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Every number you need in the room, before you walk into it

Sourcing a part, running an RFx, building a should-cost, tracking a price index: Envoy prepares all of it. Your buyer decides.

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PPG industrial coatings RFQ · award by Dec 31

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The process already has six bidders, so I would add only two or three targeted candidates. Too many late entrants slow technical qualification without improving leverage.

Best additional candidatesKANSAI HELIOSLiquid and powder, BeneluxTeknosOwn technical serviceCarbolineLinings, corrosion protection

Recommended move: run KANSAI HELIOS and Teknos through a short mini-RFQ on the same six-line basket — a credible extra threat without widening the process.

5 public sources reviewed · none added to the project yet

PlanConfirm scope & baselineValidate expanded bidder poolIssue RFQ & collect bidsQualify technical alternativesEvaluate bids & savingsNegotiate & recommend award

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OutputsRFQ · RFQ-E536PPG_RFQ_Negotiation_Strategy.pdf

Deliver the numbers, arguments and sources automatically, so buyers can focus on the negotiation and building the relationship.

An assistant that already knows how your company buys

The framework you signed, twelve months of spend, the performance files, the contract register and every mail thread with the vendor, Envoy reads what you already have before it does anything else.

PPG industrial coatings RFQ · award by Dec 31

Sofie Claes · category buyer“Run the coatings RFQ for ANT1 and LUD1. Use the framework we already have and keep the incumbents honest.”EnvoyI read the framework, the contract register and twelve months of spend before drafting anything.6bidders3quoted1waitingNowReading the contract register and two performance files

Internal · synthesised from 5 sourcesPurchase history · 12 monthsPIPPG Industries Belgium NV€ 560,206.86Apr 7, 2026ANAkzoNobel N.V.€ 71,203.40Apr 16, 2026From Drive · consulted in the conversationRC-2024-PPG-001_Framework_IndustrialCoatings.pdfsupplier_performance_Q1_2026.csvcontract_register.csv

The framework you signed, what you have already paid, who performed and who did not, read before a single question goes out.

Buyer assistant in action

Analysis · tray sealer, ANT1

Prepared for the negotiation on 4 September

Should-cost build-up · EUR kEUR 11k over

0100200

Steel

Machining

Sensors

Assembly

Freight

Overhead

Margin

225

Should-cost

236

Quoted

Steel and stainlessEUR 37.9k

Quantity24.0 tRate usedEUR 1,500 / tSourceMEPS International, Aug 2026

Walk into the negotiation with the analysis a specialist would have done

Envoy builds the cost stack from the drawing, material indices and labour rates, so you walk into the negotiation knowing what the part should cost.

Opportunities · continuous scan

Ranked by the money on themATEX parts bought outside the framework€ 340kReadyOne bearing spec held by four suppliers€ 96kReadyFreight billed above the agreed tariff€ 41kOpen

Freight · Interlink NV · INV-88214.pdfLaneBilledTariffOverAntwerp → Duisburg, 24t€ 1,340€ 1,180+€ 160Antwerp → Duisburg, 24t€ 1,340€ 1,180+€ 160Ghent → Venlo, 18t€ 980€ 905+€ 75Tariff read from RC-2023-INT-014 framework, annex B

212 invoice lines matchedEUR 41k recoverable

Savings found before anybody goes looking for them

Envoy continuously scans your spend, contracts and benchmarks to surface ranked savings opportunities, each ready to hand straight to an agent.

QBR preparation · Vulkan Seals, Q3

Gathered 16 inputs from 4 systems

SharePointframework FR-2024-11 and the 2026 price amendment
SharePointsupplier_risk_register.csv, NCR_Log_FY26.xlsx, 2 more
SAP S/4HANA1,412 delivery notes, on-time and lead-time actuals per site
Outlook4 complaint threads on ATEX parts, 2 price-adjustment chains

Reconciled spend, wrote both packs, checked page breaks · 41 s

Both packs are ready. The conversation with Vulkan Seals is straightforward; the one inside your own team is not, and that is what will decide the meeting.

Key messagesAlign before the meetingvulkan_q3_qbr_internal.pdf

1ANT1 and LUD1 report different spend baselines for the same scope, so the savings number is not agreed.
2The ATEX credit notes are still open and there is no internal position on the 2026 price adjustment.

Key messages · for Vulkan SealsNo Q2 scorecard · asks for actualsvulkan_q3_qbr_external.pdf

1Delivery holds up: 97.4% on time at ANT1 and 96.8% at LUD1, both above the 95% SLA.
2One ask: invoice accuracy is 93.5% and 95.2% against a 98% target. We want a plan, not a credit note.

The admin half of strategic work, handed back finished