[NearAP]

Hi,

I'm still not quite clear on what service you're offering.

Are you saying you will help me find the right vendor for certain services/procurement needs that I would have as a company? For example, instead of me having a contract with Office Depot to supply all of my 'Office Supplies' purchases at X dollar, you would recommend for me another supplier who would do the same for lower figure? Same thing for service vendors?

Do you also handle systems/software for the individual employees to buy stuff against those contracts?

[michaelotis]

Hey there, no not in the current state... We don't identify vendors for you. Long-term, we'll pool data across industries to help you make those decisions.

Today, the tool tracks your vendor pricing, contract terms, and vendor profile information via sourcing 'projects.' So the app can compare vendors and pricing if the data is available, but it can't outright recommend a vendor with whom you've never interacted.

For your second question... You're asking if the app serves as a POS solution as well? No, but potentially down the line depending on user need. Most of our customers today use the tool for major product/service purchases that are made directly with their vendors.

[slim]

I believe gp is asking if your platform can be used by employees to issue purchase orders to against the procurement for immediate fulfillement.

I happen to run a startup that does just that (among other services provided by our inventory management platform). Do you have any APIs we can hook to?

[michaelotis]

Not currently... Still trying to figure out which pieces makes sense to expose to external systems. But the PO and inventory management pieces may make more sense to integrate rather than build out internally. Feel free to shoot me a note if you want to chat further... [e-mail]