ALPHORA
DISCOVERY WORKSPACE PIPELINE

Discovery Workspace Pipeline

Institutional Supplier Discovery Orchestration

Select the governed Workspace and complete each consecutive preparation stage required to transform the registered Supplier Inventory into an ACTIVE Supplier Integrated Economic Dataset before entering Institutional Governance.

Discovery Mode

Product-Based Discovery

Start with product opportunities, ASINs, categories, brands, competitors or AI-powered research, then identify the best sourcing path.

Discovery Sources

Keepa
Amazon
SellerAmp
Manual Upload

ALPHORA Intelligence™

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Category Research
Brand Research
Competitor Research
Sourcing Research

Governed Flow

WM → OI → PI → FV → AFP

Discovery Mode

Supplier-Based Discovery

Start with governed sourcing channels, supplier inventories, catalogs or acquisition opportunities, then identify the best products for the portfolio.

Sourcing Channels

Authorized Wholesalers
Authorized Distributors
Brand-Direct Suppliers
Wholesale Marketplaces
Retail Arbitrage (RA)
Online Arbitrage (OA)
Distributor & Supplier Catalogs

Governed Flow

WM → OI → FV → AFP

Step 1 · Workspace

Select the Discovery Workspace

Select the governed Workspace whose Supplier Inventory will move through ASIN qualification, Keepa acquisition, SIED activation and Institutional Governance.

Total Workspaces

Persistent environments

0

With Dataset

Ready to resume

0

Product-Based

Product pipelines

0

Supplier-Based

Supplier pipelines

0

Step 2 · Supplier Intelligence Preparation

Build the Supplier Integrated Economic Dataset

Complete the consecutive preparation stages below. Amazon Product Resolution applies only when the Supplier Inventory does not already contain valid ASINs. Institutional Governance remains unavailable until the SIED is active.

Amazon SP-API + Keepa

Active Workspace

No Workspace Selected

Discovery Mode

Supplier Inventory

Dataset Pending

Step 3 · Register Supplier Inventory

Supplier Inventory Required

Register the original supplier-provided .xlsx inventory without replacing or altering its institutional source record.

Waiting

Supplier Inventory Registration

Complete Supplier Inventory Pending

Upload the complete supplier inventory. ALPHORA will validate its structure, identify supplier coverage and prepare the inventory for governance.

Upload Required

Supplier Inventory

Pending inventory upload

Registered Dataset

Institutional Dataset

Select a Workspace

Select Supplier Inventory Workbook (.xlsx)

Upload the complete supplier inventory before Institutional Governance is applied.

Step 4 · Supplier Dataset Qualification

Waiting for Supplier Inventory

ALPHORA evaluates the registered Supplier Inventory to determine whether Amazon Product Resolution is required.

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Step 5 · Amazon Product Resolution

Resolve Supplier Identifiers

Use Amazon Catalog Items only when necessary to resolve UPC, GTIN or EAN identifiers into valid ASINs.

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Step 6 · Export ASIN List

Generate Keepa Input File

Export the normalized, unique ASIN universe as the institutional .txt input required by Keepa Product Viewer.

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Step 7 · Run Keepa Product Viewer

Acquire Keepa Market Intelligence

This stage is performed outside ALPHORA using the exported institutional ASIN List.

External Process

1 · Input

Import ASIN List (.txt)

2 · Execute

Run Keepa Product Viewer

3 · Output

Export Keepa Workbook (.xlsx)

Step 8 · Upload Keepa Export

Register Product Viewer Workbook

Upload the .xlsx workbook generated by Keepa Product Viewer. ALPHORA validates ASINs, removes duplicate or invalid records and merges exact matches with the Supplier Inventory.

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Step 9 · Supplier Integrated Economic Dataset

SIED Activation Pending

The Supplier Integrated Economic Dataset is activated automatically after successful Keepa registration and exact-ASIN integration. It becomes the governed operational input for the CCI.

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Supplier Inventory

Waiting

ASIN Universe

Waiting

Keepa Intelligence

Waiting

Step 10 · Institutional Governance

Generate the Curated Candidate Inventory

Apply the active Investment Policy and generate the Curated Candidate Inventory directly inside the Workspace Pipeline after the ACTIVE SIED has been established.

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Institutional Governance Engine

Curated Candidate Inventory Preview

The registered Supplier Inventory will be evaluated against the active Investment Policy to remove candidates that cannot realistically participate in the portfolio.

Waiting

Inventory Universe

Registered products before governance

Governance Rule

Maximum Initial Capital Commitment

$2,500

CCI Admitted

Candidates admitted by governance

Excluded

Candidates outside policy

Governance Rule Applied

Candidates whose Initial Capital Commitment exceeds $2,500 are excluded from the Curated Candidate Inventory.

The objective is to construct the most realistic candidate universe possible without losing any relevant opportunity.