Purchasing

Instead of a buyer manually searching for suppliers, Smorgas can:

• Draft and Issue RFPs: Analyze technical requirements and automatically generate Request for Proposal (RFP) documents. 
• Evaluate Bids: Rank incoming bids based on complex criteria like lead times, historical quality scores, and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) ratings. 
• Conduct Preliminary Negotiations: Use pre-defined parameters to engage in basic price or term negotiations with vendor chatbots to reach a baseline agreement. 

Traditional systems alert you when stock is low. Smorgas AI acts before that happens:

• Cross-Functional Analysis: Smorgas can monitor sales forecasts, logistics delays, and even external factors like weather or geopolitical events to adjust order quantities.
• Dynamic Re-Ordering: If a primary supplier is delayed, the Smorgas agent can autonomously identify an approved backup and trigger a purchase order to prevent a stockout.

Monitoring every transaction for "Maverick Spend" (unauthorized purchasing) is difficult for human teams.

• Real-Time Auditing: Smorgas agents can review every transaction against company policy and contract terms as they happen.
• Anomaly Detection: Smorgas identifies unusual pricing or duplicate invoices that traditional rule-based systems might miss, flagging them for immediate human review.

Purchasing is often reactive to disruptions. Smorgas AI shifts this to a proactive stance:

• Continuous Monitoring: Smorgas agents "scour" news, port data, and financial reports of suppliers. 
• Predictive Remediation: If a supplier's credit rating drops or a port is congested, the Smorgas agent can suggest — or, within limits, execute — a shift in the purchasing strategy to mitigate risk before it impacts the production line. 

Instead of waiting for a "low stock" alert, the Smorgas Solution looks at the broader context of the business.

• Demand Forecasting: It correlates internal sales trends with external market signals to adjust reorder points dynamically. 
• Execution: The agent can draft the Purchase Order (PO), match it against the budget, and route it to the correct manager for a one-click approval.