Software
Map materials, products, and waste. Search for partners and upload documents to build your supply chains.
Book a demoThe physical economy runs on raw materials. We're the intelligence layer beneath it.
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Save time, money, and energy solving supply chain problems. One unified map of your current and future supply chains. At your fingertips.
The platform
Your supply chain
command center.
Solve problems in your materials, packaging, products, and waste.
Start a project and upload context to build your supply chains.
Explore the material flows of global manufacturers
Become a material transition architect.
Start with a problem in your materials, packaging, products, or waste.
We are supply chain hunting.
We look for manufacturers with 6+ figure annual supply chain spend and a problem worth solving.
Bring your material documents, current suppliers, and the constraints that matter to your team.
Book a demoSee the global supply chain before it moves. Architect the material transition that matters to you.
The Physical Economy
From raw materials
to end products.
Follow materials from their elemental origin to their final application.
Explore the industries and flows behind everyday products.
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How we build together.
Data
Bring the intelligence layer into your own systems through an API and MCP.
Book a demoConsulting
We map the problem, identify partners, and define the next steps with your team.
Book a demoQuestions about Material Transition.
What is Material Transition?
Material Transition is manufacturing software for sustainable production, built by ALT LABS. Manufacturers use it to map supply chains, find alternative partners, and act on procurement and waste problems.
What data does Material Transition actually hold?
The platform holds 123K supplier records, 172K material records, 6.0M products, 5.4M production sites, 2.2M verified contact records, 3.9M waste streams, and 7.2M emissions records.
Which countries does supplier coverage include?
Supplier records primarily cover the United States and Canada, with limited records elsewhere. Facility and emissions layers are separate international datasets.
Who uses Material Transition?
Packaging, sustainability, materials and procurement leads at brand owners and manufacturers, plus the consultancies advising them. Teams use it to find what a product is made of, who supplies it, and which rules apply, with evidence attached.
How does Material Transition handle regulatory data?
Every regulatory flag is a record from a published list, retrieved with its source URL and listing date. These regulatory flags are not modeled, inferred, or predicted. The absence of a flag means it has not been identified in the covered lists. It does not establish compliance.
How should I read supplier risk scores?
Risk indicators help teams examine exposure such as political stability, water stress, flood, labor, and trade. Where a numeric score is available, the scale runs from 0 to 100: higher means riskier. The labels are Resilient, Watch, and At risk. Teams can adjust weights and dealbreakers for each project in their workspace. These priorities change the ranking, not the underlying source data. Some indicators are flags or measurements rather than scores. Missing data does not mean low risk. Book a demo to explore the indicators for your supply chain.
How do we start working together?
Bring one major supply chain problem. We start with a 90-day paid pilot to understand the flow, find partners, validate options, and define actions. After a successful pilot, your team can use the command center for unlimited projects and supply chains. Email and AI usage have agreed limits. Book a demo to discuss fit.
Can I check my own materials without an account?
Yes. The free Restricted Substance Exposure Check takes a pasted material list and returns which substances carry regulatory flags, in which jurisdictions, and what is due when. It runs entirely in the browser, needs no account, and nothing is uploaded.
More definitions in the glossary.
Bring us your next supply chain problem.
Tell us the materials, regions, and compliance constraints you are working through. We will tell you how our team and platform can help.