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  • eProcurement

Guide every request to the right buying path

Reduce maverick spend and speed up indirect purchasing with guided buying, structured requests, compliant approvals, and connected PR-to-PO processing.

What is eprocurement in indirect purchasing?

eProcurement guides employees through structured workflows for buying indirect goods and services. It connects request creation, approvals, and purchasing execution while helping procurement enforce supplier, contract, and company policies.

the challenge

Make indirect purchasing easier without giving up control

Employees often face multiple buying channels, suppliers, and procurement rules. Without clear guidance and structured processes, requests can take the wrong path, bypass purchasing policies, or require additional clarification and rework.

Too many buying paths

Employees may not know whether to use catalogs, punch-out shops, marketplaces, templates, or sourcing workflows for a particular request.

Maverick spend and low compliance

Without clear guidance, purchases can bypass preferred suppliers, negotiated contracts, and procurement policies.

Incomplete requests slow down purchasing

Missing or incorrect information can delay approvals and create additional work during PO creation and ERP processing.

The Solution

Guide requests from demand to purchasing execution

SupplyOn combines guided buying, approval automation, and process integration in one structured workflow. Employees get a clearer path to purchase while procurement maintains control over suppliers, contracts, policies, and approvals.

Guide users to the right buying channel

Provide one central entry point for indirect purchasing and guide users according to their request. Employees can search across catalogs, punch-out shops, and marketplaces or use structured requests for goods, services, and non-catalog demand.

Business impact
  • Faster request creation
  • Better channel compliance across categories
  • Reduced maverick spend and wrong-path requests
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Automate approvals and enforce purchasing rules

Apply approval workflows based on defined policy and budget rules. Compliance checks for contracts and suppliers, combined with structured request capture, help requests enter the approval process with higher-quality data.

Business impact
  • Shorter approval cycle times
  • Fewer blocked or returned requisitions
  • Stronger purchasing compliance

Connect requests with PR-to-PO execution

Connect request creation with purchasing execution through an end-to-end flow from request to PR and PO. Integration with ERP and supplier processes supports downstream execution, while exceptional demand can be routed into sourcing workflows.

Business impact
  • More reliable PR-to-PO conversion
  • Reduced manual correction effort
  • Better continuity from request to supplier order
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Why it matters

Bring more spend under control while making purchasing easier

Guided buying, structured requests, and automated approvals help procurement steer indirect demand through compliant buying channels while reducing the effort required to process purchases.

10–20%

Lower procurement cost through reduced maverick spend and better supplier compliance.

Up to 95%

Compliance across buying channels with guided buying and policy-controlled workflows.

Up to 40%

Faster purchasing cycles through structured request intake and approval workflows.

Less maverick spend. Faster approvals. Cleaner requests from intake to PO.

Frequently Asked Questions

A basic requisition tool captures demand. SupplyOn also guides users to the appropriate buying path, connects catalogs and external shops, applies compliance checks and approvals, and supports PR-to-PO processing.

Guided Buying helps employees find the appropriate item, service, or procurement path through internal catalogs, external webshops, marketplaces, and structured template-based requests.

SupplyOn supports internal catalogs, punch-out shops, connected marketplaces, free-text requisitions, template-based requests for goods and services, and handoff to RFQ or sourcing workflows when standard ordering is not appropriate.

Yes. SupplyOn eProcurement supports indirect purchasing across goods and services, including office supplies, MRO, tools, consumables, capital goods, facilities, utilities, IT, HR services, and professional services.

Make indirect purchasing easier to navigate and control

See how SupplyOn can guide employees through the right buying channels while connecting requests, approvals, and purchasing execution.