In this webinar, Fabian Heinrich, Founder and CEO of Mercanis, explains how companies can streamline and accelerate their procurement operations by replacing fragmented tool landscapes with agent-based AI orchestration.
He demonstrates how modern AI agents unify intake, sourcing, contracting, supplier management, and purchase workflows into one intelligent end-to-end process, far beyond what traditional RPA or co-pilot concepts can achieve.
Through practical examples such as chat-based catalog ordering, automated framework agreement call-offs, and free-text requests including quote analysis and supplier onboarding, participants discover how procurement can reduce manual workload, eliminate process gaps, and drive consistency across the entire organization.
End-to-End Orchestration Instead of Isolated Tools:
How autonomous procurement agents identify needs, analyze data, make decisions, and execute tasks, all within one continuous workflow.
From RPA to Agentic AI:
Why static, rule-based systems reach their limits and how adaptive, context-aware agents intelligently steer procurement processes.
Significant Efficiency Gains:
Up to 40% less manual workload through automated intake flows, faster approvals, and seamless ERP integration.
Smart Data Processing — Even Without Clean Data:
How GenAI harmonizes unstructured information, corrects errors, and enriches supplier and material data automatically.
Supplier Onboarding & Offer Analysis on Autopilot:
Automated quote comparisons, real-time contract condition checks, and fully integrated onboarding without manual intervention.
One Suite Instead of Tool Fragmentation:
A fully integrated platform for Sourcing, SRM, Contract Management, Intake and P2P ensures consistent data flows and stable AI-driven processes.
Future-Proofing Through Process Automation:
Why organizations that adopt agent-based procurement today build long-term competitive advantage while others face rising opportunity costs.
Flexible Governance & Compliance:
Dynamic approval workflows, transparency, and role-based decisioning ensure process safety by design.
ERP- and ESG-Agnostic Integration:
Compatible with SAP, Infor, proAlpha and ESG partners such as IntegrityNext and Prewave, without additional IT effort.
New Roles in Procurement:
Buyers shift from manual operations to orchestrating AI agents, focusing on strategy, insights, and value creation.
