One audit trail for every vendor on a production

Thad Luckinbill, Producer, Black Label Media. Producer of Sicario & La La Land. Industry: Film & television production.

The challenge

Film productions buy from dozens of vendors at once, and every vendor means another account, another login, and another invoice trail to reconcile. Tracking what was ordered, what was paid, and what actually arrived was spread across as many systems as there were suppliers.

How Black Label Media buys with Firestarter

1. A production need goes to the agent as a plain-language request.
2. The agent searches structured listings and assembles options with all-in pricing.
3. Thad approves the purchase from his phone; nothing executes without that approval.
4. Every order, receipt, and delivery lands in a single audit trail instead of dozens of vendor accounts.

The outcome

Procurement across dozens of vendors now runs through one approval flow, with one place to see every order and delivery.

"Productions buy from dozens of vendors, each with its own account, login, and invoice trail. Now my agent finds it, I approve from my phone, and there's one place for every order and delivery."

Thad Luckinbill, Producer, Black Label Media

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