Operations 03
Materials & Suppliers
What may be specified, is it sourceable, and does it hold up?
No data
What is blocking this surface
The card has seventeen fields and the estate can populate perhaps four. Supplier, lead-time band, defect history and margin band all sit in stores that hold no records.
Already exists — do not rebuild
The material canon, the zone tables and the evidence ladder. This surface is a presentation of governance that already exists, over records that do not.
Commercial intelligence card
17 fields per materialIntended room, zone and applicationStyle, colour and finish compatibilityTechnical approval statusApproved supplierSKU or supplier codeSample availabilityReady-stock or indent statusLead-time bandSupplier alternativesMargin bandInstallation requirementsMaintenance and repairabilityReplacement availabilityEvidence levelSocial demand signalsQuoted, selected and won countsDefect, complaint and return history
Material promotion queue
gates first, ranking second| Outcome | Means |
|---|---|
| PROMOTE | Technically approved, source-ready and commercially suitable. |
| TRIAL | Promising, but requires a sample, a mock-up or a limited project test. |
| HOLD | Missing evidence, supplier confirmation or installation method. |
| REJECT | Unsafe, unsupported, unrepairable or commercially unsuitable. |
The ordering rule
Hard approval gates FIRST; rank only what has already passed safety and technical requirements. A viral material must never outrank a proven one because it has more views.
Worked example
Both assemblies raised on 2026-08-26 sit at HOLD. The roof build-up has five blocking questions and a fire claim recorded CONTRADICTED; the wall panel has no material permission in the estate's own material table. That is the gate working, not the gate failing.