Strategic work
Executive risk & savings brief
Combine supplier, spend, contract, AP, and risk signals into a decision-ready brief with evidence gaps and follow-up actions.
Procurement AI & Agent Deployment
Transform procurement with AI agents that complete real work.
Agentic procurement systems assemble context, plan multi-step work, call approved tools, check results, pause at named checkpoints, and act in connected systems. We configure each deployment around your evidence, rules, roles, and tools, using our in-house harness or the agent platform your organisation has selected.
Procurement already has systems. Work still falls between them.
Strategic questions, approvals, contracts, supplier follow-up, exceptions, and planning decisions cross teams and tools. Agents can assemble the context, decide the next working step, use approved tools, and return the result where the process continues.
ERPSource-to-PayCLMAPMRPSupplier portalsEmailTeamsSpreadsheetsFiles
How agentic procurement works
One goal. Multiple steps. A traceable result.
An agent keeps working toward a defined outcome. It assembles context, chooses the next approved action, uses a tool, checks the result, and continues until the task is complete or a named review is required.
01
Plan the work
Break a procurement goal into the next actions, dependencies, evidence needs, and review points.
02
Interpret changing evidence
Adjust when information is missing, inconsistent, late, or spread across different formats and systems.
03
Use approved tools
Query data, prepare documents, call connected services, and write back through defined system paths.
04
Coordinate across systems
Carry context across ERP, Source-to-Pay, CLM, AP, planning, portals, email, files, and team channels.
05
Pause at checkpoints
Stop before supplier contact, awards, policy exceptions, payment decisions, or other named actions.
06
Complete and record
Return the working output, evidence used, actions taken, open issues, approval decisions, and run history.
Agent execution loop
A controlled cycle of context, action, and checks.
01Receive the goal
02Assemble context
03Plan the next action
04Use an approved tool
05Check the result
06Continue, pause, or complete
The harness around the agent
The harness supplies instructions, context, approved models and tools, output checks, action limits, recovery paths, and run history. It stops when evidence is missing and routes exact approvals to named people.
Implementation depth
Agentic patterns we work with.
The architecture and operating choices needed to move an agent from a useful demonstration into accepted procurement work.
Agent harness designModel and tool orchestrationMCP, API, and data integrationContext and task-state managementEvaluation and acceptance testingDeployment and operating patterns
Start with work that consumes time or delays decisions.
The examples below are starting points. We configure agents for the business goal, evidence, tools, rules, owners, checkpoints, and output your team needs.
Strategic work
Category strategy review
Reconcile demand, spend, market context, supplier options, and contract positions into a working category and negotiation pack.
Supplier work
Supplier risk & performance review
Bring risk evidence, obligations, issues, and performance trends together, then prepare an action plan and owner routes.
Purchasing
PO draft & policy check
Turn quotes and requests into a review-ready PO draft, identify missing evidence, and prepare the exact system submission.
Finance & AP
Invoice exception investigation
Compare the invoice, PO, receipt, contract, and tolerance rules, then prepare the release, reject, or route recommendation.
Planning & supply
Supplier confirmation
Check demand, planned orders, lead times, capacity, and minimum quantities before coordinating supplier follow-up.
Other starting points
Vendor onboardingRenewal and obligation trackingSourcing event preparationSupplier discoveryDemand and replenishment reviewTail-spend and guided buyingRisk and compliance monitoringSavings realization trackingExpediting and shortage follow-up
Implemented agentic proofs
Procurement agents that interpret, coordinate, and act.
Each example below has been built and tested in our product environment. Customer results are established through a scoped pilot against an agreed baseline.
Accounts payable
Built and testedInvoice exception investigation
The business problem
AP teams compare invoices, purchase orders, receipts, contracts, and tolerance rules by hand, then chase missing confirmation before they can resolve the exception.
How the agentic system works
The agent assembles the evidence, identifies the mismatch or missing record, and prepares the release, reject, or route recommendation. It waits for the named approval before any AP update.
What happens in practice
- Reads approved invoice, PO, receipt, and contract records
- Links evidence and identifies missing receipt or tolerance data
- Prepares the decision pack and exact approved update
Value measured in the pilot
Minutes per exception
Evidence coverage
Exception cycle time
Rework rate
Supplier management
Built and testedSupplier risk review
The business problem
Risk evidence, certificates, obligations, emails, and supplier performance sit in different places. Reviewers spend time finding documents before they can assess the issue.
How the agentic system works
The agent brings the approved supplier evidence together, flags missing or expired items, prepares the review, and drafts the follow-up request. Supplier contact remains behind a named approval.
What happens in practice
- Checks supplier, contract, certificate, risk, and performance sources
- Separates verified evidence from gaps and expired items
- Prepares the review and supplier questionnaire route
Value measured in the pilot
Review preparation time
Evidence completeness
Manual follow-ups
Supplier response time
Category management
Built and testedCategory strategy review
The business problem
Category teams rebuild recurring packs from spend, supplier, contract, renewal, and market data. Analysis time is lost to collection and reconciliation.
How the agentic system works
The agent assembles the approved sources, highlights contract coverage, concentration, renewal exposure, and evidence gaps, then prepares a category brief with savings actions for procurement and finance review.
What happens in practice
- Combines spend, supplier, contract, renewal, and market evidence
- Highlights exposure, assumptions, gaps, and action owners
- Prepares the review pack and finance follow-up route
Value measured in the pilot
Pack preparation time
Spend coverage
Actions accepted
Actions completed on time
Planning and supply
Built and testedMRP supplier confirmation
The business problem
Planners check demand, planned orders, lead times, capacity, and minimum quantities before contacting suppliers about shortages or date changes.
How the agentic system works
The agent assembles the planning evidence, identifies at-risk quantities and dates, and prepares the supplier confirmation request. Contact and MRP updates stay behind exact approval points.
What happens in practice
- Checks demand, order, lead-time, capacity, and quantity data
- Identifies the affected materials, dates, and evidence gaps
- Prepares supplier contact and the approved MRP update
Value measured in the pilot
Planner effort per lane
Confirmation cycle time
Overdue responses
Shortages addressed
Prospect demonstration
Book an Agent Demonstration See our agentic procurement harness in action.
We can demonstrate how an agent receives a goal, assembles evidence, selects approved tools, completes working steps, pauses at exact approvals, acts in connected systems, and records the run. A scoped pilot then adapts one agentic use case to your systems, roles, rules, and acceptance measures. The customer deployment can use our harness or a selected agent platform.
Published percentages require a customer baseline, an accepted pilot result, and permission to disclose it.
From agent task to daily use.
We baseline the current work, define the sources and approvals, build the connections, test real cases, and train the team that owns the agent system.
Strategy: select the agent task
Compare current effort, delays, errors, and business impact. Select the task, then define its evidence, tools, owners, approvals, exceptions, output, and acceptance measures.
Implementation: build and connect
Configure the agentic system, connect approved tools, systems, files, and channels, then test normal cases, missing evidence, exceptions, approvals, and system updates.
Training: run and improve
Train owners, reviewers, and operators on real cases. Provide the runbook, review routine, issue path, and change process needed to operate and extend the agent system.
Agents work around your existing stack.
Your ERP, Source-to-Pay platform, CLM, AP tools, planning systems, portals, files, and work channels remain in place. The agentic layer connects the evidence, tools, decisions, and handoffs needed to complete the work.
Strategic workExecutive briefs, category reviews, savings analysis, and supplier exposure.
Operational workOnboarding, approvals, PO drafts, contract checks, supplier coordination, and invoice exceptions.
Work channelsWeb, email, Teams, files, schedules, and approved source-system paths.
Your policies set the boundaries.
Agents complete approved analysis, preparation, and routing. People retain the decisions and external actions that carry commercial, supplier, financial, or policy consequences.
Approved sources
Agents use the systems, files, messages, tools, and data paths approved for the task and the requester.
Clear decision rights
Each agent run follows defined ownership, evidence rules, exceptions, and actions that remain with people.
Exact approvals
Supplier contact, system updates, awards, invoice decisions, and policy exceptions stop at a named action boundary.
Visible history
Teams can inspect source coverage, blockers, prepared actions, approval decisions, completed updates, and audit records.
Start with a workflow worth completing.
The deployment begins with real procurement work and a clear acceptance test. It expands when the workflow proves useful, reliable, and ready for wider use.
Select the agent task
Choose a strategic or operational outcome with enough volume, friction, or business value to justify a pilot.
Connect approved sources
Map the systems, files, policies, people, evidence, exceptions, and action paths the work depends on.
Run a focused pilot
Test real cases, measure output acceptance, resolve evidence gaps, and confirm each approval and fallback route.
Extend the agent capability
Add related work, recurring reviews, channels, tools, and approved system updates as the deployment proves its value.
Measure the result before expanding.
Compare the pilot with the current process. Expand when the workflow improves the measures that matter to the team.
Manual effort per caseEnd-to-end cycle timeOutput acceptanceException and rework rateActions completed on timeCost to operate
Put an agentic procurement use case into practice.
Bring the business task, systems, evidence constraints, tools, and decision points. We will define a focused deployment and acceptance path.