cobuy

group wholesale purchases as a consumer co-op

purpose

to increase access to affordable goods and services by connecting local communities

in a group, anyone can become a facilitator of a new order
facilitator contacts supplier, receives currently available inventory and respective price
facilitator creates / updates associated Resource Types for the order, which includes minimum quantities
facilitator opens order to rest of members
members express their Intent to buy goods, including their preference for "tweaking" process
order closes, automagic tweaking, reviewed by facilitator
facilitator sends order Plan to supplier
supplier sends Resources and invoice Plan to co-op depot
packers stock-take received Resources to document Reality
packers pack Resources into desired quantities for members
members pick up their orders
facilitator reconciles order Plan with Reality, creates new order Plan to match invoice composed from member orders