Governed Autonomous Procurement for Regulated Manufacturers
Agents execute authorised work inside policies, permissions, approvals and human checkpoints — configured before anything runs.
It starts here
A request, supplier response, due date, quality event or data condition starts the workflow instead of an email starting a conversation.
Proconomy runs
- TriggerWork enters the governed record
- AgentThe agent gathers what the decision needs
- RuleRules decide what may happen next
- AgentThe agent executes the authorised work
- HumanConsequential decisions return to people
- SystemThe approved outcome reaches the system of record
- RecordThe complete history is retained
What changes. And what stays exactly where it is.
Work enters the governed record
What happens
A request, supplier response, due date, quality event or data condition starts the workflow instead of an email starting a conversation.
Today
Automation follows a fixed script and stops at the first unexpected condition.,A copilot suggests; the employee executes.,Authority is described in a policy document.,Nobody can reconstruct why an automated step happened.
Consequential decisions return to people
What happens
Commercial awards, contractual acceptance, supplier status and out-of-policy situations reach a named person.
Under governed execution
Agents handle variation within a permitted boundary and escalate the rest.,Agents execute; people decide what carries consequence.,Authority is expressed as executable permissions and thresholds.,Every action carries its observation, rule, decision and outcome.
The parts that deliver this. Each one governed the same way.
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Autonomous agents
Defines what execution actually means in practice, and where it stops.
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Security & AI governance
The permission, threshold, checkpoint, explainability and audit controls.
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NOVA intelligence
Explains agent behaviour so decisions can be interrogated rather than trusted.
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Multi-entity management
Applies the model consistently across entities without forcing identical processes.
The agent gathers what the decision needs
What happens
Category, entity, value, supplier history, contract position and quality standing are assembled, and missing information is requested.
Rules decide what may happen next
What happens
Policies, permissions, thresholds and entity rules are evaluated before any action is taken.
The agent executes the authorised work
What happens
Events are prepared, eligible suppliers invited, responses chased and normalised, drafts produced and approvals routed.
Consequential decisions return to people
What happens
Commercial awards, contractual acceptance, supplier status and out-of-policy situations reach a named person.
See exactly where it runs. And exactly where it stops for you.
The operating model behind every workflow on this page. One stage waits for a person.
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Trigger
Work enters the governed record
Nothing depends on a person noticing an inbox.
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Agent
The agent gathers what the decision needs
Work arrives decision-ready rather than partially formed.
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Rule
Rules decide what may happen next
The route is chosen by policy, not by who received the request.
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Agent
The agent executes the authorised work
Routine work progresses without a buyer moving every step.
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Human
Consequential decisions return to people
Authority stays exactly where your policy puts it.
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System
The approved outcome reaches the system of record
No manual re-entry, and the ERP stays authoritative.
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Record
The complete history is retained
A decision can be explained long after it was made.
Work enters the governed record
The agent gathers what the decision needs
Rules decide what may happen next
The agent executes the authorised work
Consequential decisions return to people
The approved outcome reaches the system of record
The complete history is retained
Seen enough?
See this running on one of your own workflows, with your policy and your thresholds applied.
Someone from client success replies, not a sales sequence. The assessment asks for no email.
Answer “who approved this, and why” in seconds. Not in weeks.
Routing agent
- Classify a request
- Permitted
- Request missing data
- Permitted
- Select buying route
- Permitted
- Approve above band
- Not permitted
Authority written down
Each agent carries an enumerated permitted-action set and a value ceiling you configure per entity.
Checkpoints that cannot be bypassed
Consequential decisions return to the people your policy names, and no configuration removes them.
Reconstructable
- Original request text
- Retained
- Rule that fired
- CAT-DRV-02
- Approvals and approvers
- Recorded
- Purchase order
- Written to ERP
Retrievable per transaction, without reading a mailbox
Evidence without a separate tracker
Every action is attributed to an actor and the permission that allowed it, retrievable per transaction.
How this is adopted. One workflow at a time.
Define the authority before the automation
The first configuration work is expressing who may decide what, at which values, in which entities.
Begin with coordination authority
Agents can start by chasing, routing and preparing, then take execution rights as evidence accumulates.
Design the exceptions deliberately
Decide in advance what should always reach a person. Escalation is a designed behaviour, not a failure mode.
Review the audit record, then widen
Security and audit review real action history before the permitted action set expands.
Where this already runs. In operations like yours.
- Industrial services and engineered products An industrial group unifies procurement across 18 operating companies 18 operating companies under one group 18 operating companiesOne group-level viewERP retained Read the story
- Automotive and mobility A global automotive manufacturer sees supplier risk beyond tier one Large, complex supplier ecosystem spanning tier one to tier N Tier 1 to tier N mappedOne supplier recordShared scorecards Read the story
Bring the workflow this describes. Not a vendor scenario.
One of your own processes, including the part that usually goes wrong. You will see where the agents act, where the platform stops, and what it leaves on the record.
Someone from client success replies, not a sales sequence. If we are not a fit we will say so on the first call.
Not ready to talk to anyone?
Fair enough. Both of these work without giving us your email.