What the analysis answers
Which quote is actually comparable?
Normalize specification, quantity, packaging, currency, Incoterm, and named place.
What is the planning landed cost?
Show goods, freight, duties, import VAT, destination fees, inland transport, and cost per unit.
Which route is practical?
Compare mode, handoffs, lead-time range, equipment fit, and destination execution.
What blocks a responsible decision?
Identify missing quotations, classification, origin, product evidence, and document gaps.
Best suited to repeatable construction products
Typical categories include aluminium profiles, tiles and porcelain slabs, sanitary ware, HVAC components, lighting, doors and windows, steel products, rebar, fasteners, façade materials, insulation, and other products that can be defined with a stable technical specification.
Use the comparable RFQ template and supplier-document hub to prepare an enquiry, then test the responses in the construction-material landed-cost estimator.
Deliverable
- Normalized product and commercial basis
- Supplier or origin comparison table
- Transparent cost stack and sensitivity cases
- Route and timing assumptions
- Documentation and compliance questions
- Ranked recommendation and next evidence request
See the B500B rebar Turkey vs China Germany landed-cost case for a complete worked example, or open the source-labelled deliverable directly.
Founding pilot
The current pilot covers one product and one European destination, typically comparing up to three origin or supplier options. Target turnaround is 3–5 business days after the input is decision-ready.
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