AI intake for contract manufacturers
Porto learns the product, the volumes, the materials and the launch date from each buyer, so your sales engineers quote programs that fit your lines.
Keystone Assembly
AI assistant
Hi, I’m the AI assistant for Keystone Assembly. What product are you looking to have built?
A handheld water quality meter. We need about 5,000 units a year, starting with a pilot run of 500.
Volumes already covered
So it moves on to design status
Thanks. Is the design finished, and do you already have a bill of materials and approved suppliers?
What Porto does for contract manufacturers
Porto replaces the RFQ form on a contract manufacturer’s website with a short AI conversation. It learns the product, the annual volumes, the materials, the certifications required and the launch date, and sends your sales engineers a brief before the first quote review.
What Porto works out in the conversation
These are the topics, not a script. Porto asks only what it still needs, so a visitor who mentions their timeline in the first message never hears that question.
Product
What it is, and how far along the design is
Volumes
Pilot run, annual quantity and expected growth
Materials
Bill of materials and any approved suppliers
Requirements
Certifications, testing and industry standards to meet
Timing
Launch dates and when the first run is needed
The brief your team gets
Every conversation ends with a one page summary and a fit score, sent to the tools you connect. Your team reads it before the first call.
See how it works
LEAD BRIEF
Clearbrook Instruments
83
Strong fit
Product
Handheld water quality meter, design nearly final
Volume
Pilot of 500, then 5,000 units a year
Materials
Bill of materials ready, two suppliers approved
Launch
Pilot run needed by early spring
Questions from contract manufacturers
Can Porto quote a production run?
No. It collects what your engineers need to prepare a quote and tells the buyer when to expect it.
What about confidential designs?
Porto asks for a general description first and notes when the buyer wants an NDA before sharing more, so your team can send one.
What if the volume is too small?
You set the minimum order. Porto lets smaller programs know kindly and can point them elsewhere.
See Porto set up for contract manufacturers
Bring what your team asks on a first call. We’ll set up the conversation around it and show you on the demo.
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