Send a complete RFQ. Make a sound decision.
Bring drawings, specifications, quantities and response requirements into one package. Compare supplier offers against the same engineering and commercial basis.
FOR OEMS · PROCUREMENT, QUALITY & SUPPLY CHAIN
Keep supplier decisions
and actions connected.
From RFQ packages and supplier offers to quality questions, delivery changes and disruption response. LevelPlane connects the manufacturing context, open risks and next actions so your teams can work from the same basis.
Explore the productTHE DECISIONS YOUR TEAM FACES
Keep supplier coordination in context.
Connect technical clarifications, quality evidence, delivery changes and supplier follow-ups to the same part and order. Keep the owner and next action visible.
Turn a risk signal into a coordinated response.
Connect early warning signals or reported incidents to the suppliers, parts and commitments they may affect. Verify the impact, review options and coordinate the next step.
FROM REQUIREMENTS TO FOLLOW-THROUGH
Requirements, decisions and follow-ups in one record.
RFQ package
Drawings, revisions and a response template
Organize the BOM, specifications, volumes, quality expectations, delivery terms and open clarification questions for your team to approve.
Decision basis
Engineering and commercial reasoning together
Keep the manufacturing plan, cost reference, supplier deviations and negotiation questions attached to the sourcing decision.
Coordination record
Questions, owners, responses and due dates
The planned workflows connect supplier follow-ups across engineering, quality and supply chain, with the relevant part and order context.
Risk and action review
Evidence, possible impact and the next step
Keep confirmed facts separate from assessed risks and missing information. Planned response workflows connect each issue to its owner and recovery options.
Illustrative outputs. Procurement is the current focus; quality, supply coordination and disruption response are planned expansion. Agree the supported workflow and data connections with our team.
How the work comes together.
Explore RFQ preparation, supplier decisions and the coordination that follows. Procurement is our current focus; quality, supply coordination and risk response are planned expansion.
Explore the detailed workflow
01 / 09
Define the requirement
Your inputs
Drawing revision, material specification, annual volume, batch size, delivery location and quality requirements. Add the current quote or accepted reference if available.
What LevelPlane works through
Read the part requirements, identify the process family and surface missing information. Keep a confirmed drawing value separate from an assumption needing engineering review.
Your team decides
Engineering confirms ambiguous features, tolerances and special processes. Sourcing confirms quantity, commercial scope and the reference date before cost comparisons begin.
What you take forward
A requirement brief with source references, confirmed inputs and an explicit queue of questions for the responsible people.
02 / 09
Build the cost reference
Your inputs
Start with the drawing, quantity, sourcing region and buyer norms. Use a labeled reference factory when supplier machine data is unavailable. Add supplier evidence when provided; an OEM does not need a full supplier machine inventory to begin.
What LevelPlane works through
Build the manufacturing route and cost each operation. Expose material consumption, yield, machine selection, cycle time, tooling and overhead instead of collapsing everything into one price.
Your team decides
Cost engineering reviews route feasibility and the inputs with the largest effect. A reference factory supports a benchmark; it does not establish a supplier’s actual internal cost.
What you take forward
A costed process plan with an inspectable basis for each line and the assumptions that still need confirmation.
03 / 09
Prepare the RFQ package
Your inputs
Current drawings and BOM, revisions, material and process specifications, quantity breaks, delivery terms, quality requirements and the response deadline.
What LevelPlane works through
Assemble the technical and commercial package, flag missing or inconsistent requirements and prepare a structured supplier response template. Keep mandatory requirements distinct from proposed alternatives.
Your team decides
The buyer approves recipients, scope and release. Engineering confirms revisions and allowed deviations. An internal should-cost reference is shared only when your team chooses to disclose it.
What you take forward
An RFQ package, a supplier response template and a clarification register linking each question to its requirement and owner.
04 / 09
Compare supplier offers
Your inputs
Supplier quotes, RFQ requirements and the cost reference. Include currency, validity date, volume breaks, tooling treatment, packaging, freight and payment terms where supplied.
What LevelPlane works through
Align the offers to a common comparison basis. Separate manufacturing differences from commercial inclusions and missing responses, so a lower total is not mistaken for equivalent scope.
Your team decides
The buyer validates adjustments and asks the supplier to clarify exclusions. Engineering reviews technical deviations before the team treats offers as comparable.
What you take forward
A comparison that shows included scope, unresolved gaps and the specific questions to take into negotiation.
05 / 09
Review the sourcing decision
Your inputs
The aligned comparison, supplier capability information, quality requirements and the available capacity and lead-time evidence.
What LevelPlane works through
Bring cost, qualification and supply questions into the same review. Make missing evidence and conflicting assumptions visible alongside the proposed commercial choice.
Your team decides
Quality owns acceptance criteria. Supply chain validates delivery assumptions. The authorized buyer approves negotiation positions and award decisions; agents do not make the commitment.
What you take forward
A decision brief connecting the chosen basis, open conditions, evidence and accountable reviewers.
Planned expansion06 / 09
Review supplier quality
Your inputs
Drawing characteristics, specification limits, agreed inspection methods and the supplier’s certificates, measurements or pre-dispatch inspection records.
What LevelPlane works through
Link inspection results and supplier evidence to the requirement and revision. Prepare requests for missing records, track clarification responses and route deviations to the quality owner for review.
Your team decides
The quality engineer approves the check sheet and evaluates deviations. Acceptance, rejection, concessions and release remain with the authorized quality owner.
What you take forward
A requirement-to-evidence check sheet and exception queue showing the missing evidence, reviewer and next action. The precise quality workflow is agreed for the engagement.
Planned expansion07 / 09
Coordinate supply readiness
Your inputs
Demand by period, supplier capacity statements, committed dates, dispatch updates and known shortages, with the source and last update for each record.
What LevelPlane works through
Connect demand, supplier updates, material availability and capacity evidence. Flag gaps or conflicting dates, prepare follow-up questions and keep revised commitments attached to the part, order and responsible team.
Your team decides
The planner validates available capacity and recovery options with operations or the supplier. Reallocation, expediting and revised delivery commitments require an authorized decision.
What you take forward
A supply review with dated inputs, open risks and assigned follow-up actions. Update frequency and system connections are defined for the selected workflow.
Planned expansion08 / 09
Flag risks and coordinate a response
Your inputs
Supplier updates, incident reports and agreed warning sources, together with site locations, affected parts, orders, dates and known dependencies. Record the source, timestamp and confidence.
What LevelPlane works through
Connect a reported disruption or emerging warning to possible supplier and production exposure. Separate confirmed impact from assumptions, identify missing updates and prepare questions, owners and response options.
Your team decides
Validate the exposure with the supplier and relevant teams. Approve any expediting, reallocation, alternate source, quality concession or revised customer commitment before action.
What you take forward
A risk and response brief linking the signal, potentially affected commitments, evidence, accountable owners and agreed next steps. Monitoring coverage and update frequency depend on the connected sources.
09 / 09
Carry the learning forward
Your inputs
Accepted corrections, the reason for each change and the company, plant, material or process scope where it applies.
What LevelPlane works through
Retain approved context in Company DNA. Check whether a new part matches the rule’s scope and keep the original source and version available for review.
Your team decides
The designated owner approves reusable changes. A negotiated rate, temporary exception and general manufacturing rule must not be treated as the same kind of learning.
What you take forward
A traceable starting point for the next relevant part, with the context behind previous decisions preserved.
ILLUSTRATIVE DISRUPTION RESPONSE · PLANNED WORKFLOW
A flood warning near a supplier. What needs to happen next?
01 · Establish the exposure
Which supplier sites, parts and open orders could be affected? A regional warning is a signal to investigate; the impact on a specific site still needs confirmation.
02 · Coordinate the facts
Request site status, available stock, shipment updates and recovery estimates. Keep procurement, planning, engineering and quality working from the same evidence.
03 · Agree the response
Review recovery options, owners and customer implications. Your team approves changes to supply, quality acceptance or delivery commitments.
PEOPLE + AI ENGINEERS
The decision stays with your team.
AI engineers organize evidence, flag questions and prepare the next action. Your authorized people approve sourcing, quality acceptance, recovery actions and commitments to suppliers or customers.
Your knowledge. Your context.
A buyer’s reference model and a supplier’s internal factory model serve different purposes. Compare shared evidence and agreed scope without assuming access to the supplier’s proprietary rates or manufacturing knowledge.
Explore data boundariesStart with the work you want to improve.
Bring an RFQ package, a supplier coordination challenge or a risk you need to understand. We will discuss fit, workflow readiness and the evidence needed for a focused evaluation.
Confirm supported processes, input formats, integrations and deployment for your selected scope before activation.