Parabola

Allow me to reintroduce myself: Parabola is the spreadsheet alternative where you combine the data running throughout your company and create automated processes. Parabola’s got a new and improved look and message, and we’re so excited to finally show what we’ve been working on. Our CEO and founder Alex Yaseen wrote about the “why” behind it all, and it’s all about showcasing the amazing things our customers have brought to life. You can read it here: https://lnkd.in/ekZN3xma

What would it feel like if your warehouse SLAs, NPS score, product reviews, customer experience metrics, and revenue potential were trending up and to the right? Why don’t you ask Claire McCarthy, the Director of Logistics and Operations Great Jones? Great Jones uses Parabola for inventory reporting, order management, and fulfillment scorecarding, and according to Claire, they’re “better for it.” It has a real trickle-down effect on the metrics she tracks every day. We recently sat down with the team at Great Jones to learn more about what they’ve built in Parabola, and the answer is quite a lot. It all started with a holiday season that left them scrambling at the last minute. Now? “All we have to do is reference our Flows and let Parabola do the work. We now know going into any peak season that we won’t lose the reporting and the ability to act and be nimble when there’s so much being thrown at you because Parabola consolidates the data and makes it tangible and easy to access. So it relieves a lot of stress in making sure all data is known to everybody,” Claire told us. We love hearing stories like this from our customers, and we like sharing them even more. Link in comments ⬇️

In the world of supply chain, many things are opaque. Multi-colored shipping containers filling ports and highways. Sprawling, windowless warehouses filled with fluorescent lights. And also where your shipment is and who the best partners are to get the job done. For most brands, inbound freight tracking and management requires significant full-time resources and manual work across systems — plus partnerships with multiple carriers and 3PLs. We chatted with leaders in the space to see how they're staying resilient despite challenges like high freight costs, pending strikes, canal blockages…and holiday season on the horizon. Read what they had to say: https://lnkd.in/dwFhtFwU

What has AI done for you lately? We just went live with a new way to put it to work. Starting today, AI can analyze all of your Parabola Flows and automatically add detailed documentation to every step across all of your processes. This update brings Flows even closer to being living, breathing process overviews that give our best customers unparalleled visibility into every in-the-weeds step of their process. Gone are the days of outdated SOPs, messy process handoffs, and questions like, “how the #$*@ do I do this in Excel?” Want to see auto-documentation in action? Try it out with sample data by clicking the link in the comments 👇

Need 316 steps to build out your dream Flow? We got you. Not only can Parabola support whatever custom logic your business processes require — from 2 steps to 316 — we've just launched the mini-map to make the building process that much more seamless. If step 1 of your Flow is on the top right of the canvas, but step 22 is somewhere near the equator, use the mini-map to find the part of your Flow that needs attention so you can keep building. See the mini-map in action here ✨

If you're trying to automate and centralize your supply chain data...you're not alone. Join us for a webinar on 9/12 to learn how Katya Lotzof and the team at Caraway Home puts data at the center of their mission to scale the most efficient version of their supply chain possible – across a variety of channels, partners and applications.

Siloed Shopify data got you 😤 ? Combine Shopify data with data from the rest of your supply chain 😌 Here's how: https://prb.la/4d5EAee

If you're new to Parabola and looking for more info on how to do things like… 1. Pull in data from sources like emails, PDFs, databases, and systems like Shopify and Netsuite 2. Transform that data by editing columns, removing duplicates, and doing simple math equations 3. Send transformed data to destinations like Slack, Parabola Tables, and databases …then look no further. Start exploring Parabola University today: https://prb.la/4fcDwXt

We're thrilled to welcome Rohan Kuruvilla to the Parabola team as our new Head of Engineering! Rohan most recently served as Director of Engineering at Sigma, where he played a pivotal role in making advanced BI tools accessible through a spreadsheet interface. Prior to Sigma, Rohan spent nearly a decade at Facebook, where he was instrumental in leading teams responsible for building and scaling multiple advertising products clocking $1Bn+ in revenue. Rohan's unique blend of deep technical expertise, strategic vision, and tested leadership skills make him the ideal fit for Parabola's growing engineering team. Outside of leading engineering at Parabola, you might find Rohan hiking in Marin, indulging in his passions for architecture and design through a home remodeling project, or thinking about what classic car he wants to rebuild as electric. Welcome to the team, Rohan!

Yesterday, some of our SF-based team made their way to the Giants v. Oakland A's game after work. Here's the official scorecard for the evening: 10 hot dogs 🌭, 6 fish tacos 🌮, and 3 chicken tenders🍗 were consumed 3 home runs, seen by everyone but our office manager Truce Hansen (who apparently missed them all) 🏟️ 1 ball caught by our Head of Ops Andrew Udell ⚾️ (who passed it along to a kid in the stands) A's: 5, Giants: 2