InduScout

InduScout is a GitHub Pages-ready beta for a global industrial product finder. It helps procurement teams search industrial parts, compare source options, review confidence signals, check technical fit, review alternates before substitution, prepare substitution approval packs, estimate landed costs, prepare negotiation and savings notes, prepare RFQ-ready sourcing briefs, rank supplier paths, draft internal buyer decision memos, create PO-ready award handover packs, prepare supplier due-diligence checks, and assemble audit-ready buyer files.

Live site: https://dhirajnyse.github.io/induscout/

What It Does

Industrial buyers often search across manufacturer pages, distributor catalogs, marketplaces, datasheets, RFQ networks, and old part numbers. InduScout is designed as a neutral discovery layer for that workflow.

• Find industrial products by part number, brand, category, application, or specification.
• Compare global and regional buying channels.
• Review confidence, datasheet, certification, lifecycle, lead-time, and alternate-product signals.
• Build shortlists, compare products, and copy RFQ-ready request text.
• Collect product data corrections and supplier/source suggestions.

Current Beta

This v6.1 public beta is still static and lightweight, but it already demonstrates the core procurement workflow and adds buyer-useful crawlable SEO catalog pages. v6.1 adds a Secure SaaS Foundation Planner that turns backend ambition into visible controls for identity, tenant data, audit logs, operations, learning boundaries, target architecture, copyable security foundation briefs, and exportable planning evidence before any SaaS account system, live API, shared storage, or network-learning layer exists.

• 12 procurement categories, 84 product records, and 252 product source links.
• Structured catalog.js data layer for products, taxonomy, source channels, and source directory entries.
• Search, category, region, source type, confidence, datasheet, and verified-signal filters.
• Project RFQ workspace for project name, buyer/company, contact, delivery country, target date, and project notes.
• Buyer Workspace dashboard with readiness score, shortlist count, quote count, follow-up count, saved request count, next actions, copyable workspace brief, and workspace JSON export.
• "Can't find it?" product request workflow for missing items, with saved request intake, copyable request text, research briefs, and a structured GitHub request path.
• Procurement fit scoring for balanced, speed, and cost priorities.
• Product confidence labels for high, standard, and review-required records.
• Source confidence hints and supplier trust passports for primary trust paths, discovery paths, RFQ paths, surplus paths, and seller-term verification.
• Copyable supplier trust checklists from product source cards and the source directory.
• Supplier Source Intake Desk for new source leads, website/evidence links, categories, regions, review status, verification notes, copyable review packets, and CSV/XLSX export.
• Evidence Review Board for source leads, missing-product requests, supplier replies, quote risks, and review-level catalog records, with copyable review report and JSON export.
• Buyer Decision Memo with readiness score, recommended action, quote lead, shortlist summary, evidence risks, source paths, copy action, and downloadable print-ready HTML.
• Award Handover pack with PO-readiness score, supplier lead, commercial readiness, blockers, PO fields, copyable handover note, supplier confirmation email, and downloadable HTML.
• Supplier Compliance Gate with compliance score, due-diligence checklist, supplier evidence requests, copyable compliance pack, supplier due-diligence email, and downloadable HTML.
• Buyer File / Audit Trail with file score, document checklist, session evidence timeline, copyable buyer file index, downloadable HTML, and buyer file JSON export.
• Supplier Scorecard with ranked supplier paths, score drivers, strengths, risks, next buyer action, copyable scorecard, downloadable HTML, and JSON export.
• Spec Match Desk with saved buyer requirement profile, technical fit scores, strengths, gaps, next buyer actions, copyable matrix, downloadable HTML, and JSON export.
• Alternate & Obsolescence Desk with base-product selection, replacement criticality, installed-equipment context, constraint checks, alternate scoring, copyable engineering review note, downloadable HTML, and JSON export.
• Substitution Approval Pack with original/substitute product selection, decision status, reviewer ownership, equipment context, minimum approval checklist, approval score, open conditions, copyable approval note, downloadable HTML, and JSON export.
• Polished application navigation with primary buyer workflows visible and deeper trust, launch, review, and documentation sections grouped under a More menu.
• Catalog quality dashboard with verified coverage, datasheet coverage, confidence mix, category strength, source depth, and review queue.
• Product detail drawer with specifications, applications, alternates, source actions, and RFQ fields.
• Copyable procurement brief for internal buyer review, source validation, and shortlist decisions.
• Procurement brief action repeated near the RFQ copy controls so buyers can find it while preparing a request.
• Copyable supplier outreach email with subject line, quantity, delivery country, target date, alternates preference, confirmation checklist, and buyer notes.
• Copyable product-level RFQ request with quantity, delivery country, target date, urgency, alternates preference, and buyer notes.
• RFQ pack, XLSX, CSV, procurement brief, supplier email, and RFQ copy actions include project workspace context.
• Quote Tracker section for supplier, status, price, quantity, lead time, MOQ, payment terms, delivery terms, validity, source URL, notes, CSV/XLSX export, and follow-up email copy.
• Quote Decision Scoring for best current score, lowest price, fastest lead, review flags, validity risk, and commercial completeness.
• Landed Cost Desk with catalog or saved-quote selection, supplier, currency, unit price, quantity, freight, duty, tax/VAT, handling, bank charges, FX/contingency buffer, delivery terms, buyer checks, copyable cost brief, downloadable HTML, and JSON export.
• Negotiation & Savings Desk with saved-quote selection, target unit price or discount, target lead time, quote-validity request, buyer leverage, potential savings calculation, copyable supplier counter-offer email, copyable savings note, downloadable HTML, and JSON export.
• Savings Register with quote/negotiation prefill, baseline and final price tracking, accepted and pipeline savings KPIs, evidence references, copyable savings report, CSV export, and JSON export.
• Closed-Loop Learning Desk with outcome records, supplier lessons, cycle-time and value signals, proven-pattern summaries, copyable learning reports, CSV export, and JSON export.
• AI Playbook Lab with buyer objective controls, evidence strictness, local/network-ready learning boundary, ranked generated rules, promoted organization playbooks, copyable playbook brief, and JSON export.
• Reinforcement Signals Lab with buyer feedback capture, positive/negative weighting, module and impact scoring, generated weight-change recommendations, copyable signal report, CSV export, JSON export, and playbook influence.
• AI Governance center with learning policy simulator, readiness score, signal boundary matrix, sensitive-data guardrails, network-learning candidate count, copyable governance brief, and JSON export.
• Learning Review Queue that turns lessons, reinforcement signals, quotes, savings records, supplier replies, playbook rules, and source leads into reviewable learning candidates with risk levels, approval status, tenant-only controls, block controls, copyable queue brief, and JSON export.
• Closed-Loop Intelligence / AI Loop view with influence readiness, eligible/gated signal counts, supplier benchmark guidance, governed recommendation updates, copyable AI loop brief, and JSON export.
• Tenant Admin Foundation with role model, admin readiness score, export governance checks, learning decision controls, generated audit trail preview, copyable admin brief, and JSON export.
• API & Integration Blueprint with integration readiness score, future endpoint contract cards, connector guardrails, event stream preview, copyable integration brief, and JSON export.
• SaaS Readiness Gate with backend launch score, identity/RBAC checks, tenant data model checks, API sandbox readiness, persistent audit log requirements, privacy gates, learning governance checks, migration sequence, copyable SaaS gate brief, and JSON export.
• Pilot Launch Pack with early-adopter scope, onboarding plan, workflow proof, data-room evidence, success metrics, feedback loop, partner/API story, pilot boundaries, copyable pilot brief, and JSON export.
• Demo & Stakeholder Proof Pack with demo readiness score, stakeholder value map, guided demo flow, objection handling, copyable demo brief, and JSON export.
• Value Proof Board with value readiness score, quoted-value signal, accepted and pipeline savings summary, commercial proof cards, buyer value path, evidence posture notes, copyable value brief, and JSON export.
• Launch Partner Pipeline with partner candidate qualification, pilot lane tracking, status and fit scoring, copyable outreach, copyable pipeline report, CSV export, and JSON export.
• Pilot Ops Board with partner-linked pilot runs, stages, owners, start/review dates, success metrics, risk tracking, outcomes, copyable pilot briefs, copyable pilot report, CSV export, and JSON export.
• Secure SaaS Foundation Planner with identity/RBAC maturity, tenant data model maturity, audit logging maturity, operations readiness, learning-boundary planning, backend target, owner/date/notes, control matrix, copyable foundation brief, and JSON export.
• Version tab and Build Phases tracker with current live build, public beta mode, next major gate, completed procurement and pilot-proof phases, current governed SaaS foundation phase, and future network learning path.
• Supplier Inbox section for supplier reply status, missing certificates, alternates, revised prices, next actions, buyer response copy, CSV/XLSX export, and quote conversion.
• Supplier Scorecard combines quote, inbox, shortlist, compare, source lead, and source type evidence into a ranked supplier decision view.
• Security baseline with session import size checks, sanitized imported records, safe external-link handling, spreadsheet formula-injection protection, and safer downloaded filenames.
• Privacy & Trust Center explaining local browser storage, user-controlled exports, public beta limits, and future backend requirements.
• Copyable privacy brief for launch pages, buyer onboarding, GitHub documentation, or internal review.
• Product detail RFQ drawer includes a Track quote action that opens the selected product in the quote form.
• Copyable product data update/report request.
• Browser-saved buyer notes for each product.
• Save/load session desk for project profile, spec match requirements, alternate review setup, substitution approval setup, landed cost scenario, negotiation plan, savings register, learning records, playbook rules, reinforcement signals, governance policy, learning approvals, SaaS foundation plan, filters, shortlist, compare list, source intake, quote records, supplier replies, and notes, with JSON export/import for moving work between browsers or machines.
• Saved missing-product requests are included in session JSON export/import.
• Compare desk for up to four selected products.
• Shortlist drawer with exportable RFQ-style summary.
• Visible shortlist count on the finder export button, plus add/remove shortlist toggles on product cards and detail drawers.
• Downloadable RFQ shortlist pack as a concise print-ready HTML document with a Save as PDF button and suggested PDF filename.
• Downloadable native XLSX shortlist workbook with formatted headers, frozen header row, source links, and buyer notes.
• Downloadable shortlist CSV for spreadsheet, ERP prep, or internal buyer review.
• Buyer desk, trust layer, supplier trust passport directory, launch-readiness section, and roadmap.
• Static SEO category pages and product record pages generated from the catalog.
• Breadcrumbs, related records, buyer checklists, and richer structured data on SEO pages.
• SEO product pages include source-confidence notes, RFQ fields to send, and internal buyer paths.
• SEO category pages include sourcing guidance and RFQ preparation guidance.
• Static SEO pages can hand buyers back into the live finder with product or category filters prepared.
• Public GitHub issue paths for product data corrections, supplier/source suggestions, and feature requests.
• Launch-readiness guidance for sitemap checks, search indexing, and public beta verification.
• Clear beta and buyer-verification notices in the hero, finder, product detail, and copied RFQ text.
• Expanded sitemap with category and product URLs.
• Responsive corporate UI, SVG 3D-style brand mark, SEO metadata, social preview, and installable site manifest.

Project Structure

.
|-- index.html
|-- styles.css
|-- app.js
|-- catalog.js
|-- categories/
|   |-- index.html
|   `-- ...
|-- products/
|   |-- index.html
|   `-- ...
|-- tools/
|   `-- generate-seo-pages.js
|-- .github/
|   `-- ISSUE_TEMPLATE/
|-- assets/
|   |-- induscout-logo.svg
|   |-- induscout-social-card.jpg
|   |-- induscout-social-card.png
|   |-- induscout-social-card.svg
|   `-- induscout-touch-icon.png
|-- site.webmanifest
|-- sitemap.xml
|-- robots.txt
|-- SECURITY.md
|-- PRIVACY.md
|-- .nojekyll
|-- LICENSE
`-- README.md

Launch On GitHub Pages

1. Upload the contents of this folder to the repository root.
2. Keep catalog.js, assets, categories, and products intact.
3. The data and tools folders are development backups only. They are not required for GitHub Pages upload.
4. In GitHub, open Settings -> Pages.
5. Publish from the main branch and root folder.
6. After deployment, hard refresh the live site.

Regenerate SEO Pages

When the catalog changes, regenerate static category/product pages and the sitemap:

node tools/generate-seo-pages.js

The generator is for local development only. The public website does not need the tools folder after pages are generated.

Data Quality Note

InduScout is a discovery and procurement workflow aid. Buyers must verify pricing, stock, compatibility, certifications, warranty path, seller terms, and source legitimacy with the seller or manufacturer before purchase.

Security And Privacy Note

The current public beta is a static GitHub Pages app. It has no login system, no backend database, no payment flow, no live API endpoints, and no embedded API keys. Buyer notes, project context, spec match requirements, alternate review setup, quote records, supplier replies, source intake leads, savings records, learning records, playbook rules, reinforcement signals, governance policy, learning approvals, tenant admin previews, integration blueprint previews, SaaS readiness gate previews, SaaS foundation planner previews, pilot launch pack previews, demo proof pack previews, and sessions are stored locally in the user's browser unless exported by the user.

• Do not enter confidential tender data, passwords, access tokens, payment details, or sensitive personal data into the public beta.
• Session JSON import is limited and sanitized before it is loaded into the app.
• CSV and XLSX exports protect cells that could be interpreted as spreadsheet formulas.
• Product and source links are restricted to safe web or email protocols before rendering.
• Use SECURITY.md for responsible disclosure and the security roadmap.
• Use PRIVACY.md for current public-beta data handling guidance.

Public Feedback Paths

• Product data update: https://github.com/dhirajnyse/induscout/issues/new?template=product-data-update.yml
• Product request: https://github.com/dhirajnyse/induscout/issues/new?template=product-request.yml
• Supplier or source request: https://github.com/dhirajnyse/induscout/issues/new?template=supplier-source-request.yml
• Feature request: https://github.com/dhirajnyse/induscout/issues/new?template=feature-request.yml

Roadmap

• Expand catalog depth category by category.
• Strengthen technical fit workflows with richer product attributes and engineering review evidence fields.
• Expand supplier intake into a governed submission and verification review workflow.
• Add saved projects and team collaboration.
• Add backend search, accounts, structured supplier/product APIs, and partner integration connectors.
• Add richer product detail pages for SEO as the catalog expands category by category.