The Story
Martin works in procurement. He’s really good at it. He’s the god of RfQs.
Last week, he needed a few thousand branded items for an upcoming campaign — tote bags, pens, hoodies, mugs. Merch, you know.
He sent out a masterful Request for Quotation to a few dozen suppliers. Two days later, his inbox was a haystack — cart included.
Attachments were everywhere. Excel sheets, PDFs, PowerPoints, even one photo of a spreadsheet on a desk.
Half the quotes are incomplete. The other half have “minor improvements” — thicker fabric, extra color, “premium finish”, faster turnaround. None of them match each other.
He scrolls through prices, through specs, through page after page, offer after offer. He checks if the cheaper mug is still ceramic, if the eco version really uses recycled cotton, if the delivery date fits the campaign launch.
He’s building a monster file — merging prices, specs, delivery terms, supplier ratings — trying to find the one offer that’s actually what he asked for.
He’s digging through hay, searching for a few gleaming needles.
And he’ll find them.
Over the weekend.
Thank God for weekends.
The solution
- Collect every quote, no matter the format
- Extract the relevant details automatically
- Match products even when descriptions drift
- Normalize currencies, specs, and delivery terms
- Score suppliers by reliability, quality, and fit
- Reveal the true best offer in a single view
- Always start small, and build trust on your way up!