02 Module 02, The Chain

Know the real gap between what factories pay and what a living wage costs.

Upload your payroll using AI extraction, then compare actual pay against living wage benchmarks using the Anker methodology. See compliance and wage gaps ranked instantly.

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The only DPP platform offering year on year wage analysis using the Anker methodology.

At a glance

AI

extracts wages straight from payroll files

Methodology, industry standard

Anker

Factory performance, best to worst

Ranked

Key details

Extraction
AI-powered
Benchmark
Anker method
Output
Cost to Close

What it does

From payroll file to living wage gap, automatically

Upload a payroll Excel file and AI extracts wages, departments, gender split, overtime, benefits, and payroll dates on its own, no manual data entry required.

AI payroll extraction

Upload the Excel file you already have. AI reads wages, overtime, benefits, and gender split, and populates the tracker for you.

Wage Ladder ranking

Every factory is ranked by wage gap percentage against living wage, minimum wage, and factory average, best to worst.

Minimum wage compliance

Monitor every supplier against local minimum wage law, with a status flag the moment a factory falls out of line.

Dashboard roll-up

Living Wage %, Missing Wage Data, and Factory Rating update automatically on your main dashboard as data comes in.

Cost to Close

Know the number before you negotiate

Ask what it would cost you to bring any factory, or your whole supply chain, up to a living wage. Wage Tracker calculates the number instantly, so you walk into every supplier conversation with a figure, not a guess.

  • Per-factory cost

    See the exact spend needed to close one factory's wage gap, calculated from its own payroll data.

  • Whole-chain rollup

    Add every factory's gap together for a single figure covering your entire supply chain.

  • Budget-ready output

    Export the number straight into a board paper, a supplier negotiation, or next year's budget.

How it works

Four steps, from question to answer

No new module to learn. If you can type a question, you can use it.

  1. Step 01

    Open Ask The Chain

    Available directly inside your portal, no separate login or setup required.

  2. Step 02

    Type your question

    Ask in plain language, the way you would ask a colleague who knew the data.

  3. Step 03

    Get a direct answer

    Ask The Chain reads your live account data and answers immediately.

  4. Step 04

    Dig deeper if you need to

    Follow up with another question, or jump straight to the module the answer came from.

Wage data feeds straight into Objective Progress for strategy tracking and into Factory Rating, where fair pay counts towards a factory's People score.

See where your supply chain really stands on pay

Book a walkthrough and we will show you a live wage gap analysis using your own factory data.

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