Agents for procurement operations

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 with Coupa

Handles supplier invoices within the Coupa procurement system.

Blocked Supplier Invoices with Coupa

Handles blocked supplier invoices and match them within the Coupa procurement system.

Supplier Search with Coupa

Gets supplier information within the Coupa procurement system.

RFP Document with Coupa

An intelligent procurement agent that guides users through the complete RFP creation workflow.

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 Orders with Ariba

Manages purchase order retrieval in Ariba Business Network.

Invoice Manager with Ariba

Manages routing user requests to the most relevant agent working under it.

Supplier Invoices with Ariba

Handles invoice retrieval in Ariba Procurement Platform.

Invoice Exception Handling with Ariba

An agent to resolve blocked, exception or reconciling invoices by performing 3-way match (Invoice, Purchase Order, and Receipt) in SAP Ariba.

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.

Goods Receipt with Ariba

Create goods receipts and retrieve receipt information from SAP Ariba.

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 Tools for procurement operations section.