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- Procurement
- Who it's for
- Multi-site manufacturers
Multi-site manufacturers
Maintenance parts, tooling, safety supplies and contractors need a dependable purchasing process across every plant. Procurement brings those requests together with supplier agreements, approval decisions and delivery progress. Configure it alongside the production and inventory systems that own planned material demand and stock movements, with clear responsibility for each purchase type.
How Procurement is set up for you
Local requests, consistent policy
Map plants, departments and cost centers to the people responsible for their budgets. A maintenance request carries its category and account so it reaches the right reviewer. Corporate rules can remain consistent while approvals follow the plant that owns the work.
A useful MRO catalog
Organize repeat purchases with supplier part numbers, minimum quantities, lead times and approved rates. Scope punchout with suppliers that support it. Validate returned carts and remaining agreement authority before turning routine demand into an order.
Sourcing for capital and tooling
Compare responses for a press, tooling package or specialist service against the same requirement. Retain the award reason and supporting evidence. The chosen supplier still needs an order backed by valid spending authority.
Receiving that fits each plant
Use the warehouse connection where the dock is managed, or a Receiving Clerk at other locations. Confirm services through the eligible desk-receipt process. Agree which system updates inventory so one delivery cannot be counted twice.
Follow up on what is still missing
A partial delivery leaves the remaining obligation on the Buyer’s worklist. Track the supplier’s latest commitment and revised acknowledgment without losing the original order history or treating a shipment notice as receipt.
Review commitment before the next purchase
See outstanding order value by department, supplier and category. Approved changes and cancellations update the same commitment, while agreement releases remain within the reviewed ceiling. Reconcile the budgeting connection at an agreed cutoff.
Keep qualification evidence current
Configure category requirements with the responsible technical and purchasing teams. Record evidence, scope and expiry for review before the relevant sourcing or ordering action; an uploaded document alone does not qualify a supplier.
Features to start with
Suppliers and catalog
Choose qualified suppliers and give purchasing teams a catalog with the information needed to order.
Requisitions and approvals
Route purchase requests to the right people and preserve the approved amount, scope and version through sourcing.
Contracts and pricing
Apply negotiated prices, control agreement commitments and prepare renewals before approved capacity or contract terms run out.
Set up Procurement your way.
Start free, then use Proto to change fields, steps and approvals before your team goes live.