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Supplier Relationship Management

Manage your suppliers,            don’t just store them

Onboarding is an invitation, not a project. Certificates, risk reports and delivery data end up on one profile, not in four systems.

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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 supplier management breaks down

Onboarding

Onboarding

Suppliers arrive by email and spreadsheet. The record is incomplete before the work even starts.

Compliance

Compliance

Certificates expire unnoticed. Risk sits in a separate tool nobody opens.

Performance

Performance

Ratings live in Excel, disconnected from the next award decision.

Mercanis closes all three: with one profile per supplier, kept current by agents and the data sources that own it.

How it works

Onboarding, risk, evaluation and development. Five stages, one record, nothing handed over between them

1

Every supplier in one repository

Every supplier in one repository
A supplier's URL creates a new profile. One assessment event collects the questionnaire, the certificates and the contracts.

The record is complete before the first award decision.

2

The 360° supplier profile

The 360° supplier profile
The 360° supplier profile holds documents, certificates, contracts, meeting records and the full history of every request and answer.

When the category manager changes, the relationship does not start over.

3

Risk and ESG data on the profile

Risk and ESG data on the profile
A Prewave risk score, an IntegrityNext ESG rating and a Coface credit report sit on the profile, each with its history.

Every supplier carries a risk classification, with or without a report.

4

Performance is evaluated

Performance is evaluated
Delivery reliability and defect rate come from the ERP. Quality, communication and innovation are scored by the people involved.

Award decisions rest on a documented evaluation, not on recollection.

5

Measures are agreed and tracked

Measures are agreed and tracked
At the annual review, agreed measures are recorded on the profile and the next evaluation cycle scores against the same criteria.

The supplier sees the progress as clearly as procurement does.

Supplier relationship review
Every decision about
this supplier
on one record.
Including
the next one.
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How the results show up in practice

Supplier data stays current

Supplier data stays current

Suppliers maintain their own records; providers and the ERP keep them updated.

Knowledge stays with the record

Knowledge stays with the record

Checks, approvals and scores remain on the profile when responsibilities change.

Development becomes measurable

Development becomes measurable

Each rating produces measures, and the next cycle scores the same criteria.

ProcurementCFOCPOIT

Built for the whole business

Procurement

Develops suppliers instead of chasing documents.

CFO

Supplier risk is visible before it turns into a write-off.

CPO

One qualified supplier base across categories and regions.

IT

Master data stays led by the ERP, Mercanis adds the layer around it.

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 Management

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

Spend 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

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.

SAP Ariba
ERP & Financial Systems
SAP Ariba
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SAP S/4 HANA
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Microsoft Dynamics 365
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NetSuite
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Sage
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SAP Ariba
SSO & Identity
Microsoft Entra ID
Category
Okta
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Google Workspace
Category
SAP Ariba
Contract & E-Sign
DocuSign
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Adobe Sign
Category
SAP Ariba
Risk, ESG & Compliance
IntegrityNext
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Prewave
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EcoVadis
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ID.prove
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SAP Ariba
Communication & Collaboration
Microsoft Teams
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Microsoft Outlook
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Slack
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Google Chat
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Gmail
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SAP Ariba
Market & Financial Data
Coface
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Moody's
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Dun & Bradstreet
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Creditreform
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SAP Ariba
Catalogs & Marketplaces
Unite
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Amazon Business
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Conrad
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VWR
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Sonepar
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SAP Ariba
Analytics
kiresult
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costdata
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TSET
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FAQ

Everything You Need to
Know About Mercanis

What is supplier management software?
Supplier management software is the system a company uses to onboard suppliers, hold their data and documents, monitor their risk, and measure how they perform. Mercanis keeps all of it on one supplier profile, connected to the sourcing events, contracts and orders that use it.
What is the difference between supplier management, SRM and a vendor management system?
Supplier management keeps the record correct. Supplier relationship management is the strategic layer on top of it: performance reviews, agreed actions and development over several cycles. A vendor management system is something else again, usually built for contingent labour and staffing rather than for suppliers of goods and services.
What does a 360° supplier profile hold?
Contacts, certificates, documents and NDAs, contracts and framework agreements, assessment history, risk and ESG data, ratings and performance KPIs, spend and sourcing history, the parent and subsidiary structure, and a full activity log. Fields, their visibility and their approval requirements are configurable per organisation.
What do AI agents automate in onboarding and monitoring?
In onboarding, a supplier URL is enough: the enrichment agent builds the profile from public sources, and duplicate detection checks website, company name and email domain before the record is created. In monitoring, Prewave risk signals, IntegrityNext ESG profiles and Coface credit reports are pulled into the profile and stored with their history. Qualification itself runs as a configured workflow, an assessment event, rather than as an agent.
How are supplier scorecards built?
From weighted criteria a company defines itself: numeric ranges, yes/no, dropdowns or scored scales, each weighted between 0 and 100 per cent. Several evaluators from procurement and the business rate the same supplier in one request. Where delivery data is synced from the ERP, objective KPIs such as delivery reliability and defect rate feed the same scorecard.
How does supplier data connect to sourcing and contracts?
Through the profile. Workflow templates define which supplier statuses may be invited to a sourcing event, so an unapproved supplier is not selectable. Payment terms and incoterms flow from the profile into events, requests and orders, and every contract and every event a supplier took part in stays on their record.
Does Mercanis sync with SAP or another ERP?
Yes, through APIs and a generic adapter layer that logs every handover. The ERP stays the system of record for master data; which fields it leads, and in which direction they flow, is configured per implementation. What the ERP does not hold, such as documents, assessments, ratings and risk, lives in the profile.

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