.

Without a shared system, approved menus stay in circulars and inboxes while kitchens and contractors improvise. On SupplierAdvisor® the department sets what may be supplied and served; service providers and schools see the same rules — and are incentivised to comply — so learners get the nutrition the programme requires.

Department of Basic Education

Sets approved products and menus on the platform — one source of truth for what may be bought and served under the programme.

~1,800 service providers

Caterers and suppliers operate against that approved list, with visibility, verification and incentives aligned to DBE requirements.

~6,000 KZN schools

Schools on the network receive and serve from the same approved products and menus — compliance becomes the path of least resistance.

~1,800
Service providers (approx.)
~6,000
KZN schools (approx.)
DBE
Sets products & menus
Incentives
Compliance by design

How it works on the platform

  • Approved products & menus. DBE publishes what is approved on SupplierAdvisor® — products and menus the network must follow, not a parallel spreadsheet.
  • Shared visibility. Service providers and schools work from the same catalogue and rules as the department, reducing ambiguity and unapproved substitution.
  • Incentives to comply. Providers and schools are incentivised to stay inside DBE requirements — good behaviour is rewarded on the network, not only policed after the fact.
  • Nutrition that reaches the child. When the approved list and the kitchen align, learners are more likely to receive the fortified, programme-grade meals they need to learn.

Why it matters for learners

School feeding only works when the plate matches the policy. Connecting DBE authority with the people who buy, cook and serve — at roughly 1,800 providers and 6,000 schools in KZN — turns SupplierAdvisor® into a compliance and nutrition engine, not just a marketplace.

  • One network linking the department, service providers and KZN schools for school nutrition delivery
  • DBE-controlled approved products and menus as live operating rules — not paper only
  • Compliance incentives for service providers and schools to follow DBE requirements
  • Stronger assurance that children receive the nutrition the programme designs for them
  • A B2G proof point for SupplierAdvisor® that Big Five Connect can extend to other departments and provinces
FoodsConnectDirectAccessImpact

Service provider (~1,800) and school (~6,000 KZN) figures are approximate programme-scale estimates for this case study — not a real-time census. Product, menu and incentive rules are as configured with the department on SupplierAdvisor® and may evolve. Confirm live scope with Big Five Connect.

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SupplierAdvisor®
CASE STUDY · SCHOOLADVISOR · SUPPLIERADVISOR®
9.4M
pupils fed daily under NSNP (reported programme scale)
18%
schools meeting food-handling rules · 6 provinces (reported)

Only about 18% of schools in six provinces operating feeding schemes meet legal requirements for food handling — leaving millions of learners dependent on kitchens that have not met the safety bar the law expects.

Programme
NSNP · DBE

When millions eat at school, every kitchen must be on a compliance OS

South Africa’s National School Nutrition Programme is one of the largest daily feeding systems in Africa. The operational risk is not only what is on the menu — it is whether the kitchen that prepares the meal is legally fit to handle food.

Investigative reporting in August 2026 (News24) put a stark number in public view: of schools operating feeding schemes across six provinces, only about 18% meet legal requirements for food handling, while roughly 9.4 million pupils receive food through NSNP each school day. When kitchens are uncertified or under-inspected, learners carry the food-safety risk — and the Department of Basic Education (with provincial education departments) inherits a governance problem that paper directories cannot solve at scale.

Certificates expire. Inspections lag. Service providers and school kitchens improvise. Without a shared live register of kitchen readiness, food-handler competence, incidents and corrective action, non-compliance is discovered after the meal is served — if it is discovered at all.

How SchoolAdvisor helps the Department of Basic Education

SchoolAdvisor is the school-feeding module on SupplierAdvisor® (www.supplieradvisor.com) — the operating layer Big Five Connect deploys so education authorities can see, score and improve kitchen food-safety compliance in the same OS that already holds approved products, menus and supplier trade.

Department of Basic Education · PEDs

Set national/provincial kitchen and food-handling standards on the platform; see compliance heatmaps by province, district and school; drive remediation with a live trail.

Schools & NSNP kitchens

Register kitchen sites, upload certificates, complete food-safety checklists, log incidents and CAPA — compliance becomes daily work, not a once-a-year scramble.

Service providers & suppliers

Trade and deliver against schools that can show kitchen readiness; verified offtake links product, provider and plate on one chain.

9.4M
Pupils fed daily · NSNP (reported)
18%
Meet food-handling rules · 6 provinces (reported)
SchoolAdvisor
Module on SupplierAdvisor®
DBE · PEDs
Govern kitchen compliance live

How SchoolAdvisor works on SupplierAdvisor®

  • Kitchen register & certificates. Every participating school kitchen is a governed site on SchoolAdvisor — certificate status, expiry alerts and legal food-handling requirements in one profile the department can query.
  • Food-safety & SHEQ controls. SupplierAdvisor® SHEQ patterns (incidents, hazards, NCR/CAPA, checklists) applied to school kitchens — holds and corrective action before the next serving day, not only after a crisis.
  • Competence & training trail. Food-handler training and role competence live next to the kitchen record so PEDs know who is authorised to prepare programme meals.
  • Inspection & audit packs. District and provincial inspections log findings on-platform; exportable auditor packs give DBE and oversight bodies a single evidence set.
  • Tied to approved products & menus. SchoolAdvisor sits on the same SupplierAdvisor® fabric as approved NSNP products and menus — so compliance is about both what is cooked and where it is cooked.
  • Incentives & escalation. Dashboards surface non-compliant sites; programmes can prioritise support, restrict risky offtake pathways, and reward kitchens that stay inside the rules.

Why it matters for learners — and for DBE

Feeding 9.4 million learners is a nutrition victory only if every plate is safe. SchoolAdvisor turns kitchen compliance into live operating data for the Department of Basic Education — so legal food-handling requirements are managed where meals are actually cooked, on the same SupplierAdvisor® network that already aligns products, menus and trade.

  • A national-to-school visibility model for kitchen food-safety status under NSNP — not scattered paper files
  • Earlier detection of expired certificates, failed inspections and open CAPA on feeding sites
  • Stronger assurance that the 9.4 million daily meals are prepared in kitchens the department can govern
  • One OS linking DBE/PEDs, schools, service providers and suppliers for both product rules and kitchen readiness
  • A scalable response to the public compliance gap reported across six provinces — designed for rollout, not a pilot spreadsheet

NSNP is led by the Department of Basic Education. SchoolAdvisor is a SupplierAdvisor® module for school-feeding programme operations (kitchen compliance, SHEQ, inspections, offtake context). It complements — and can share data with — the DBE approved products & menus network described in our KZN compliance case study.

FoodsConnectAccessImpact

Pupil count (≈9.4 million daily) and the ≈18% food-handling compliance figure for schools in six provinces are drawn from public News24 reporting (August 2026) and related public discussion of that story. They are external journalistic / programme-context figures — not Big Five audited metrics or a live census. SchoolAdvisor capabilities describe the platform design for how education authorities can address the problem; live configuration, provincial coverage and enforcement rules are confirmed in dated partner briefs with Big Five Connect.

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SA MEMBER · B2C · FREE

One free account for every business you use

Create one free SA Member profile. Link it to any gym, clinic, hire desk or shop on SupplierAdvisor®, then manage that account: book, buy, check in, family, waitlist, subscriptions, medical records, pay and proof, and push alerts. Desks can still print a QR or send WhatsApp.

Always free for members. No subscription, no platform take-rate. Brands charge their own gym, clinic or hire prices. You pay them, not us.
  • Install as an app

    Add to the home screen: a full-screen PWA for shop, brands, check-in and your profile.

  • Create & verify yourself

    Name, email, phone, city. SA ID via VerifyNow or passport via Didit.

  • Link any business

    Search a company, scan a desk QR, or tap Add to wallet on its public page.

  • Book your Advisor

    Medical, dental, physio, psychiatry and gym: open diary slots on your phone.

  • Hire golden path

    Request → docs → approved → pay → out → return → done, with next action and deposit.

  • Shop sale & hire

    Browse what brands are selling or hiring out, and listed gyms and clinics.

  • Gym class check-in

    Scan the studio QR; your coach and the desk see you are in.

  • Family & household

    Book a child or household attendee onto a class or clinic slot.

  • Waitlist + calendar

    Join the waitlist when a slot is full; download .ics or open Google Calendar.

  • Pay & proof of payment

    See charges from the gym or clinic, pay in-app, or upload proof.

  • Your medical information

    Allergies, scripts, medical aid and care notes your practice shares.

  • Share your care profile

    Consent to share care notes with another linked Advisor desk.

  • Push alerts

    Appointment reminders, waitlist offers and hire updates on your phone.

  • Reviews after visit or hire

    Rate the gym, clinic or hire desk once the visit or hire is done.

  • Dual-life identity

    One login for your personal wallet and any company you operate, kept separate.

Create a free SA Member account
COMPARE

Spreadsheets, accounting, ERP, or one OS

Spreadsheets fragment truth. Accounting clouds stop at the books. Major ERPs take years and seven figures. SupplierAdvisor® is the supply-chain OS: network and in-app messaging, ops, finance, quality, people, trust and Industry Advisors in one membership.

Flexible but fragile

Excel / Sheets

Everyone can edit. Nobody owns a single source of truth. No network, no holds, no OTIFEF, no group tree.

Brilliant for books

Xero-class accounting

World-class ledgers and bank feeds, but not a full supply-chain, multi-entity group OS or trading graph.

Power at a price

Major ERP

SAP, Oracle, Dynamics: deep modules and hierarchy, 12–24 month projects, enterprise licence gravity.

The supply-chain OS

SupplierAdvisor®

Network, ops, finance with live bank feeds on selected banks, people, Industry Advisors, branded PWAs and free SA Member.

Before: scattered tools
Excel / SheetsEmail POsXero / SageWhatsApp opsSeparate WMSStandalone CRMSHEQ PDF packsHR folder + payroll bureau
After: one membership
Network & trustSRM + CRM + POsInventory · lots · holdsMake · ship · fulfilFinance + bank + BSSHEQ · HACCP · CAPAPeople · payroll · orgIntelligence + SAM

Go-live in days

SaaS onboarding, not a 12–24 month ERP programme.

Transparent ZAR pricing

No seven-figure licence: one company plan after the trial.

Phone, tablet, desktop

Command centre, finance cards and ops built for mobile and tablet.

Comparison is illustrative of typical capability classes (spreadsheets, cloud accounting, enterprise ERP suites), as on supplieradvisor.com. Individual products and add-ons vary.

TRUST & SECURITY

Controls where trade happens

Only what is live on supplieradvisor.com today.

Role-based access

Owner, admin, finance, ops, viewer, sales contractor: module rights per person.

Company-scoped data

Membership gates every API. Multi-entity groups keep workspaces clean.

Audit-ready trails

Journals, PO status, QA holds, CAPA and activity logs for scrutiny.

Cloud Postgres + RLS

Supabase-backed, with row-level security patterns and service isolation.

Modern auth

Privy-based sign-in with team invites: no shared hero passwords.

Controls where trade happens

SHEQ, holds and verification live in the same OS as POs and stock.

Web protections
  • HTTPS only, with HSTS
  • An enforced Content Security Policy
  • Framing blocked (X-Frame-Options: DENY) and a strict referrer policy

Checked on the www.supplieradvisor.com response headers, 7 October 2026.

Built for Africa
  • CIPC company verification via VerifyNow, with a 24h paid SLA
  • SA ID (VerifyNow) or passport (Didit) checks for members
  • Paystack billing in ZAR · Apple Pay ready
Privacy · POPIA

Personal information is handled in line with South Africa's POPIA: you may request access, correction, deletion or restriction of personal information, and object to certain processing. Clinical Advisors carry POPIA notices on patient portals. Privacy policy

SupplierAdvisor® Quality view: open QA, passed inspections, lots and CCPs, sample dataSAMPLE DATA
Quality · holds and inspections. Product view from supplieradvisor.com, sample data.
PRICING

Start free for 30 days. Then R299/mo.

One company workspace, unlimited users. Pay monthly, or prepay and save up to 30%. No card to start the trial.

  • Monthly
    R299 /mo
    Monthly list rate
    List rate, billed monthly after the trial
  • 1 year
    Save 15%
    R3 050
    12-month prepaid term
    ~R254/mo effective · you save R538
  • 2 years
    Save 25%
    R5 382
    24-month prepaid term
    ~R224/mo effective · you save R1 794
  • 3 years
    Save 30%
    R7 535
    36-month prepaid term
    ~R209/mo effective · you save R3 229
Every plan includes
  • Unlimited team users per company
  • Core OS: ops, SRM, CRM, inventory, manufacturing, distribution
  • SHEQ, quality and finance
  • Projects, ESG / impact, intelligence and Super-Cube®
  • Verified network, quotes, invoices and cost allocation to the balance sheet
  • Secure Paystack billing in ZAR · 30-day free trial
Add-ons and other charges
Industry Advisor packs
+R199/mo each
Paid CIPC verification
R69 once
SA Member (B2C)
Free for members
HireAdvisor® hire GMV
2.5% to the listing business
Government & bespoke
Specialist-led setup
Founding cohort

First 25 companies: free for life

Early companies on SupplierAdvisor® receive complimentary lifetime access. After the founding cohort fills, the standard trial and paid tiers apply.

Referral programme

Referral programme: 6% / 3% / 1%

Invite real trading partners. When they pay for SupplierAdvisor®, you earn a share of their platform subscription, not product sales. Fees apply only to qualifying subscription payments, and the combined payout is capped at 10%.

6%
L1 · Company you invited directly
3%
L2 · Company invited by your referral
1%
L3 · One more level deeper

No card is required to start the trial. Prices in ZAR as listed on supplieradvisor.com/pricing on 7 October 2026. After the trial, pick any tier in Billing; early renewals extend your access period. supplieradvisor.com/pricing

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BIG FIVE CONNECT · SUPPLIERADVISOR® MESSENGER

SAM — your always-on ops co-pilot

SupplierAdvisor® Messenger is Grok-powered intelligence inside the supply-chain OS. How-to guidance, trade walkthroughs, and operational answers without a manual — so African teams ramp, trade and improve on one chain.

Ask how to verify a supplier, raise a PO, check a lot, or run a school-feeding order — SAM answers inside the OS you already trade on.

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SAM lives inside SupplierAdvisor® after you register or log in. supplieradvisor.com

SAM
Grok-powered · in-app · ethical commerce
  • Onboard & verify

    Walk teams through company verification, certificates and workspace setup — without waiting for a support ticket.

  • Trade with confidence

    Raise POs, understand OTIFEF scorecards, lots and hold gates — guided in the same place you buy and ship.

  • Feed programmes at scale

    Schools, institutions and CSI buyers get answers on fortified supply, containers and audit trails while they order.

  • Lead the system

    Pair SAM with Super-Cube® leadership development — human judgment plus digital coaching for ethical decisions.

Live pulse Verified tradeSuper-Cube® ready
60-second story

How trust blocks risk — without a demo call

Connect · Trade · Inspect · SHEQ — live control on one chain.

Open live platform
01

Verified counterparties

Invite or discover a partner. Accept a trading handshake. Certificates and verification status travel with the relationship.

02

Supplier ratings · OTIFEF

Every delivery scores On-Time, In-Full, Error-Free — peer ratings and RIAD risk that follow the trading edge.

03

Traceability + on-chain

Lot pedigree for recall drills. Optional product passports and PO escrow when authenticity or capital must be proven.

04

Hold gates

Ship blocked on fail. QA holds, HACCP, and SHEQ controls live on the same chain as trade and stock.

GET STARTED

Three paths. Pick yours.

B2C is a free personal wallet. B2B starts a trial. B2G waits for admin approval.

B2C · free

Member account

One personal wallet. Link any business to shop, book, check in, family-book, join a waitlist, pay or send proof, and share care notes after you consent. No company, no card.

Create free account
B2B · company workspace

Business

Register a company. Next you choose the organisation type (private, public, NPO or association), then sector, industry and role. The trial starts automatically.

Register business
B2G · approval required

Government

National, provincial or municipal offices. Your request is held until a SupplierAdvisor® admin activates the workspace.

Request access
From trial to subscription
  1. 1Register your company: the trial starts automatically for 30 days.
  2. 2Use the full platform with your team, with unlimited users.
  3. 3Pick a tier in Billing: monthly, or prepaid multi-year via Paystack.

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Take Big Five Connect with you

The 15-page Big Five Connect profile, in Big Five Group branding, for your buyers, suppliers or board.

Download the Big Five Connect profile (PDF)
THE NETWORK IS OPEN

Stop running trust on spreadsheets. Run it on one OS.

Join operators who treat verification, ratings, lots, and SHEQ as live controls — not after-the-fact reports. 30 days free. First 25 companies free for life.

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