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Re:Launch HN: Alpas (YC W21) – Software to find suppliers fo... by mNovak on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @03:16PM (#27608783)
Sounds excellent! The hardware world is still dirty and manual. I feel like an easy step 1 is just to get transparent pricing at all--extremely common still to have to call for a quote for some niche, but catalog, component.
Re:Launch HN: Alpas (YC W21) – Software to find suppliers fo... by IsabelPoppek on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:28PM (#27609850)
Thanks so much for your comment. Exactly, this is one of the issues we have been seeing: sourcing is extremely manual and results are unsatisfactory in many cases. Another issue is product-supplier fit: matching the right supplier to specific product requirements.