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Consulting channel partnerships
Deliver value beyond your client’s wildest dreams. Now.
Multiply your teams capabilities with AI superpowers, get results faster with an automatic leave-behind, and empower your client in your absence.
Consulting channel partnerships
Deliver value beyond your client’s wildest dreams. Now.
Multiply your teams capabilities with AI superpowers, get results faster with an automatic leave-behind, and empower your client in your absence.
Where procurement delivery transformation falls short
Transformation efforts rely on one off analytics, bespoke workflows, and static deliverables. Insights fail to carry forward, so delivery scales with effort rather than compounding impact.
Analytics modeling is still stuck in Excel
Rapid sourcing waves rely on one off Excel models for bid analysis, slowing iteration as bids change and preventing insights from scaling across workstreams.
Deliverables become static leave behinds
Most sourcing work lives in decks and spreadsheets that never connect to execution, so logic and context are lost after the engagement ends and each new sourcing wave starts from scratch.
Every engagement reinvents the procurement playbook
Sourcing approaches often vary by team and project, preventing best practices from compounding and forcing workflows to be rebuilt instead of reused.
Delivery still scales linearly with headcount
As client sourcing volume increases, delivery still scales linearly with effort, turning procurement transformation into a resourcing constraint that compresses margins and limits impact.
The reason why we love LightSource so much is we have quarterly RFQs on our tail spend which is a tremendous amount of volume and vendors – it's a huge number – and this platform allows us to conduct those with ease.
Eugene Galdi
Chief Procurement Officer
The reason why we love LightSource so much is we have quarterly RFQs on our tail spend which is a tremendous amount of volume and vendors – it's a huge number – and this platform allows us to conduct those with ease.
Eugene Galdi
Chief Procurement Officer
The reason why we love LightSource so much is we have quarterly RFQs on our tail spend which is a tremendous amount of volume and vendors – it's a huge number – and this platform allows us to conduct those with ease.
Eugene Galdi
Chief Procurement Officer
Transform procurement delivery into a scalable system
LightSource enables faster, automated analysis, standardized processes, and real time collaboration across sourcing waves.
Efficient bid analysis and award optimization
Optimize awards in real time as suppliers submit quotes, using pre built bid analysis and a zero code optimization builder.
Efficient bid analysis and award optimization
Optimize awards in real time as suppliers submit quotes, using pre built bid analysis and a zero code optimization builder.
Efficient bid analysis and award optimization
Optimize awards in real time as suppliers submit quotes, using pre built bid analysis and a zero code optimization builder.
Standardized procurement playbook
Equip consultants with your firm’s best-in-class procurement playbook on LightSource that standardizes RFQ templates, RFQ processes, supplier engagement, and data collection
Standardized procurement playbook
Equip consultants with your firm’s best-in-class procurement playbook on LightSource that standardizes RFQ templates, RFQ processes, supplier engagement, and data collection
Standardized procurement playbook
Equip consultants with your firm’s best-in-class procurement playbook on LightSource that standardizes RFQ templates, RFQ processes, supplier engagement, and data collection
From files to fully executable workflows
LightSource turns consulting deliverables into live sourcing workflows clients can run independently and scale after the engagement.
From files to fully executable workflows
LightSource turns consulting deliverables into live sourcing workflows clients can run independently and scale after the engagement.
From files to fully executable workflows
LightSource turns consulting deliverables into live sourcing workflows clients can run independently and scale after the engagement.
Real-time collaboration for faster impact
Centralize consultant-buyer and consultant-buyer-supplier communications in LightSource with complete audit trails and AI-curated conversation summaries
Real-time collaboration for faster impact
Centralize consultant-buyer and consultant-buyer-supplier communications in LightSource with complete audit trails and AI-curated conversation summaries
Real-time collaboration for faster impact
Centralize consultant-buyer and consultant-buyer-supplier communications in LightSource with complete audit trails and AI-curated conversation summaries
Details
The enterprise grade
platform you can trust
Here's how LightSource meets the critical requirements of modern enterprise procurement technology:
Security & Compliance
SOC 2 Type 2 certified with with continuous observation and industry-leading security controls.
Trusted by aerospace, defense, and Fortune 500 manufacturers to protect sensitive sourcing data and intellectual property with enterprise grade security infrastructure. Connect existing identity access management (IDP) platforms like Okta, Azure AD, or multiple systems, with SAML SSO and SCIM for automated, secure user provisioning.
Reliability & Support
LightSource delivers enterprise-grade reliability through a modern AWS-hosted architecture with high-performance RUST backend, robust fault-tolerant systems, and best-in-class dynamic scaling that ensures consistent global accessibility.
Expert support from former McKinsey procurement consultants enables buyers launching their first RFQs to dramatically accelerating time-to-value compared to legacy systems.
Rapid Implementation
LightSource’s deployment can be completed in days compared to 6-18 months for legacy systems.
Customers can start within hours using flat file uploads, and scale into full integrations at any pace. Our team guides you through onboarding to ensure fast time-to-value.
Global Scalability & Accessibility
Built for enterprise organizations operating worldwide.
The only procurement platform with native accessibility in mainland China, using the lightsource.cn domain to ensure reliable access and collaboration for users, suppliers, and buyers in mainland China without VPN requirements.
Details
The enterprise grade platform you can trust
Here's how LightSource meets the critical requirements of modern enterprise procurement technology:
Security & Compliance
SOC 2 Type 2 certified with with continuous observation and industry-leading security controls.
Trusted by aerospace, defense, and Fortune 500 manufacturers to protect sensitive sourcing data and intellectual property with enterprise grade security infrastructure. Connect existing identity access management (IDP) platforms like Okta, Azure AD, or multiple systems, with SAML SSO and SCIM for automated, secure user provisioning.
Reliability & Support
LightSource delivers enterprise-grade reliability through a modern AWS-hosted architecture with high-performance RUST backend, robust fault-tolerant systems, and best-in-class dynamic scaling that ensures consistent global accessibility.
Expert support from former McKinsey procurement consultants enables buyers launching their first RFQs to dramatically accelerating time-to-value compared to legacy systems.
Rapid Implementation
LightSource’s deployment can be completed in days compared to 6-18 months for legacy systems.
Customers can start within hours using flat file uploads, and scale into full integrations at any pace. Our team guides you through onboarding to ensure fast time-to-value.
Global Scalability & Accessibility
Built for enterprise organizations operating worldwide.
The only procurement platform with native accessibility in mainland China, using the lightsource.cn domain to ensure reliable access and collaboration for users, suppliers, and buyers in mainland China without VPN requirements.
Details
The enterprise grade
platform you can trust
Here's how LightSource meets the critical requirements of modern enterprise procurement technology:
Security & Compliance
SOC 2 Type 2 certified with with continuous observation and industry-leading security controls.
Trusted by aerospace, defense, and Fortune 500 manufacturers to protect sensitive sourcing data and intellectual property with enterprise grade security infrastructure. Connect existing identity access management (IDP) platforms like Okta, Azure AD, or multiple systems, with SAML SSO and SCIM for automated, secure user provisioning.
Reliability & Support
LightSource delivers enterprise-grade reliability through a modern AWS-hosted architecture with high-performance RUST backend, robust fault-tolerant systems, and best-in-class dynamic scaling that ensures consistent global accessibility.
Expert support from former McKinsey procurement consultants enables buyers launching their first RFQs to dramatically accelerating time-to-value compared to legacy systems.
Rapid Implementation
LightSource’s deployment can be completed in days compared to 6-18 months for legacy systems.
Customers can start within hours using flat file uploads, and scale into full integrations at any pace. Our team guides you through onboarding to ensure fast time-to-value.
Global Scalability & Accessibility
Built for enterprise organizations operating worldwide.
The only procurement platform with native accessibility in mainland China, using the lightsource.cn domain to ensure reliable access and collaboration for users, suppliers, and buyers in mainland China without VPN requirements.
Ready to change the way you source?
Try out LightSource and you’ll never go back to Excel and email.
Ready to change the way you source?
Try out LightSource and you’ll never go back to Excel and email.
Ready to change the way you source?
Try out LightSource and you’ll never go back to Excel and email.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Need support or want a demo? Let us know. We are just a message away.
Our RFQ projects are fast. We require minimal change management. Can LightSource team train our team quickly and can our team set-up RFQs on the same day?
A domain expert from LightSource partners with consultants during onboarding. With an intuitive interface, most consulting teams ramp up in just 1–2 days. RFQs and RFPs can be set up in as little as 15 minutes when scope of work, parts, and supplier information are available. Supplier onboarding can be gated with NDAs or other prerequisites, and RFQs/RFPs remain fully iterative—allowing suppliers, parts, volumes, and other attributes to be updated throughout the sourcing process.
Our teams do extensive analytics and build multiple scenarios after bids are received. Can LightSource support complex analytics and continuous iteration?
LightSource runs standardized analysis and award optimization in real time as supplier quotes are submitted. Its natural language AI optimizer lets users describe objectives and constraints in plain English, then automatically builds and iterates through multiple scenarios, updating recommendations continuously as inputs change. For truly custom analytics, teams can export fully structured, aggregated bid data in a single click, eliminating days of manual quote consolidation across suppliers.
Our projects are very complex—sometimes RFPs with significant capex requirements, sometimes direct materials with thousands of parts, and sometimes complex indirect categories like Facilities Management that combine services and parts. How does LightSource handle this complexity?
LightSource supports both strategic procurement across all categories and is built to operate at enterprise scale. The platform can handle thousands of parts, services, line items etc. to support structurally complex RFPs and RFQs, where sourcing may begin with a proposal and later convert to an RFQ, or move in the opposite direction. LightSource allows teams to switch seamlessly between these approaches. Its AI infrastructure further enables comparison across multiple versions of the same RFP/RFQ combination, powering analytics that are otherwise extremely difficult to manage with traditional tools
What is LightSource?
LightSource is an AI-powered enterprise procurement platform that serves as a complete operating system for strategic and direct sourcing. It centralizes collaboration, project management, cost tracking, and decision-making for buyers and suppliers in one place.
What problems does LightSource solve?
We replace outdated, email-and-spreadsheet procurement workflows with a unified platform. LightSource eliminates inefficiencies like manual data entry, poor cost visibility, and disconnected communication, enabling faster cycles, greater transparency, and measurable cost savings.
What makes LightSource different from other procurement software?
LightSource is the only sourcing platform purpose-built for large-scale direct materials procurement. We combine end-to-end functionality, advanced AI, and a focus on buyer–supplier collaboration—without the heavy customization most legacy systems require.
What industries and customers use LightSource?
We serve Global 2,000 and Fortune 500 companies in industries like automotive, aerospace & defense, chemicals, consumer electronics, retail & apparel, and industrial food. Customers include Shure, HelloFresh, Canada Goose, and Bombardier (BRP).
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Need support or want a demo? Let us know. We are just a message away.
Our RFQ projects are fast. We require minimal change management. Can LightSource team train our team quickly and can our team set-up RFQs on the same day?
A domain expert from LightSource partners with consultants during onboarding. With an intuitive interface, most consulting teams ramp up in just 1–2 days. RFQs and RFPs can be set up in as little as 15 minutes when scope of work, parts, and supplier information are available. Supplier onboarding can be gated with NDAs or other prerequisites, and RFQs/RFPs remain fully iterative—allowing suppliers, parts, volumes, and other attributes to be updated throughout the sourcing process.
Our teams do extensive analytics and build multiple scenarios after bids are received. Can LightSource support complex analytics and continuous iteration?
LightSource runs standardized analysis and award optimization in real time as supplier quotes are submitted. Its natural language AI optimizer lets users describe objectives and constraints in plain English, then automatically builds and iterates through multiple scenarios, updating recommendations continuously as inputs change. For truly custom analytics, teams can export fully structured, aggregated bid data in a single click, eliminating days of manual quote consolidation across suppliers.
Our projects are very complex—sometimes RFPs with significant capex requirements, sometimes direct materials with thousands of parts, and sometimes complex indirect categories like Facilities Management that combine services and parts. How does LightSource handle this complexity?
LightSource supports both strategic procurement across all categories and is built to operate at enterprise scale. The platform can handle thousands of parts, services, line items etc. to support structurally complex RFPs and RFQs, where sourcing may begin with a proposal and later convert to an RFQ, or move in the opposite direction. LightSource allows teams to switch seamlessly between these approaches. Its AI infrastructure further enables comparison across multiple versions of the same RFP/RFQ combination, powering analytics that are otherwise extremely difficult to manage with traditional tools
What is LightSource?
LightSource is an AI-powered enterprise procurement platform that serves as a complete operating system for strategic and direct sourcing. It centralizes collaboration, project management, cost tracking, and decision-making for buyers and suppliers in one place.
What problems does LightSource solve?
We replace outdated, email-and-spreadsheet procurement workflows with a unified platform. LightSource eliminates inefficiencies like manual data entry, poor cost visibility, and disconnected communication, enabling faster cycles, greater transparency, and measurable cost savings.
What makes LightSource different from other procurement software?
LightSource is the only sourcing platform purpose-built for large-scale direct materials procurement. We combine end-to-end functionality, advanced AI, and a focus on buyer–supplier collaboration—without the heavy customization most legacy systems require.
What industries and customers use LightSource?
We serve Global 2,000 and Fortune 500 companies in industries like automotive, aerospace & defense, chemicals, consumer electronics, retail & apparel, and industrial food. Customers include Shure, HelloFresh, Canada Goose, and Bombardier (BRP).
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Need support or want a demo? Let us know. We are just a message away.
Our RFQ projects are fast. We require minimal change management. Can LightSource team train our team quickly and can our team set-up RFQs on the same day?
A domain expert from LightSource partners with consultants during onboarding. With an intuitive interface, most consulting teams ramp up in just 1–2 days. RFQs and RFPs can be set up in as little as 15 minutes when scope of work, parts, and supplier information are available. Supplier onboarding can be gated with NDAs or other prerequisites, and RFQs/RFPs remain fully iterative—allowing suppliers, parts, volumes, and other attributes to be updated throughout the sourcing process.
Our teams do extensive analytics and build multiple scenarios after bids are received. Can LightSource support complex analytics and continuous iteration?
LightSource runs standardized analysis and award optimization in real time as supplier quotes are submitted. Its natural language AI optimizer lets users describe objectives and constraints in plain English, then automatically builds and iterates through multiple scenarios, updating recommendations continuously as inputs change. For truly custom analytics, teams can export fully structured, aggregated bid data in a single click, eliminating days of manual quote consolidation across suppliers.
Our projects are very complex—sometimes RFPs with significant capex requirements, sometimes direct materials with thousands of parts, and sometimes complex indirect categories like Facilities Management that combine services and parts. How does LightSource handle this complexity?
LightSource supports both strategic procurement across all categories and is built to operate at enterprise scale. The platform can handle thousands of parts, services, line items etc. to support structurally complex RFPs and RFQs, where sourcing may begin with a proposal and later convert to an RFQ, or move in the opposite direction. LightSource allows teams to switch seamlessly between these approaches. Its AI infrastructure further enables comparison across multiple versions of the same RFP/RFQ combination, powering analytics that are otherwise extremely difficult to manage with traditional tools
What is LightSource?
LightSource is an AI-powered enterprise procurement platform that serves as a complete operating system for strategic and direct sourcing. It centralizes collaboration, project management, cost tracking, and decision-making for buyers and suppliers in one place.
What problems does LightSource solve?
We replace outdated, email-and-spreadsheet procurement workflows with a unified platform. LightSource eliminates inefficiencies like manual data entry, poor cost visibility, and disconnected communication, enabling faster cycles, greater transparency, and measurable cost savings.
What makes LightSource different from other procurement software?
LightSource is the only sourcing platform purpose-built for large-scale direct materials procurement. We combine end-to-end functionality, advanced AI, and a focus on buyer–supplier collaboration—without the heavy customization most legacy systems require.
What industries and customers use LightSource?
We serve Global 2,000 and Fortune 500 companies in industries like automotive, aerospace & defense, chemicals, consumer electronics, retail & apparel, and industrial food. Customers include Shure, HelloFresh, Canada Goose, and Bombardier (BRP).
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