How Oxygen8 Consolidated 15 Suppliers and Halved Ordering Time with Amazon Business

An award-winning clean-tech manufacturer in Burnaby, British Columbia, moved its everyday purchasing onto one platform and gave its lean supply chain team back the time to focus on the factory.

October 20, 2026

Oxygen8, a clean-tech manufacturer in Burnaby, British Columbia, cut the time it spends placing orders in half after replacing its day-to-day purchasing with Amazon Business. Inside a 106,000-square-foot facility, the company designs and manufactures all-electric ventilation systems that deliver 100% filtered outdoor air to offices, schools, senior care facilities and homes without the ductwork or energy waste of traditional HVAC. Since 2019 it has grown from a two-person startup to one with more than 200 employees, with thousands of units installed across North America. Such rapid expansion brings a familiar problem: keeping the plant supplied without building a large procurement department.

About the Business

Oxygen8 Solutions Inc. is a Canadian clean-tech company headquartered in Burnaby, BC, with engineering operations in Toronto. Founded in 2019, it designs and manufactures high-efficiency, decentralized ventilation systems for commercial and residential buildings. Named BC Tech Company of the Year (Scale) in 2024, Oxygen8 has grown to more than 200 employees and operates a purpose-built 106,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility serving customers across North America.

The challenge: multiple suppliers, slow confirmations and a $5,000 monthly workaround

Oxygen8 had a lean supply chain team, a fast-scaling plant and no central place to buy. Everything that falls under indirect procurement: MRO supplies, safety supplies, factory consumables and facility items that keep a plant running without going into the product, was spread across 10 to 15 vendors, each with its own ordering process and timeline. Lead times hurt most: other vendors often took 24 hours or more just to confirm availability, and stock could disappear between order and confirmation, which meant starting the reorder all over again.

"Before we started using Amazon Business, our purchasing process for day-to-day operational supplies was incredibly rigid and time-consuming. We were dealing with long lead times, and every small order required a formal, manual purchase order pushed through our system just to ensure compliance. It was a heavy administrative burden that took our focus away from optimizing our core manufacturing supply chain."

Alma, Director of Supply Chain, Oxygen8

The company hosts two to three facility tours a week, runs tight production schedules and welcomes customers often, so that uncertainty could not last. Staff drove to stores or used a corporate Uber account to rush last-minute supplies, a workaround that cost $3,000 to $5,000 a month.

How Amazon Business consolidated Oxygen8’s manufacturing procurement

Several team members had used Amazon Business at previous companies and saw that a growing manufacturer could get the same efficiency. Oxygen8 consolidated 10 to 15 suppliers onto one platform.

Reporting went from manual reconciliation to a download. With Amazon Business Analytics, the team pulls Excel reports that break purchases down by category, department and user, which gives leadership a clear view of roughly $77,000 in annual purchases.

Order notes let the team label each package with its recipient, so deliveries are sorted on arrival without being opened. In a plant that receives dozens of packages a day, that saves real time at the loading dock.

Speed was the biggest change. With Prime Business, an order placed at 4:00 p.m. arrives first thing the next morning. Tours and customer events run as planned, and nobody leaves the plant to shop for supplies.

Supplier consolidation also ended the corporate Uber account altogether, a direct saving that went back into higher-value work.

"The difference now is night and day. Amazon Business has given us a streamlined workflow that maintains our strict compliance and tracking controls but delivers immediate visibility and speed. Whether we are quickly replacing warehouse safety gear or sourcing everyday facility supplies, my team can get exactly what they need without the traditional administrative bottleneck."

Alma, Director of Supply Chain, Oxygen8

Results

Results: ordering time cut in half and rush runs eliminated

Amazon Business helped Oxygen8, a clean-tech manufacturer in Burnaby, British Columbia, cut ordering time in half, stop spending $3,000 to $5,000 a month on rush supply runs and replace 10 to 15 suppliers with a single platform that delivers the next day.

50%

Less time spent placing orders
$3-5K

Saved every month by retiring the corporate Uber account used for rush supply runs
Next

day

Delivery with Prime Business, replacing unpredictable vendor lead times
1

platform

In place of 10 to 15 separate vendors

"If you are a growing Canadian business, you have to simplify your procurement to scale effectively. I highly recommend Amazon Business because it brings consumer-level speed and convenience into a B2B environment. It frees up your supply chain team to focus on strategic, high-value supplier relationships and long-term logistics roadmaps rather than chasing down everyday transactional orders."

Alma, Director of Supply Chain, Oxygen8

What’s next: approval workflows and new purchasing categories

With 200+ employees and counting, Oxygen8 plans to use Amazon Business more widely. Next on the list is implementing approval workflows to tighten purchasing governance, followed by new categories such as workwear and catering for a busier event schedule.

About Oxygen8

Oxygen8 Solutions Inc. is a Canadian clean-tech manufacturer of high-efficiency, decentralized ventilation systems, headquartered in Burnaby, BC. Facing fragmented purchasing across 10 to 15 vendors, unreliable lead times and a corporate Uber account costing thousands a month, the company adopted Amazon Business to centralize procurement. The result: ordering time cut in half, $3,000 to $5,000 in monthly transportation costs eliminated, and a lean supply chain team that keeps pace with growth.

Website: oxygen8.ca | Location: Burnaby, BC & Toronto, ON | Industry: Clean-Tech Manufacturing

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FAQ

Yes. Maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) supplies are one of the supply categories on Amazon Business Canada, alongside cleaning and janitorial, office and breakroom supplies, with business-only pricing and quantity discounts. Oxygen8 buys its factory consumables, warehouse safety gear and facility supplies this way.
Eligible orders ship with fast delivery, including One-Day and Same-Day, and Prime Business members can pick up to two preferred weekdays to receive shipments. Each address can carry delivery instructions, such as the loading dock location. Oxygen8 orders by 4:00 p.m. and receives delivery the next morning.
Yes. Amazon Business Analytics tracks spend by individual, group, category, department and supplier, and lets you download up to 2,000 purchase documents at once for reconciliation and taxes. Oxygen8 uses these reports to follow about $77,000 in annual purchases.
Yes. Administrators can set spend thresholds, create approval workflows, steer buyers to preferred products and set budgets. Oxygen8 plans to add approval workflows next.