Prism is being designed as one calm system configured through business profiles, not separate industry forks. The current executable target plan is an operations workflow; the other profiles below are guided previews.
These categories guide Prism's capability and UI research. Northstar specialty-market operations is the current executable target; the other profiles remain clearly labeled previews until verified.
Six reusable presets cover these nine public business labels without forking the product.
An independent store runs on thousands of products, a handful of suppliers, paper invoices on the counter, and lines that don't wait. Prism's design goal is to make that work calmer and easier to verify.
The current executable target connects invoice review, receiving, inventory evidence, internal purchase drafts, and cited explanations in one manager workflow.
The planned flow accepts an allowlisted synthetic invoice, extracts a reviewable draft, and keeps uncertain lines blocked until a manager resolves them.
Prism's planned operations workflow calculates a reorder snapshot and prepares an internal supplier-grouped draft. A manager reviews and approves it; this MVP has no supplier-send path.
Managers can open a drawer, ring catalog items, take cash, issue a numbered receipt, deplete inventory, and complete a blind closeout. Card terminals come later.
The MVP plan summarizes invoice, receiving, stock, cost, reorder, and PO evidence in plain language.
The MVP plan answers reorder questions from authorized records with server-built citations and no write actions.
Planned beyond the current MVP, Smart Pairings will help you bundle what already sells with a relevant product, service, or add-on that needs a lift.
Start with what customers already choose.
Pair a relevant slower mover, service, or extra.
Check margin and availability, then approve the offer.
The planned workflow groups suppliers, records the stock and cost inputs behind each suggestion, and creates an internal draft for manager approval. It does not email or transmit an order.
Planned: explain stock, demand, open-PO, pack, and suppression inputs before a draft is created.
Planned: review and approve inside Prism. Email, supplier transmission, and autonomous ordering are out of scope.
A supplier drops 25 cases and a paper invoice. Here's what happens next.
The planned flow validates type and size, records a document hash, and warns about a duplicate without silently receiving it.
The planned matcher checks scoped identifiers and aliases. A weak or unmatched line remains flagged for manager review.
The planned review places the original invoice beside normalized lines and clearly flags deposits, charges, and arithmetic warnings.
The planned transaction updates ledger, projection, costs, PO receipt state, audit, and outbox together or not at all.
This preview presents original invoice evidence beside normalized items, units, cases, costs, and discounts. Anything uncertain stays at the top until a manager resolves or excludes it.
Concept mockup · fictional data · not shipped-product evidence
The planned assistant is limited to authorized invoice, inventory, reorder, and purchase-order reads. It must return server-built citations and cannot change a record.
Concept mockup · fictional data · sales answers are outside the current MVP
Mobile employee workflows and counter operations are deferred. These concept mockups explore how authorized stock, product, and reorder context could adapt to smaller screens.
The product is being designed to preserve evidence, show system health, and give managers a next safe action when something is blocked. The production support model and service levels are not yet committed.
A modern operating system for independent shops that want speed, clarity, and less mess behind the scenes.
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