Industrial procurement · RFQs · Landed cost

Automated supplier scouting and quote normalization for industrial equipment.

Turn chaotic price lists and specifications from global B2B platforms into one comparable Excel matrix — in about 10 minutes. No cold-calling resellers by hand.

This is the deliverable: an Excel matrix with a source link on every row.

What we scout and normalize

  • Helical gear motors
  • Conveyor systems
  • Industrial storage lockers
  • Warehouse racking
  • CNC machine tools
  • Packaging lines
  • Pumps and valves
  • Electric drives
  • Metalworking presses
  • Lifting equipment
  • HVAC systems
  • Measuring instruments

Three steps. No black box.

  1. 01

    Submit your spec

    Paste your technical requirements: dimensions, power, materials, certifications.

  2. 02

    Deep search and filtering

    The system analyzes wholesale platform catalogs (Alibaba, Made-in-China, ThomasNet) and customs registries, filtering out traders and middlemen.

  3. 03

    One matrix, fact-checked

    You get a finished table with landed-cost estimates and direct links to the suppliers’ source documents.

Every number has a source. The decision stays with you.

The system answers the two questions every buyer asks first: “can I trust the output?” and “who else sees our specs?”.

01

No hallucinations

Every parameter in the table is backed by a link to the primary source — the catalog PDF page or the factory card. The final call always stays with the buyer.

02

Data confidentiality

Your specifications and purchase volumes are never used to train public models and are never shared with third parties.

03

Legally clean

The service operates purely as an analytical tool. You contract and pay factories directly.

Built for the people who own the purchase.

01

Procurement and CAPEX teams

Fast scouting of serial warehouse, trade, and production equipment for non-standard sites.

02

Importers and distributors

Full landed cost of a batch (FOB/EXW → DDP) with HS codes — before the long negotiations begin.

03

Category managers

Regular price monitoring and alternative factories when current suppliers miss deadlines.

One real RFQ. Four offers. One decision.

Incoming spec
Helical gear motor · 380V · 1.5–2.2 kW · ≥300 Nm · CE — 50 units
Offers found and normalized
4 — two factories, two resellers
Cheapest offer
Shenzhen MotoHub — flagged: aluminum housing where cast iron is required
Fastest offer
EuroDrive GmbH, 3 days — $14,120 DDP, IP54 only
Decision
Changzhou Reducer Works — 96% match, $9,890 DDP, SGS report attached
Result
$4,230 (−30%) below the EU reseller, every number source-linked

Frequently asked questions

01

How does NormaSpec find industrial suppliers?

The system analyzes wholesale platform catalogs (Alibaba, Made-in-China, ThomasNet) and customs registries, filtering out traders and middlemen, then returns a comparison matrix with landed cost and direct links to the suppliers’ source documents.

02

Can I trust the numbers in the matrix?

Every parameter in the table is backed by a link to the primary source — the catalog PDF page or the factory card. The final call always stays with the buyer.

03

Are our specifications used to train AI models?

No. Specifications and purchase volumes are never used to train public models and are never shared with third parties.

04

Do we contract and pay suppliers through NormaSpec?

No. The service operates purely as an analytical tool. You contract and pay factories directly.

05

How can I try NormaSpec?

Send one real RFQ — PDF, Excel, or plain text — and receive a comparable, source-linked Excel matrix as a test run. Request it via the contact form or write to inbox@normaspec.com.

I ran procurement.
Then I automated it.

For twelve years I led commercial and operational work — sales, procurement, multi-site retail — in the largest companies of my sector. I know where time, margin and exceptions actually sit in a sourcing cycle, because those numbers were mine to move.

For the last four years I have been building and shipping AI tooling inside a large fintech — into live processes, not into decks. NormaSpec is where both meet: it reads a specification the way a buyer reads it, and ships output that survives real procurement work.

Artem Vasilev — Founder, NormaSpec

Test run · One spec

Send one real RFQ. Get the matrix.

  1. You send the technical requirements — PDF, Excel, or plain text.
  2. We run the deep search, filter out resellers, and normalize the quotes.
  3. You get a comparable Excel matrix with source links — and decide what happens next.

Your specs and volumes stay confidential: no public-model training, no third parties. Contracts and payments go directly between you and the factory. Pure software analytics — never a middleman.

One spec is enough to see the difference. A serial warehouse item or a non-standard production line — both work.

Or write to inbox@normaspec.com