From a released assembly to parts arriving on schedule, as one project.

Four steps, four agents and a handful of decisions that stay with you. Shown on one example throughout: a robotic leg, Rev C, with 107 parts.

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The four steps.

The same four steps as the demo on the home page.

  1. 1Your design

    You do
    Share the released assembly and its drawing pack. Answer the few questions the CAD can't: volume, target cost, where it can be made.
    Agents do
    Read every part, material, tolerance and quantity, and pick a way to make each part at your volume.
    You get
    A sourcing spec for all 107 parts: 24 made to drawing, 83 bought in, 7 manufacturing routes, and a should-cost.

  2. 2Who can make it

    You do
    Check the shortlist and approve the quote requests before anything is sent.
    Agents do
    Match each route to suppliers worldwide who can make it, with the reasons, and draft one request per maker.
    You get
    15 makers shortlisted across 7 routes, 21 quote requests ready to send under NDA.

  3. 3Compare and award

    You do
    Choose who wins each part, and approve the purchase orders.
    Agents do
    Chase replies, line quotes up like for like on landed cost, tooling and lead time, and flag anything missing.
    You get
    A recommended award per part, with the trade-offs shown, and purchase orders drafted but not sent.

  4. 4Build on schedule

    You do
    Decide when a part is at risk, from options the agents prepare.
    Agents do
    Track every order against the build, collect quality records and warn while there is still time to act.
    You get
    A build plan that stays current, quality records per batch, and early warnings with options.

Not just the first quote.

A programme goes through many sourcing events over its life. Each one runs in the same project, on the same record.

Robotic leg

Rev C is released for the first build.

First build on 14 January, every part with a source.

  1. 1All 107 parts read and routed
  2. 215 makers shortlisted, 21 quote requests
  3. 3Awards and purchase orders for 24 made-to-drawing parts
  4. 4Build plan for 5,000 legs a month

Illustrative demo data.

Agentic sourcing

Four agents for your team. One for suppliers.

Each does a job a buyer or engineer does by hand today. They hand work to each other, and anything that sends a request or commits money stops for you.

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58%

of the hours on a programme come after the award. This is where quote tools stop, and where we keep going.

Modelled, not measured: a 100-part programme over six years.

  • A build plan, not a list of orders

    What's ordered, what's on its way and what's late, laid against every build date.

  • Early warnings, with options

    Late tooling, short stock and quality holds surface weeks before the line stops, with the cost of each fix.

  • Quality records per batch

    Inspection reports, certificates and first-article results stay with the order that created them.

  • Re-quote only what changed

    An engineering change updates the parts it touches, with the suppliers you already use.

What it works from, and what suppliers receive.

It works from what your team already releases, in the tools you already use.

  • Your CAD assemblyFrom the CAD tool you use, for example SOLIDWORKS
  • DrawingsThe drawing pack that goes with the release
  • Release notes and parts listsVolumes, revisions and build dates
  • Your PLM and ERPReleases in, purchase orders and deliveries back

The request a supplier receives

From Priya at Robotic leg team, via Open FoundrySubject Request for quote: ankle housing, robotic leg Rev C

Hello Marta,

We’d like a quote for the ankle housing on our robotic leg. The key details are below, and the full drawing pack opens once you accept the NDA.

Part
P-49E057, ankle housing, right
Material
Al 7075-T6
Process
Forging, CNC milling, anodising
Volume
5,000 a month from January
Quote by
Friday 6 November
Please show
Tooling separately
NDA Drawing pack, opens after NDA

Fields filled in by the Supplier finder. Illustrative demo data.

Before the quote requests go out

Catch the cost drivers before a supplier sees the drawing

Every part is checked against how it will actually be made, so suppliers quote a drawing that can be built.

Questions engineers ask.

What do you work from?
The CAD assembly and drawings your team already releases, from the CAD tool you use (for example SOLIDWORKS), plus release notes and parts lists. Releases can come straight from your PLM.
How long does a run take?
Reading the release and producing the sourcing spec takes minutes to hours depending on the drawing pack. Quote requests can go out the same day you approve them. Supplier replies set the pace after that, and the agents chase them.
What can't the agents do?
They don't send anything, award anything or spend anything without a person approving it. They don't sign contracts: you contract directly with the supplier. And where a drawing is ambiguous, they ask rather than guess.
What happens at a revision?
The new revision is compared with the last one. Only the parts that changed are re-quoted, with the suppliers you already use asked first, and the build plan is updated for the cut-in date.
What if no supplier fits a part?
The agents say so, with the reason (for example a press size or certificate nobody on the shortlist has), widen the search worldwide, and suggest design or process changes that would open up more makers.

See it run on a real assembly.

A 30-minute walkthrough on a real assembly, from the CAD to a build plan.

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