Industries · Distribution · Electronics
Component RFQs priced across lines, brokers and portals in minutes
Availability, lead time and price pulled from franchised lines, approved brokers and portals; traceability kept with every line.
Cheaper source found, margin held
RFQ 5521, 4 lines from a contract manufacturer
Sample data
Part number
Qty
Best source
Your cost
Sell
Lead time
LM2596S-ADJ
2,500
Franchised
$0.84
$1.19
4 wks
GRM188R71H104KA93D
50,000
On hand
$0.006
$0.011
Now
STM32F103C8T6
1,000
Authorized
$2.90
$3.95
2 wks
1N4148W-7-F
25,000
Approved broker
$0.012
$0.021
1 wk
Sample: one line moved to a cheaper source, one priced up on a below-market line, all four sourced in minutes.
Echelon Supply & Service, three months after deployment
How RFQs actually arrive
Scenario
Portals, brokers and franchised lines
The best source changes by part and by week.
Scenario
Prices move weekly
Last quarter’s price copied forward loses money or loses the deal.
Scenario
Traceability or nothing
Approved sources only, with the paperwork to prove it.
Scenario
Alternates and crosses
The exact part is allocated; the equivalent is in stock.
One request, from inbox to sent
8:04 AM
Request lands: email, portal, counter note
8:06 AM
Lines read and matched to your catalog
8:11 AM
Stock, contracts and history applied
8:14 AM
Non-stock lines sent to suppliers
8:31 AM
Rep reviews and sends
Day 3 · 7
Follow-ups sent without a reminder
Before and after
RFQs retyped from email and PDFs before pricing starts
Lines extracted and matched the moment the request lands
Sourcing by memory and tribal knowledge
Suppliers identified from your history and network; RFQs sent in one click
Growth means another person at another desk
Same team, several times the throughput
Built for every seat
Runs on
Epicor
NetSuite
Outlook
Gmail
Supplier portals
Marketplaces
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