Vendor quotes

Messages and calls your vendors for quotes in parallel, keeps each thread moving, and collects every reply into one comparison table — days of back-and-forth compressed into one afternoon.

01 · Problem

Three vendors, five days
and still no comparison.

The relay

One thread at a time

Ops asks vendor one, waits, forgets, asks vendor two. By the time the third replies, the first quote has expired and the spec has changed twice.

The inbox

Quotes live in five formats

A PDF, a phone call, a price pasted in chat, a spreadsheet, a 'call me'. Nobody normalizes them, so the comparison never actually happens.

The deadline

Procurement waits on the slowest vendor

The stockout clock keeps running while quotes trickle in. The order finally goes to whoever answered — not whoever was best.

The best price was in the second reply. Nobody lined them up to see it.

02 · Solution

Every vendor worked at once. One table at the end.

2:10 PM · Request
SignalCockpit
You ask for quotes: 500 mailer boxes, three vendors, by Friday
Memory
  • Spec attached: 500 double-wall mailers, 12×9×4, print-ready dieline
  • Vendor list: three suppliers from your QuickBooks vendor master
You· One line

"Get me quotes for 500 mailer boxes by Friday — same spec as the March order."

Clarwiz· Run record

Splits the job into three vendor threads — each with the spec, quantity and deadline attached.

2:12 PM · Parallel outreach
SignalVendors
Three threads open at once — two emails and a call
Memory
  • Vendors A & B: spec emailed, both threads live
  • Vendor C prefers calls — so it gets one
Clarwiz· Email

Emails A and B the spec sheet; logs both threads against the request.

Clarwiz· Voice

Calls vendor C, walks the spec, and confirms they'll price by Thursday.

Thu 4:30 PM · Collect
SignalVendors
All three replies in — chased, normalized, lined up
Memory
  • B needed one chase — nudged Wednesday, replied Thursday
  • Per-unit, landed: $0.84 / $0.79 / $0.91 — normalized with freight
Clarwiz· Vendors

Chases the quiet vendor once, clarifies B's freight terms, converts C's phone price into writing.

Clarwiz· Run record

Builds the comparison: per-unit landed cost, lead time, MOQ — one table, sources linked.

Fri 9:00 AM · Decide
SignalCockpit
The table waits for you — pick a row, the PO drafts itself
Memory
  • B wins on landed cost — 6% under A at the same lead time
  • PO drafted — your approval sends it
You· One tap

Pick vendor B — the quote, thread and terms are attached to the row.

Outcome· Run record

PO sent, vendors A and C thanked and closed out. Five days of relay, done in three.

Every vendor thread above ran in parallel — asked, chased and logged without a person driving it.
03 · What changed

Same three vendors. One afternoon.

MomentBefore ClarwizOn Clarwiz
The askThree separate emails, written thrice.One request, split into three threads automatically.
The chaseWhoever ops remembers to nudge.Every quiet thread nudged on schedule.
The formatsPDF, phone call, chat paste.Normalized to per-unit landed cost.
The comparisonNever actually built.One table — price, lead time, MOQ, sourced.
The decisionGoes to whoever answered.Goes to whoever won. You pick from evidence.
04 · Outcome
3
vendor threads run in parallel — emailed, called and chased simultaneously.
2days
faster than the manual relay on the same three vendors.
100%
of quotes normalized to landed cost before you see them. No format archaeology.
Numbers from one pilot, counted to the unit. Your log will differ — that's why it's a log.
05 · FAQs
How does it contact vendors — email, phone, portal?
However each vendor actually responds: email with the spec attached, a phone call for the vendor who never reads email, a portal where one exists. Each thread is logged the same way regardless of channel.
What if a vendor quotes something that doesn't match the spec?
The mismatch is flagged on the comparison row, not silently accepted — a different board grade or MOQ shows as a footnote against the spec you sent. You compare like for like, or see exactly where it differs.
Does it negotiate?
It clarifies and chases; it doesn't haggle on its own. If you want a counter — 'ask B if they'll do $0.75 at 1,000 units' — that's one line from you, relayed verbatim, reply logged.
Where does the vendor list come from?
Your QuickBooks vendor master, or a list you give it. New vendors can be added per request — flagged as unproven, so the comparison shows track record too.
What do we need to integrate before a demo?
Nothing. The demo runs a real quote request end to end on suppliers you name. Going live connects your accounting and comms — QuickBooks and about 3,000 others.

See this run on your own data.
Thirty minutes, nothing connected.

We take this process, connect nothing, and show you the run end to end on your real conversations and orders. When you're ready, go live at the autonomy level you choose.

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