Procurement business-case calculator

See the full value of a clearer purchasing workflow.

Start with a few annual metrics, then refine the estimate with your quote workflow, coverage, labor cost, and addressable spend.

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Quick estimate

Enter what you know. Every activity is optional.

Quote management and spend accountability

Estimate quote handling time and the purchasing spend QuoteChain can help make accountable.

QuoteChain Base

Purchased SKUs

Count each distinct purchased SKU once.

Supplier quotes per SKU per year

Average supplier price responses received for each SKU.

Annual purchasing spend

Total annual spend before the addressable-share adjustment.

Order automation

Estimate time reduced through structured purchase order workflows.

QuoteChain Purchase Orders

Orders per year

Supplier orders placed annually.

Inventory counts

Estimate time saved recording organized physical counts.

QuoteChain Inventory

Individual counts per year

Individual item-location counts recorded annually.

Refine my estimate

Replace broad shortcuts with your quote workflow, coverage, and financial assumptions.

Quote workflow detail

QuoteChain Purchase Orders

Entering annual quote requests replaces the quick one-minute-per-SKU-quote assumption.

Quote requests/year

Distinct requests prepared annually.

Items/request

Average line items in each request.

Suppliers/request

Average suppliers invited per request.

Minutes saved/request

min

Preparation and follow-up time avoided.

Minutes saved/response line

min

Entry, matching, and review time avoided.

Quote coverage

QuoteChain Base

Capture time spent finding or validating prices when current quote coverage is incomplete.

SKUs missing current quotes

Your approximate missing or stale quote share.

Pricing checks/SKU/year

How often uncovered prices must be found.

Minutes saved/check

min

Lookup and validation time QuoteChain could recover.

Financial assumptions

Adjust the labor cost and the share of purchasing spend managed through QuoteChain.

Loaded employee cost

$/hr

Hourly wage plus payroll burden for purchasing work.

Addressable purchasing spend

Share of annual spend represented in QuoteChain.

Your business case will appear here

Enter any quick metric to begin, or refine the estimate with your actual quote workflow and coverage.