Procure-to-pay desk: request, quotes, contract and invoice in one place
The request arrives by email; quotes compared, contract clauses checked, PO opened, invoice three-way matched and payment scheduled.
Procure-to-pay desk: request, quotes, contract and invoice in one place is an agent scenario in the Enterprise Functions sector running on the email, api channels. Trigger: Purchase request email or a request form opened in the ERP. The Procurement Supervisor coordinates 4 specialist agents (Request Agent, Sourcing Agent, Contract Agent, Invoice Agent) across 5 systems (Procurement Inbox, ERP, Supplier Portal, Contract Repository, Payment Hub); of 10 steps, 3 write to systems and 4 are checks or approvals. Outcome: PO opened, contract deviations flagged, invoice matched, payment scheduled at due date. Approval rule: Amount > 250,000, single quote or non-framework supplier → procurement committee.
Procure-to-pay desk: request, quotes, contract and invoice in one place
- Email: "40 laptops, from the Q4 budget, within 3 weeks" + specification attached
- Category IT hardware, budget line IT-CAPEX-Q4 available, approval chain: IT manager + finance
- Plan: quotes from 3 suppliers → normalise → contract check → approval → PO → invoice → payment
- Quote request sent through the portal to 3 framework suppliers, deadline 3 business days
- Quotes: 1.84M / 1.91M / 1.79M; TCO ranking with warranty and delivery: B, A, C
- Supplier B: payment term 30 days (framework 45), penalty clause missing → 2 deviations flagged
- Comparison and deviations presented to IT manager and finance; B approved at 45-day terms
- PO #PO-88213 opened and sent to the supplier, delivery in 18 days
- Invoice read: 40 units, 1.79M; three-way match with PO and goods receipt complete
- Payment scheduled for day 45, no early-payment discount; closure email to the requester
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Purchase request email or a request form opened in the ERP
PO opened, contract deviations flagged, invoice matched, payment scheduled at due date
Agents
Procurement Supervisor
Decomposes the objective, delegates to agents, manages approval points, merges the result.
Request Agent
Classifies the request, finds the budget line and approval chain
classify_requestcheck_budgetroute_approvalSourcing Agent
Collects quotes, normalises them, compares on total cost of ownership
request_quotesnormalise_quotescompare_tcoContract Agent
Compares quote terms with the company template and the existing framework contract
get_frameworkcompare_clausesflag_deviationInvoice Agent
Reads the invoice, matches it with PO and receipt, schedules payment
extract_invoicethree_way_matchschedule_paymentSteps
| # | Kind | Agent | What happens | System | ms | tok |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | ingest | Procurement Supervisor | Email: "40 laptops, from the Q4 budget, within 3 weeks" + specification attached | Procurement Inbox | 180 | — |
| 02 | verify | Request Agent | Category IT hardware, budget line IT-CAPEX-Q4 available, approval chain: IT manager + finance | ERP | 600 | 260 |
| 03 | plan | Procurement Supervisor | Plan: quotes from 3 suppliers → normalise → contract check → approval → PO → invoice → payment | — | 240 | 220 |
| 04 | write | Sourcing Agent | Quote request sent through the portal to 3 framework suppliers, deadline 3 business days | Supplier Portal | 700 | — |
| 05 | reason | Sourcing Agent | Quotes: 1.84M / 1.91M / 1.79M; TCO ranking with warranty and delivery: B, A, C | Supplier Portal | 2,400 | 1,400 |
| 06 | verify | Contract Agent | Supplier B: payment term 30 days (framework 45), penalty clause missing → 2 deviations flagged | Contract Repository | 1,500 | 820 |
| 07 | approval | Request Agent | Comparison and deviations presented to IT manager and finance; B approved at 45-day terms | ERP | 1,200 | — |
| 08 | write | Sourcing Agent | PO #PO-88213 opened and sent to the supplier, delivery in 18 days | ERP | 560 | — |
| 09 | verify | Invoice Agent | Invoice read: 40 units, 1.79M; three-way match with PO and goods receipt complete | ERP | 1,800 | 900 |
| 10 | write | Invoice Agent | Payment scheduled for day 45, no early-payment discount; closure email to the requester | Payment Hub | 480 | — |
Email classification and attachment check
Every e-mail in the shared mailbox is classified, attachments checked against a list, gaps asked for at once.
Call centre quality monitoring
Every call scored against the rubric, not a sample; compliance breaches and coaching flags ready by morning.
Contract clause extraction
Clauses are extracted and compared with the legal playbook; deviations reach counsel with redline suggestions.
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