Vendor Sourcing & Coordination

Keep every vendor confirmed, briefed, and on schedule without chasing them across a dozen email threads.

43 hrs

Time saved/month

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About This Automation

Vendor sourcing for events requires manually searching for contacts, drafting custom RFQs, tracking responses, and organizing quotes from multiple vendors in different formats. This fragmented workflow consumes hours each week and delays event planning timelines.

Automation composes personalized RFQ emails, extracts and organizes incoming quotes into comparison tables, and sends automatic follow-ups to non-responders. The result is faster vendor selection, higher response rates, and more time for strategic planning.

Key features

Generate personalized RFQ emails tailored to each vendor category while maintaining consistent messaging

Extract pricing and terms from incoming vendor emails and automatically structure them into comparison tables

Track vendor responses and send polite follow-up emails to non-responders after a set interval

Standardize quote data from multiple formats into a single organized spreadsheet for easy comparison

Maintain a complete response log showing which vendors have replied and their status

How The Automation Works

The full workflow, from trigger to completion.

1. Event Sourcing Initiatedtrigger

Planner creates a new event record with event details, budget, and required vendor categories.

2. Fetch Vendor List

Automation retrieves the pre-built vendor contact list filtered by the required vendor categories.

3. Generate RFQ Email

The automation composes a personalized RFQ email for each vendor using event details, vendor name, and category-specific requirements.

4. Send RFQs

Automation sends the generated RFQ emails to all selected vendors and logs the send timestamp.

5. Monitor Email Responses

Automation monitors the inbox for vendor replies, extracts quote data (pricing, terms, availability), and stores it.

6. Auto-Chase Non-Responders

After 48 hours, automation sends a follow-up email to vendors who have not replied, with a reminder and deadline.

7. Compile Quote Summary

The automation organizes all received quotes into a structured comparison table, sorted by price and key terms.

8. Notify Planner

Automation sends a message to the planner with a link to the quote summary and flags any missing responses.

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Estimated Time Saving

43hrs/month

Process pain:8.2/10

Mapped by:6 Companies

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