1. Vendor Management System
  2. Get started
Get started

Get Vendor Management System running in four steps.

Prepare a first supplier and purchasing cycle with the people who own each decision.

  1. Create your account

    Click Start now and create your ERP.AI account.

    Start now
  2. Download Proto

    Proto is the desktop app you use to set up Vendor Management System. It runs on macOS, Windows and Linux.

    Download Proto
  3. Make it yours

    Open Vendor Management System in Proto and adjust fields, steps, roles and approvals to match how your team works.

    Implementation plan
  4. Bring your data and team

    Import your records, then invite your team and assign their roles.

    See the roles

Create your account

Click Get started and ask Proto to configure Vendor Management System for your team. Name the Procurement Manager, Buyer, Approver, Receiving Clerk and Controller who will rehearse the first case. Assign a person to review supplier identity and qualification evidence.

Prepare the first operating cycle

Choose one vendor in Onboarding, its primary contact, a category with known requirements and a dated certification. Add a current item or service, an agreement or rate if applicable, and one realistic purchase request. Walk through supplier review, RFQ comparison, order approval and a partial receipt. Keep the expected accounts payable and warehouse connection owners involved where those systems supply or receive evidence.

Review before release

Inspect the supplier’s status decision, qualification scope and expiry, the awarded response, the order’s approved revision and the receipt’s accepted quantity. Check the assigned Approver’s decision and the Supplier’s record access. Compare a draft scorecard with its source receipts before publication. Use the implementation plan to widen the rollout after this case is clear.

Set up Vendor Management System your way.

Start free, then use Proto to change fields, steps and approvals before your team goes live.

How to get started