comparison
SourceWright vs. email & spreadsheets
Most sourcing still runs out of an inbox and a comparison sheet. It works — until finance asks why you picked that supplier. Here's how a purpose-built approach compares.
Email plus a spreadsheet feels flexible, and for one quick quote it is. But scatter an RFQ across ten threads and three versions of a sheet, and the consistency, the total-cost view, and the audit trail all quietly disappear.
| Where it counts | Email + spreadsheets | SourceWright |
|---|---|---|
| Issuing the RFQ | Slightly different emails to each supplier. | One identical RFQ — same scope, format, and deadline. |
| Comparing responses | Hand-built sheet, apples vs oranges. | Weighted scoring on price, lead time, quality, and risk. |
| Total cost | Sticker price wins; hidden costs ignored. | True landed cost — freight, duty, MOQ waste, defects. |
| Vendor qualification | Ad-hoc, often skipped under deadline. | Consistent checks — financials, capacity, certs, references. |
| Audit trail | Buried in inboxes; “who decided this?” | Every decision and its reason, recorded. |
| Defensibility | Reconstruct the rationale from memory. | One-click answer when finance asks why not the cheapest. |
| Second-sourcing | No record of who else was qualified. | Qualified alternates on file before you need them. |
| Repeatability | Every buyer reinvents the process. | One flow the whole team runs the same way. |
the bottom line
An inbox and a spreadsheet get the quotes in. SourceWright turns them into a decision you can defend — consistent, total-cost, and on the record. Get on the early-access list.