General Logistics Co (GLC) is a fully simulated widget retail and distribution company — a production-grade mock used to prove automation value against realistic ERP-style noise.
The business
GLC buys widgets from fictional suppliers, warehouses them across fulfillment centers, sells through a web storefront, runs payroll, posts to a general ledger, collects sales tax, and handles returns and support tickets. A customer simulator drives variable order volume; a supplier simulator sends PO confirmations, shipments, and occasional partial or incorrect deliveries.
Why it exists
Real companies grow messy software ecosystems: many microservices, heterogeneous databases, manual workflows. GLC mirrors that on purpose so automation demos are credible — not toy CRUD, but cross-functional ops (orders + inventory + AP + procurement) with timing quirks and incomplete gateway endpoints.
Live API in this demo
Experts call GLC through its API gateway (typically http://10.10.10.81:8080 in lab environments).
Services include customers, orders, products, inventory, suppliers, purchase orders, receiving, and accounts payable.
Some reporting endpoints are missing on the gateway; the Sales expert compensates by aggregating order pages client-side —
a realistic “real world imperfection” our experts handle explicitly.
Known quirks (intentional realism)
- Inventory stock summaries may not match every SKU field naming convention.
- Order date filters on list endpoints do not always filter server-side.
- Not every analytics view exists as a first-class reporting API.
Experts encode these quirks in their GLC clients rather than hoping an LLM notices.
Your persona in the UI
You are signed in as James Smith at General Logistics Co — a fictional ops lead using Etch to run morning briefs, answer customer escalations, and clear AP exceptions.
Continue to the Expert catalog to see which automations are wired for GLC.