Suppliers, invoices, approvals, payments.¶
Service procured, delivered, invoiced, paid, and supplier reviewed
Suppliers, invoices, approvals, payments. All in your head. All fragile.
Outcome: Service procured, delivered, invoiced, matched, paid — with a step-by-step activity trail.
- Area: Operations
- Time savings: ~6 hrs manual procurement → ~1.5 hrs automated (4× faster)
- Try it: "New purchase need identified"
- Compounding: Supplier scorecards and spend data improve sourcing decisions over time
- Frequency: Per purchase — ongoing
- Published: 2026-03-31
Inputs¶
- 📋 Purchase need description
- 💰 Budget code or availability
- 🏢 Supplier profiles (if existing)
What BOB does¶
- purchase-requisition → capture need, categorize spend, create PR
- Review and approve the purchase requisition
- strategic-sourcing → source supplier if needed (RFx, evaluation)
- purchase-order → create PO from approved PR, set terms
- Review and approve PO if above authority threshold
- order-to-pay → confirm delivery, 3-way match, process payment
- Approve payment execution
- supplier-feedback → post-engagement performance review
Outputs¶
- 📝 Approved Purchase Requisition
- 📄 Purchase Order with terms
- ✅ 3-Way Match verification
- 📊 Supplier performance review
Benefits¶
- 4× faster
- 3-way matching catches discrepancies
- Supplier reviewed after every cycle