AI Purchase Order Confirmation: Report and Recommendation<\/p>\n
We invest millions in ERPs, but run our supply chains on Outlook and Excel. EDI handles our strategic partners. Portals suffer from low adoption. As a result, the messy reality of Purchase Order confirmations, date changes, and exceptions defaults right back to email.<\/p>\n
Despite having best-of-breed software systems (ERP, MRP, planning tools), most manufacturers hit the same wall when it comes to the messy reality of communicating and collaborating with suppliers.<\/p>\n
A new report from Glacis puts a hard number on what this actually costs us.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udc49Their data shows buyers spend 60-70% of their time just managing confirmations. For a $1.5B manufacturer, that translates to 30 FTEs and millions tied up in safety stock and expedites just to manage the delay.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udc49Read the report here (safe link): https:\/\/docsend.com\/v\/6snj8\/a_ja<\/p>\n
\u2705 I had the chance to review the Glacies solution. They frame it perfectly: AI as the „Anti-Portal.“ Instead of begging suppliers to log into yet another system, their AI agent works with the existing tools: a company’s inbox. It extracts data from emails and attachments, validates it, and updates the ERP in real time. The brilliance is that it requires zero change from the supplier. Portals failed because they demanded adoption.<\/p>\n
I highly recommend reading the report if you are a procurement leader looking to drive real operational efficiency. Thanks and Kudos to Philipp Gutheim and the Glacis team.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
AI Purchase Order Confirmation: Report and Recommendation We invest millions in ERPs, but run our supply chains on Outlook and Excel. EDI handles our strategic partners. Portals suffer from low adoption. As a result, the messy reality of Purchase Order confirmations, date changes, and exceptions defaults right back to email. Despite having best-of-breed software systems (ERP, MRP, planning tools), most manufacturers hit the same wall when it comes to the messy reality of communicating and collaborating with suppliers. A new report from Glacis puts a hard number on what this actually costs us. \ud83d\udc49Their data shows buyers spend 60-70% of their time just managing confirmations. For a $1.5B manufacturer, that translates to 30 FTEs and millions tied up in safety stock and expedites just to manage the delay. \ud83d\udc49Read the report here (safe link): https:\/\/docsend.com\/v\/6snj8\/a_ja \u2705 I had the chance to review the Glacies solution. They frame it perfectly: AI as the „Anti-Portal.“ Instead of begging suppliers to log into yet another system, their AI agent works with the existing tools: a company’s inbox. It extracts data from emails and attachments, validates it, and updates the ERP in real time. The brilliance is that it requires zero change from the supplier. Portals failed because they demanded adoption. I highly recommend reading the report if you are a procurement leader looking to drive real operational efficiency. Thanks and Kudos to Philipp Gutheim and the Glacis team.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n