Agents for Procurement
The prebuilt Procurement domain agent on IBM watsonx Orchestrate manages and coordinates procurement processes. This process includes sourcing, purchasing, and contract management to increase efficiency and reduce costs.
Supplier Assessment and Management
An agent to supervise among different agent for supplier management within the Coupa procurement system and Dun & Bradstreet.
Dun & Bradstreet (D&B)
| Agents | Description |
|---|---|
| Supplier Risk Insights | Helps assess the various risks associated with potential or current suppliers using the Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) supplier information database. |
Coupa
| Agents | Description |
|---|---|
| Supplier Management | Creates, updates, and views supplier information within the Coupa procurement system. |
| Catalog Management | Creates, modifies, and gets data about the supplier's catalog and corresponding items within the Coupa procurement system. |
Purchasing Manager
An agent to supervise among different agents for purchasing within the Coupa procurement system.
Coupa
| Agents | Description |
|---|---|
| Catalog Search | Searches into a supplier's catalog within the Coupa procurement system. |
| Supplier Search | Gets supplier information within the Coupa procurement system. |
| Purchase Requisition | Handles requisition creation, retrieval, and update related requests in the Coupa procurement system. |
| Requisition Approval | Handles requisition approval in the Coupa procurement system. |
| Purchase Order | Handles purchase orders in the Coupa procurement system. |
| Goods Receipts | Manages goods receipts within the Coupa procurement system. |
SAP S/4HANA
| Agents | Description |
|---|---|
| Purchase orders | Manages purchase orders in SAP S/4HANA. |
| Purchase requisitions | Manages purchase requisitions in SAP S/4HANA. |
| Goods Receipt with S/4HANA | Manages goods receipts in SAP S/4HANA. |
Oracle Fusion
| Agents | Description |
|---|---|
| Purchase orders | Manages purchase orders in Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement. |
| Purchase requisitions | Manages purchase requisitions in Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement. |
| Catalog Management | Manages supplier items and catalog in Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement. |
| Goods Receipt with Oracle Fusion | Manages goods receipts in Oracle Fusion Procurement. |
| Sourcing and Contracts with Oracle Fusion | To supervise among different agents for sourcing and contracts in Oracle Fusion Procurement. |
| Supplier Search with Oracle Fusion | Gets supplier information in Oracle Fusion Procurement. |
| Contract Management with Oracle Fusion | Manages contracts in Oracle Fusion Procurement. |
| Invoice Management for Oracle Fusion | Streamlines invoicing workflows, reducing delays, and improves cash flow management with intelligent automation. |
| Supplier Search with Oracle Fusion | Gets supplier information within Oracle Fusion procurement system. |
| Supplier invoices with Oracle Fusion | Handles supplier invoices within the Oracle Fusion procurement system |
Invoice Management
An agent to supervise among different agents for invoice management within the Coupa procurement and SAP S/4HANA system.
Coupa
| Agents | Description |
|---|---|
| Supplier Invoices | Handles supplier invoices within the Coupa procurement system. |
| Blocked Supplier Invoices | Handles blocked supplier invoices and match them within the Coupa procurement system. |
| Supplier Search | Gets supplier information within the Coupa procurement system. |
SAP S/4HANA
| Agents | Description |
|---|---|
| Supplier Invoices | Handles supplier invoices within SAP S/4HANA. |
Sourcing and Contracts Manager
An agent to supervise among different agents for sourcing and contracts within the Coupa procurement system.
Coupa
| Agents | Description |
|---|---|
| Contracts Management | Handles contracts within the Coupa procurement system. |
| Sourcing Events | Handles sourcing events within the Coupa procurement system. |
| RFP Document | Creates RFP document within the Coupa procurement system. |
| Supplier Search | Gets supplier information within the Coupa procurement system. |
SAP S/4HANA
| Agents | Description |
|---|---|
| Contract Management | Handles contracts within the SAP S/4HANA procurement system. |
| Invoice Management | To supervise among different agents for supplier invoice management within SAP S/4HANA (Cloud private edition). |
| Supplier invoices | Handles supplier invoices within the SAP S/4HANA (Cloud private edition). |
Procurement Manager
An agent to manage the procurement process within the SAP Ariba system.
SAP Ariba
| Agents | Description |
|---|---|
| Purchase Order with Ariba | Manages purchase orders in SAP Ariba procurement management system. |
| Supplier Management with Ariba | Manages suppliers in SAP Ariba procurement management system. |
| Catalog Management with Ariba | Searches into catalog within SAP Ariba procurement system. |
| Purchase Requisition with Ariba | Manages purchase requisition creation within the SAP Ariba procurement system. |
| Purchase Requisition Approval with Ariba | Manages purchase requisition approval within the SAP Ariba procurement system. |
Supplier Management Manager
An agent to manage across different agents catering to supplier management in SAP S/4HANA.
SAP S/4HANA
| Agents | Description |
|---|---|
| Supplier Management | Manages suppliers in SAP S/4HANA. |
| Catalog Management | Manages materials in SAP S/4HANA. |
Oracle Fusion
| Agents | Description |
|---|---|
| Supplier Management | Manages suppliers in Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement. |
Dun & Bradstreet (D&B)
| Agents | Description |
|---|---|
| Supplier Risk Insights | To help assess the various risks associated with potential or current suppliers using the Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) supplier information database. |
What to do next
To explore related tools, refer to the Procurement tools section.