How Nova standardized BOQ responses across 28 suppliers — closing the procurement loop in a single workspace.
Nova Precision supplies machined and stamped assemblies to IATF-tier automotive programs. Sourcing a new program meant sending a multi-line BOQ to two dozen suppliers — and getting back two dozen spreadsheets, each with its own structure, unit assumptions, and exception notes.
Comparison week was a reconstruction project. Engineers re-keyed quotes into a master sheet, and every re-key was a chance to introduce an error into a program that would run for three years.
Nova moved its BOQ events onto Sourceby with standardized commercial and technical fields. Suppliers now respond line by line against the same structure — quantities, tooling, lead times, and exceptions all land in comparable columns without re-keying.
Across two program cycles, sourcing lead time fell 36% — mostly by eliminating the comparison-reconstruction week and the clarification churn around it. Award decisions that took four rounds of internal meetings now close in one.
Start with the next complex BOQ, not a process redesign. Publish the structure once, invite your existing supplier set, and let the standardized responses make the case for you. Keep the spreadsheet as an export — not as the system of record.
By moving from email and spreadsheet RFQs to structured Sourceby events, Vertex Forge's procurement team scaled supplier reach 40×, normalized response comparison, and shrank award decisions from weeks to days — without adding headcount.
Steeline's project team used Sourceby's marketplace to surface 36× more qualified bidders for structural fabrication.
Apex moved every supplier clarification onto Sourceby line items. Result: 90% less back-and-forth, full audit trail.
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