The challenge
Every week spent qualifying a factory is a week not spent negotiating better terms. The fastest sourcing teams aren't the ones with more headcount — they're the ones with better information, sooner.
Factory selection
takes weeks, not days
takes weeks, not days
Finding a factory with open capacity at the right price means rounds of emails and calls before you can even request a quote.
Compliance gaps create
last-minute risk
last-minute risk
Certifications expire. Audits lapse. You often don't find out until it becomes a problem — or a brand conversation you didn't want to have.
RFQ comparison is a
spreadsheet exercise
spreadsheet exercise
Collecting and normalising quotes across factories means hours of reformatting every single time you need to make a decision.
The platform
How Sourcing Teams use Calico
Not just faster RFQs — a system that matches capacity, tracks compliance, and benchmarks every quote automatically, so every sourcing decision starts from real data, not a spreadsheet.
Capacity matched before you write a single email
Tell Calico what you need to produce — Source cross-references live capacity, certifications, and category fit across your network and surfaces confirmed matches in seconds.
Capacity match3 confirmed
Meridian Mill · Best match96%
Anchor Textiles81%
Harborline Group74%
Compliance that renews itself
Certificates, audits, and expiry dates are tracked automatically across every supplier — with alerts sent well before anything lapses, not after.
Supplier compliance
214d left
12d left
88d left
Every quote, benchmarked instantly
Landed cost is compared against market rate the moment a quote comes in — so you know if you're getting a fair price before you even reply.
Landed cost check12% below market
This quote$7.88
Market avg$8.95
Benchmarked against 340+ verified suppliers in your category.
The platform
One platform engineered for operators making real goods.
"What used to take three weeks of back-and-forth now takes an afternoon. We run five times as many sourcing options per season and make better decisions every time."
James Wei
VP of Sourcing · Everlane
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