The DeepStream Blog

Read the latest procurement insights, tips and best practices.

Does your procurement team struggle to keep track of your RFP response process? If so, you’re certainly not alone. While creating requests for proposals is a necessity for any company wanting to buy goods or services from a third–party vendor - the process is often quite chaotic.

RFx processes are a particularly cumbersome aspect of procurement when done manually - especially when you’re dealing with a tight deadline. If your RFI management approach involves sending emails and managing supplier spreadsheets, you can likely attest to that. There’s nothing worse than trying to keep track of hundreds of suppliers that are all on different email threads. ‍

When sourcing is done right - you wind up with high-quality products or services at a reasonable cost while establishing positive, long-lasting relationships with your ideal suppliers. When done wrong - you could end up with low-grade products at a sky-high cost, driving your prices up as a result.

To make it even easier to understand how DeepStream can make running your RFx processes as painless as possible, we have mapped out where we fit in your procurement processes against the globally recognised and trusted CIPS Procurement Cycle.

Creating Requests for Proposals (RFPs) can be a laborious part of the procurement process. When you need to administer complex projects with tight deadlines, there’s no time to waste. That’s when RFP automation saves the day.