Do Cannabis Operators Really Need Another Tool?
Spoiler: No—unless it replaces the five-app Franken-stack draining your margins.
The Myth
“We can’t handle another software subscription.”
The Reality
You’re already paying for five of them—and for all the manual gaps in between.
Where the leaks happen now:
- Exporting inventory from METRC into spreadsheets you have to clean up.
- Emailing those sheets for PO “approval”… after someone’s already bought the item.
- Mystery credit-card charges appearing with no matching invoice.
- Re-keying statements into accounting and hand-coding the GL.
- Scrambling for batch IDs and COAs every time an audit rolls around.
Add it up and most operators lose 10–15 % of indirect spend and 20+ finance hours every month just to keep the duct tape from peeling.
What One Purpose-Built Platform Does Instead
- Single live dashboard — every SKU, PO, and invoice updates in real time.
- Approvals before money leaves — built-in budgets and click-to-approve flows end rogue spend.
- Instant spend clarity — cost, vendor, and location data one click away; audit panic disappears.
Bottom line: rogue spend vanishes, books close faster, and cash flows back to margin instead of mayhem.
“Implementation Will Kill Us.”
Totally fair worry—so we designed around it.
- White-glove onboarding — a success engineer maps your departments, vendors, and GL codes so you don’t have to.
- Keep the stack you like — QuickBooks, Sage, Dynamics, METRC, Dutchie… we integrate, not rip and replace.
- Start tiny, prove ROI — pilot one department or one license, then roll out after the savings show up.
Want To See the Leak in Black & White?
- Run the 60-second ROI check (no email required).
- Book a 20-minute demo—we’ll show exactly where MainStem plugs the gaps.
- Decide if recovering a five-figure margin each month beats babysitting five disconnected tools.
Because it’s not another tool if it retires the rest.
It’s the control panel the others never gave you.
