Resources
For the buyer and the boss
Practical tools, templates, and explainers — built from real procurement workflows, not theory. Use them whether or not you use ThirdQuote.
Field Guide
How to run a clean multi-vendor RFQ round
A step-by-step guide for procurement teams
From writing the indent to issuing the PO — how to structure an RFQ round that actually gets comparable quotes back. Covers spec sheets, vendor shortlisting, follow-up cadence, and comparative evaluation.
Coming soon
Landed-Cost Worksheet
For importers — what does this really cost?
Duty, freight, FX, and credit terms calculator
A landed-cost worksheet that accounts for customs duty, freight and insurance, foreign exchange rates, and supplier credit terms. Designed for Indian mid-corporates importing industrial goods — not a generic template.
Coming soon
Integration Notes
How ThirdQuote works with your ERP
Tally, Busy, SAP Business One, or plain Excel — here's the current state and what's on the roadmap.
Current: Manual Export / Import
ThirdQuote generates a comparative sheet you can download as Excel or PDF and import into your system. Your buyer copies the PO details into Tally, Busy, or SAP B1 the way they already do.
Roadmap: API Integrations
Direct integrations with Tally Prime, Busy, and SAP Business One are on the roadmap. The goal: push approved POs straight into your ERP. If you're on a system we haven't named, tell us — we prioritise by demand.
Always Works: Excel
Every output — RFQ summaries, comparatives, vendor responses — is available as a clean Excel file. If your "ERP" is a shared Google Sheet, that works too.
Benchmarking Notes
How cross-customer benchmarking works
When enough buyers procure the same category through ThirdQuote, we can show you where your prices sit relative to the market. Here's how — and what the limits are.
- Anonymised and aggregate only. No buyer or vendor is ever identified. You see percentile ranges, not individual transactions.
- Category-specific. Benchmarks are meaningful only within a category — bearings vs. bearings, not bearings vs. packaging film.
- Geography matters. Freight, local taxes, and supplier density vary by region. Benchmarks account for delivery location where possible.
- Minimum volume threshold. We don't publish a benchmark until enough transactions exist in a category to make the data statistically useful and impossible to reverse-engineer.
- Opt-in. Your data contributes to benchmarks only if you choose to participate. You can use ThirdQuote without ever enabling benchmarking.
Want to see any of this in action?
Pick your messiest category. We'll run one RFQ round live.