A procurement officer reviewing a purchase-order flow on a tablet in front of a distribution warehouse.

Requisition · Source · Receive · Reconcile

// Solutions · Procurement & Supply Chain

From request to fulfilment, on one trail.

Procurement fails quietly: a requisition approved by email, a PO raised after the goods arrived, an invoice paid without anyone confirming delivery. This connects requisition, sourcing, ordering, receipt and inventory so each step references the last one and the trail closes.

// The chain

Each document is created from the one before it.

That single rule is what closes the loop. A purchase order cannot exist without an approved requisition behind it, and an invoice cannot be released without both a PO and a receipt to match against.

// What you get

A buying process that cannot skip steps.

Each document is created from the one before it, so retrospective purchase orders and unmatched invoices stop being possible rather than merely discouraged.

Requisition & Approval Flow

Requests raised with specification, budget line and justification, then routed through the authority matrix before any commitment is made to a supplier.

  • Structured requisition capture
  • Budget availability check
  • Value & category-based routing
  • Delegation while on leave

Sourcing & RFQ

Quotation requests issued to a shortlist, responses captured side by side, and the award decision recorded with its reasoning for later scrutiny.

  • RFQ issue & tracking
  • Comparative quote analysis
  • Award justification record
  • Supplier response history

Purchase Order Management

Orders raised from approved requisitions with agreed pricing and terms, amendments version-controlled, and delivery dates tracked against promise.

  • PO from approved requisition
  • Amendment version control
  • Delivery-date tracking
  • Partial & staged delivery support

Goods Receipt & Inventory

Receipts booked against the order with quantity and condition recorded, feeding straight into stock so inventory reflects reality rather than intent.

  • Receipt against PO lines
  • Short & over-delivery handling
  • Quality rejection & return
  • Automatic stock update

Three-Way Matching

Invoice, order and receipt matched automatically within tolerance, with anything outside it queued for a human rather than paid on trust.

  • PO / GRN / invoice matching
  • Tolerance configuration
  • Exception queue with ageing
  • Block-payment-until-resolved

Vendor Performance

On-time delivery, quality rejections, price movement and responsiveness tracked per supplier — so renewal conversations start from evidence.

  • On-time delivery scoring
  • Rejection & return rates
  • Price trend per item
  • Contract & renewal tracking

// The scorecard

Renewal conversations that start from evidence.

On-time delivery, rejection rate, price movement and responsiveness accumulate from the documents themselves. Nobody has to compile it, which is why it still exists when the contract comes up.

Vendor performance · trailing 12 months

SupplierOn timeRejectedPrice ΔResponse
Supplier A 96% 0.4% +1.2% Same day
Supplier B 81% 2.1% +6.8% 2–3 days
Supplier C 64% 5.7% +11.4% 5+ days
Supplier D 92% 0.9% −0.4% Same day

Illustrative scorecard · example figures, not client data

// How we get there

Close the loop one document at a time.

We usually start where the leakage is worst — most often uncontrolled spend before the PO, or invoices paid without a receipt.

  1. Step 01

    Trace

    Follow recent purchases end to end and find where the trail breaks — verbal orders, retrospective POs, receipts nobody booked.

  2. Step 02

    Structure

    Agree categories, authority limits, tolerance thresholds, supplier master data and the documents each step must produce.

  3. Step 03

    Implement

    Configure requisition, RFQ, PO, receipt and matching flows, migrate the supplier and item masters, and pilot with one category.

  4. Step 04

    Extend

    Roll out to remaining categories and sites, switch on vendor scoring once there is enough history, and tune tolerances.

// FAQ

What procurement leaders ask first.

Urgent purchases cannot wait for approval. How is that handled?

With an explicit emergency path rather than a bypass. Defined roles can commit up to a stated limit outside the normal chain, but the request is flagged, the justification is captured and it is reported afterwards — so exceptions stay visible and countable instead of becoming the norm.

Can it handle government tender requirements?

Yes. Tender pursuits carry their own approval ladder, document set and submission deadlines, and the sourcing records are kept in the audit-ready form public-sector scrutiny expects. Sector-specific requirements are confirmed against your own procurement rules during design.

Do we have to take the whole platform to use one solution?

No. Each solution is a configured slice of the same platform, so you can start with one department and add another later without a migration or a second integration to maintain. What you do get from the start is one data fabric underneath — so when the second solution arrives it already recognises your people, approvals and records.

Can this work alongside the systems we already run?

Yes. Most engagements leave existing line-of-business systems in place and integrate with them through APIs, scheduled syncs or event feeds. Where an existing system is genuinely the blocker we will say so, and that becomes an Application Modernization conversation rather than something we quietly work around.

// Get started

Find out what you bought without a PO.

That number is usually the business case. We can help you establish it in a short review before committing to anything larger.