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Intake Management

One conversational front door for every demand

One path for every department: Mercanis intake management turns every need into a compliant purchase requisition.

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Proven 10x impact
across industries.

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Sourcing events are easier to set up, so we can invite more suppliers. With that I expect better prices that fit into the market situation, and that makes us more competitive.
Martin Beck
VP Global Procurement & Supply Chain Excellence
Rick Kiefer of Franz Morat Group
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For the first time, we have absolute transparency across sourcing events, suppliers, and prices, without slowing the business.
Rick Kiefer
Head of Procurement
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At some point, the question won’t be, “Which system do I open first in the morning?” Every procurement professional will open Mercanis alongside Outlook and manage their tasks there.
Uwe Krepelin
Head of Procurement
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The simplicity of Mercanis has enabled us to integrate our stakeholders into the tendering process by using the platform as a self-service solution, and to steer procurement in a more strategic direction.
Sven Novak
Director of Global Indirect Procurement
Marcel Schröder of oventrop
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With Mercanis, we can automate and optimize many processes in sourcing and supplier management. This saves us process costs, allows us to obtain four times as many quotes, and gives us more time for important strategic tasks.
Marcel Schröder
Head of Strategic Purchasing
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What impressed us most was how quickly we could achieve results. The onboarding process is smart, allowing us to efficiently engage with suppliers. We reduced supplier onboarding from 6 weeks to 2 weeks.
Fabian Knoth
Chief Buying Officer

Where buying goes off track

Procurement requests and paperwork arriving through different channels

Requests

Requests come by email, MS Teams and in person. Nobody knows the status.

A buyer checking incomplete purchase request documents

Gaps

Requests arrive incomplete. Buyers spend days asking for the missing details.

A parcel delivered outside the agreed procurement process

Maverick spend

The proper route costs time, so people order past procurement's negotiated contracts and approved suppliers.

Mercanis closes all three, with one way in for every demand, and every rule applied before anything is ordered.

How it works

One real need, five steps. Guided all the way, from the first enquiry to the final check.

1

The request starts in the tools people already use

Mercanis Intake step 1: The request starts in the tools people already use.
Requests start in Microsoft Teams or directly in Mercanis, as free text, a photo or a voice note, and are normalised as they arrive.

Going through procurement becomes easier than going around it. No more email chaos.

2

The request structures itself

Mercanis Intake step 2: The request structures itself.
The required information is captured automatically while the request is described, from line items to cost centre and budget.

Requests get completed upfront, without a round of follow-up questions.

3

Search and match, across every source

Mercanis Intake step 3: Search and match, across every source.
The agent searches catalogues and framework agreements, and returns matching items with price and supplier.

The prices and terms procurement negotiated actually get used.

4

Loops until nothing is missing

Mercanis Intake step 4: Loops until nothing is missing.
Details the agent cannot determine are asked for, and the values it proposes only need confirmation.

Every request enters the system correctly classified.

5

Every request, compliance-checked

Mercanis Intake step 5: Every request, compliance-checked.
Policies are applied while the request is built, and the result is a validated purchase requisition in the target system.

Off-policy spend is prevented at the source, instead of found later.

A person completes a purchase request on a smartphone
No rules to learn, no one to ask.
The request was still orchestrated to the right channel and owner.
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How the results show up in practice

Mercanis Intake result — Complete before it moves

Complete before it moves

A request cannot be sent half-finished, because the flow asks for what is missing. No days spent chasing details afterwards.

Mercanis Intake result — No maverick spend

No maverick spend

Negotiated conditions and approved suppliers reach every request, not just the ones procurement sees. Savings stop leaking at the point of ordering.

Mercanis Intake result — Every request on the record

Every request on the record

Every request takes the same path, a 50-euro part like a 50,000-euro project. The spend picture finally includes the tail.

Built for the
whole business


Marketing needs paper, HR needs laptops, Sales needs business cards. Everyone follows the same path and procurement sets the rules once, for all of them.

Requester

Any department, no procurement knowledge needed, one guided way to a compliant requisition.

Approver

Only real decisions land here. Everything the predefined approval flow can handle is routed and approved without a human step.

Procurement

Sets the rules once: framework agreements, preferred suppliers, value limits. Time goes into suppliers, not tickets.

CPO

A complete spend picture, because every department uses the same path.

Empower your entire procurement journey

Mercanis connects every process, from intake to sourcing, contracts to suppliers, in one AI-native Procurement Platform. Your team gains full visibility, control, and confidence across the entire lifecycle of spend.

Hello, John!
Repeat complete orders, add individual
items or just state your need
I need 4,000 common-rail injectors
for 2.0L Euro 6 diesel engines

Intake

One path for every department. AI agents route every request through procurement as a complete, policy-checked purchase requisition.

Agentic Negotiation
Send Only
Assisted
Autonomous
Price Negotiation Progress
TargetInitial QuoteRound 1Round 2Round 3
DieselCore GmbH
EuroFuel Systems
Precision Ltd.

Sourcing

Launch RFQs in minutes. AI agents structure requirements, invite suppliers, negotiate and compare offers.

Contract analysed
3 risks identified
Liability
Price adjustment
Automatic renewal
Action needed

Contract Management

AI agents extract, review, and monitor every contract. Risk flags and renewal reminders before anything slips.

Supplier Profile
Precision Automotive
Approved
Delivery Reliability
Defect Rate
Total Ordered Quantity
92
97
84
74

Supplier Relationship Management

One profile per supplier: performance, compliance, documents and risk signals. Guided onboarding, and a free supplier portal for communication and data maintenance.

Identified savings potential€5.8Mof €210M analysed spendView recommendations3 patterns foundPrice increases on 3,642 articles of 64,000Cheaper suppliers foundQuantity up, price unchanged
Identifiziertes Sparpotenzial 5,8 Mio. € von 210 Mio. € analysierten Ausgaben Empfehlungen ansehen 3 Muster gefunden Preiserhöhungen bei 3.642 von 64.000 Artikeln Günstigere Lieferanten gefunden Menge gestiegen, Preis unverändert

Analytics

Across your procurement data, AI agents recommend where to renegotiate, switch supplier, or bundle demand.

Purchase Order#SKUDescriptionTotalOrder Confirmation#SKUDescriptionTotalGoods Receipt#SKUDescriptionTotalInvoice#SKUDescriptionTotalGross Total€820,500.004-way match

Procure to Pay (P2P)

An automated 4-way match checks the purchase order against order confirmation, goods receipt and invoice. Discrepancies surface instantly.

Mercanis seamlessly integrates
with your existing systems

Runs alongside your ERP, SRM and collaboration tools, from SAP and NetSuite to Slack and Teams.

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FAQ

Everything You Need to
Know About Mercanis

What is intake management?
Intake management is the conversational front door for every demand in an organisation. In Mercanis, a request can be typed, spoken, photographed or picked from a catalogue. It is checked against catalogues, framework agreements, budget and buying policy, then routed to the right channel and owner as a compliant purchase requisition.
What is intake to procure?
Intake to procure covers everything between a need and an order. In Mercanis, intake decides whether the demand becomes a purchase request, a sourcing event or a purchase order. An approved request continues into an event or straight into an order, and several requests can be bundled into one event.
Does everyone have to learn a new tool?
No. Intake starts in Mercanis or straight from Microsoft Teams. Because of the intuitive interface, every department can start using it immediately.
How does a request become a compliant purchase requisition?
It is structured, matched against catalogues and framework agreements, and checked against policy. The validated requisition continues in Mercanis, into a sourcing event or a purchase order, or hands over to your ERP.
Who approves, and what is approved automatically?
Approval flows are preconfigured and adapted per organisation, routing by amount, category and risk. Anything above a threshold, or outside the rules, goes to a named approver.
What happens to requests no catalogue covers?
Mercanis proposes possible suppliers. If none fit, the request becomes a Quick RFQ, or a full sourcing event above the Quick RFQ threshold, and the requester is kept informed.
Does Mercanis replace our ERP?
No. Mercanis runs in parallel to your ERP, connected to SAP, Ariba and other systems through APIs. The requisition is created in Mercanis and handed over from there, with no rebuild on your side.

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A connected journey from the first request to the final payment.

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A connected journey from the first request to the final payment.

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