Early design partners · Automotive

The sourcingmind for manufacturing.

Whether you send drawings or receive them — every sourcing decision still depends on a human with decades of experience. LevelPlane is that mind. Automated. For both sides of the chain.

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30-min demo · your real parts · no pitch
SECTION 01 · PROBLEM
The Problem

Three things that break
every sourcing cycle.

Every manufacturer has a sourcing team. Every sourcing team has the same three problems. All three are still being managed manually — by experienced people, on email, in spreadsheets. LevelPlane automates all three.
01
Price drift — invisible until it's in the P&L

Contracts get signed. Then raw material escalations arrive. Then revised quotes. Nobody is reconciling every PO against the baseline daily. LevelPlane does.

02
The RFQ cycle runs on email and patience

Drawings go out. Weeks pass. You chase by phone. LevelPlane builds the RFQ package, dispatches it, and follows up automatically — without a human in the loop.

03
Quotes arrive unstructured — comparison is manual

PDF. Excel. Email. Every supplier in their own format. Someone rebuilds it into a spreadsheet every time. LevelPlane ingests every format and produces a structured side-by-side automatically.

14–21 daysAverage RFQ cycle
without automation
3–5%Annual price drift on
awarded contracts, undetected
3 formatsAverage quote formats
per RFQ — rebuilt manually
40 partsPer sourcing engineer —
the hard human ceiling
SECTION 02 · PROCESS
How It Works

Five steps.
Every boundary closed.

Every step that currently requires a human to bridge it — LevelPlane closes it. From the drawing on your desk to autonomous supplier action.

01
Drawing Intelligence
Before: 3 days of supplier clarification emails.After: Drawing understood in minutes. Process route done.
AI reads & understands the engineering drawing.
Part complexity scoreProcess routeDrawing intelligence profile
02
RFQ Creation & Supplier Outreach
Before: RFQ drafted manually, sent over email, chased by phone.After: Package built and dispatched automatically.
AI builds the RFQ package & reaches out to suppliers.
Drawing-linked RFQSupplier outreachAuto follow-up
03
Supplier Response & Negotiation
Before: Quotes in three formats. Spreadsheet built from scratch.After: Structured comparison with full negotiation brief.
Suppliers respond — AI structures, compares, guides.
Structured cost modelSide-by-side comparisonNegotiation brief
04
Cost Governance
Before: Price drift discovered in the quarterly review. Damage in the P&L.After: Flagged the day it happens. Every PO reconciled daily.
Award & monitor against commercial baseline daily.
Commercial baselineDaily price drift alertsLTA compliance
05
Supply Chain Awareness & Autonomous Action
Before: Delivery risk noticed when the line stops.After: Detected early. Supplier escalated automatically.
AI monitors deliveries & acts autonomously.
Live risk dashboardAuto supplier escalationFull traceability
SECTION 03 · CAPABILITIES
What You Get

One workspace.
Three problems solved.

LevelPlane connects to your ERP, reads your drawings, manages your supplier network, and acts on your behalf across the full sourcing cycle.

Drawing Intelligence — RFQ Automated

Upload any drawing. LevelPlane reads it, builds a complete RFQ package, dispatches to the right suppliers, and follows up automatically. No email drafting, no chasing.

Quote Comparison — Structured Instantly

Quotes arrive in any format. LevelPlane ingests all of them, extracts cost breakdowns, and produces a structured side-by-side with a negotiation brief. No spreadsheet required.

Price Drift — Caught Daily

Every awarded contract locked to a commercial baseline. Every PO reconciled against it daily. Price drift, RM/FX deviations, LTA non-compliance — flagged the day they appear.

Connects to your existing stack
SAP
Oracle
Infor
MS Dynamics
Epicor
Ariba
Email / IMAP
REST API
SECTION 04 · ACCESS
Early Access

Run it live
with your own parts.

We're working with early design partners at OEMs and mid-tier manufacturers across automotive. You work directly with our founding team.

// ERP connected, first drawing processed, cost drift monitoring live — within one week.

What you get
Live Demo · Your Parts

30 minutes. A real drawing from your queue run through the full cycle. No slides. No pitch deck.

Direct Founding Team Access

Your feedback shapes what gets built. Design partners set the roadmap.

Founder Pricing

Design partners lock in founding rates before general availability.

Your drawing. Your supplier. Your cycle. Running live in 30 minutes.
SECTION 01 · PROBLEM
The Problem

The job goes to whoever
quotes first and right.

The OEM sends a drawing on Monday. If your quote isn't back by Wednesday — structured, priced correctly, with a credible delivery commitment — someone else wins the job. Every time.
01
Reading the drawing takes too long

Your engineer sits with the drawing for half a day. Clarification emails go back and forth. By the time you have a process route, two competitors have already quoted.

02
Make vs outsource is a manual judgement

You decide by instinct which components to handle in-house and which to sub out. Sometimes you get it wrong — and the job costs more than the quote. Every time.

03
Sub-supplier RFQs slow everything down

The components you need to outsource go out on email. Sub-suppliers respond slowly, in different formats. You can't quote the customer until you have all the numbers.

2–3 daysTypical time to interpret
a complex drawing
40%RFQs lost due to slow
quote turnaround
HoursLevelPlane drawing-to-quote
for any complexity
FirstStructured quote back
wins the job
SECTION 02 · PROCESS
How It Works

Drawing in.
Quote out. Fast.

LevelPlane reads the drawing, decides what to make and what to outsource, and structures your quote — before your competitor has finished reading the title block.

01
Drawing Intelligence
Before: Half a day with the drawing. Clarification emails. Delayed start.After: Process route and complexity profile in minutes. Start quoting immediately.
AI reads the drawing & determines what it takes to make it.
Part complexity scoreProcess route determinedMaterial & tolerance profile
02
Make vs Outsource Decision
Before: Manual judgement. Sometimes wrong. Costs more than the quote.After: Automated decision per component. Optimal margin every time.
AI decides what to make in-house & what to outsource.
Make vs outsource per componentCapability-matched decisionMargin optimised
03
Sub-supplier RFQ Dispatch
Before: Sub-supplier RFQs by email. Slow responses. Quote blocked.After: Dispatched automatically. Responses tracked. Quote unblocked.
AI dispatches RFQs to sub-suppliers automatically.
Auto sub-supplier dispatchStructured follow-upParallel processing
04
Quote Structuring
Before: Quote built manually. Inconsistent format. Takes hours.After: Structured cost model generated. Ready to send in minutes.
AI structures the full quote — cost model, delivery commitment.
Full cost modelDelivery commitmentCustomer-ready format
05
Delivery Monitoring
Before: You promised a date. Sub-suppliers slip. You find out when it's too late.After: Commitments tracked. Sub-suppliers escalated automatically.
AI monitors your commitments & holds sub-suppliers accountable.
Commitment trackingSub-supplier escalationCustomer-facing reliability
SECTION 03 · CAPABILITIES
What You Get

Quote faster.
Win more jobs.

LevelPlane gives your shop the intelligence of a team three times its size — reading drawings, making sourcing decisions, dispatching sub-supplier RFQs, and structuring quotes while your engineers focus on the work.

Drawing Interpretation Engine

Any 2D or 3D format. GD&T, tolerances, surface finish, material — extracted automatically. Process route determined. Clarification questions eliminated before they slow you down.

Make vs Outsource Intelligence

Per-component decisions based on your shop's actual capabilities and capacity. Sub-supplier RFQs dispatched automatically for outsourced components — quote unblocked.

Quote Structuring

Complete cost model built automatically — materials, process, sub-components, overheads, delivery commitment. Customer-ready format. First structured quote back wins the job.

SECTION 04 · ACCESS
Early Access

Quote your next
drawing with us.

We're working with early design partners at Tier 2 and 3 suppliers across automotive. Bring a real drawing. We'll run the full process live.

// Shop profile, first drawing read, first structured quote out — within three days.

What you get
Live Demo · Your Drawing

30 minutes. A real drawing from your queue — process route, make vs outsource, structured quote. All live.

Direct Founding Team Access

Your feedback shapes the product. Design partners set the roadmap for the features that matter to your shop.

Founder Pricing

Design partners lock in founding rates before general availability.

Your drawing. Your shop. Quoted and ready in 30 minutes.