Operations

Run the business. Not your inbox.

Built for COOs, Operations Directors, and Business Operations teams who are the connective tissue of every department — and get CC'd on everything to prove it.

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Built for

COO Operations Director VP Operations Business Operations Manager Process Improvement Manager Supply Chain Manager Vendor Manager Facilities Manager IT Operations Manager

48%

of operations leaders spend more than 3 hours per day on email alone

These aren't edge cases — they're the daily cost of using a generic inbox not built for how Ops teams operate. Talanoa was designed from the ground up to change that.

The problem

Sound familiar?

You're not the only one. Here's what people in your role deal with every single day.

01

You're CC'd on everything

Operations is the department that gets looped in on every cross-functional email. Contract negotiations, vendor escalations, IT requests, facility issues — your inbox is every department's overflow.

Cross-functional escalations Vendor dispute threads Facilities maintenance chains IT procurement approvals
02

Vendor SLAs get missed

A vendor promised delivery by Wednesday. A supplier confirmed the shipment 5 days ago. Where's that email? Without organization, SLA tracking becomes a manual search exercise every time.

Vendor delivery confirmations SLA breach notifications Supplier communication chains Contract renewal deadlines
03

Approval chains slow everything down

From capex approvals to procurement sign-offs, you're both the requester and the approver in different chains. Tracking what's pending, what's approved, and what's overdue is a full-time job.

Procurement approval chains Budget reallocation requests Policy exception approvals Headcount request threads
How Talanoa fixes this

Built for the way you work

Not a generic inbox. Purpose-built features that match the exact workflow of Operations professionals.

Vendor inbox automatically organized

Tag your suppliers and vendors once. Their emails group together. SLA tracking becomes a one-glance exercise instead of a 20-minute search.

Pending approvals as a visible queue

Every approval request you receive or send converts into a visible task. Nothing expires silently. Nothing gets forgotten because it fell off page 1.

Deadline reminders on any thread

Snooze a vendor email until their delivery date. Set a reminder on a procurement approval for the end of the quarter. Operate with the precision the business needs.

100% local storage. Zero cloud sync.

Talanoa stores all your emails on your device only. No third-party servers, no AI training on your data, no tracking. Your inbox is yours — period.

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