I&O · Intake & Orchestration

The single front door for
every procurement event.

Purchase requests, supplier alerts, engineering changes, invoice exceptions — every procurement event type governed in one place. Policy enforced at the point of entry. Approved in seconds when the rules are clear.

25
Event Types
all governed in one channel
Zero
Lost Requests
every item has an owner
Auto
Clear-Cut Decisions
approved without a click
100%
Fully Audited
from day one

Procurement runs on email. That's the problem.

Most organisations have no single place to receive procurement requests. Requests arrive by email, in chat, on paper, and verbally. They get lost, forgotten, or actioned without any policy check. The audit trail is a mess of forwarded threads.

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Requests arrive by email and get lost
A purchase request sent on Monday is forgotten by Wednesday. No owner, no deadline, no visibility. The requester chases manually — or just buys it themselves.
Approvals go silent and deadlines slip
Approval requests land in inboxes and stay there. No escalation, no reminder, no deadline enforcement. Production schedules slip because a PO was never raised.
⚠️
Policy violations found after the PO is raised
A buyer raises a PO to a non-preferred vendor for twice the contracted price. Finance finds out during invoice processing — too late to correct without a painful reversal.

How it works

Three steps from request to action — with full governance built in throughout.

1
✏️

Describe

  • Employee describes what they need in plain language
  • System classifies the event type automatically
  • Smart form surfaces only the relevant fields
  • Policy check runs before submission is complete
2
👁️

Review

  • Clear-cut requests auto-approve instantly
  • Everything else routes to the right approver
  • SLA countdown starts from the moment it lands
  • Auto-escalation prevents anything from stalling
3

Act

  • Downstream workflows trigger automatically on approval
  • Requester notified with status and next steps
  • Full audit trail captured without any manual effort
  • Related requests linked together for full visibility
Purchase Request · Example Flow

From request to PO — fully automated.

See exactly what happens when an employee submits a purchase request. Policy enforced at every step.

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Employee Submits Request
Plain language · Any device
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Classifies & Pre-fills Form
Instant · No training needed
🛡️Policy CheckSpend · Vendor · Budget
✓ Meets Policy
Auto-Approve
Low value · Preferred vendor · Within budget
⚠ Exception
👁️
Needs Review
High value · New vendor · Budget exception
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Purchase Order Created
Automatic · Zero manual entry
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Requester Notified
Instant confirmation · Full audit trail
25 Governed Event Types

Every procurement event. One governed channel.

Most platforms govern purchase requests. Proconomy governs everything — including 11 event types exclusive to manufacturing and complex supply chains.

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Indirect & Operations

14 event types

1New Purchase Request
2Contract Amendment
3Contract Renewal
4Invoice Exception
5Supplier Onboarding
6Spend Exception
7Supplier Performance Review
8Service Confirmation
9Supplier Invoice Upload
10Budget Amendment
11NDA Request
12Supplier Financial Distress Alert
13ESG Violation Report
14Indirect MRO Request
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Manufacturing & Quality Exclusive

11 event types

✦ Only on Proconomy
1New Part Introduction (NPI)
2Engineering Change Request
3Dual Sourcing Request
4Warranty Chargeback
5Force Majeure Event
6Cybersecurity Incident
7Regulatory Compliance Change
8Counterfeit Parts Alert
9Geopolitical Risk Event
10Tier-N Supplier Risk
11SCAR / Non-Conformance

Built for complete governance.

Three capability domains working together — every request governed, every approval automated, every outcome visible.

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Request Governance

Plain-Language Submission

Employees describe what they need in their own words. The system understands the request type automatically — no forms to navigate, no training needed.

Policy at the Point of Entry

Spend limits, preferred vendor rules, and budget availability are checked the moment a request is submitted — not discovered later when it's too late to act.

25 Event Types, One Channel

From a routine purchase to a supply chain risk alert — every procurement event has a structured, governed path through one system.

Guided Smart Forms

Once classified, the system surfaces only the fields relevant to that specific event type. No irrelevant questions, no missed required fields.

Approval Automation

Auto-Approval for Clear-Cut Requests

Low-value, policy-compliant requests are approved and actioned automatically. Your team only reviews what genuinely needs a human decision.

Parallel Multi-Level Approvals

Approvals that can happen simultaneously do — no waiting for one approver to finish before the next begins. Fast without sacrificing control.

SLA Enforcement with Auto-Escalation

Every pending approval has a deadline. Overdue requests automatically escalate to the next level — nothing sits forgotten.

Cross-Module Actioning

Once approved, downstream actions trigger automatically — purchase orders raised, supplier records updated, quality workflows initiated.

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Visibility & Control

Real-Time Status for Everyone

Requesters always know where their request stands. Approvers see their full queue. No chasing emails, no "what happened to my request?"

Linked Related Requests

When one event triggers another (a quality failure creating a corrective action, a risk event creating a dual-sourcing request), all are linked and visible together.

Automatic Audit Trail

Every decision, comment, and status change recorded without anyone lifting a finger. Compliance reviews take minutes, not days.

Executive Dashboard

Leadership sees the full request pipeline — volume by type, approval cycle times, policy exception rates, and auto-approval rates — in real time.

Results that matter.

Measurable outcomes from day one — not after a year-long rollout.

65%
Fewer manual approval touchpoints
most requests move automatically
Zero
Lost or forgotten requests
every pending item has an owner and a deadline
4–8 wks
From kickoff to fully governed
no lengthy implementation
100%
Visibility across all in-flight requests
all types, all teams
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Ready to govern every procurement request?

See a live demo — from a plain-language request submission through policy check, auto-approval, and PO creation. The full intake-to-action flow in under 20 minutes.