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Streamline procurement intake with Zycusโ€™ Agentic AI-powered Merlin Intake solution. Handle high-volume requests, ensure compliance, and accelerate decision-making in the fast-paced consumer goods sector.

Intake Management Solution Consumer Goods

98%

Medical supply availability

30%

Faster procurement cycles

80%

Less manual paperwork

90%

Spend under management

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Reinvent Procurement Intake in Consumer Goods

Intake Management Solution Consumer Goods
Intake Management Solution Consumer Goods
Intake Management Solution Consumer Goods
Intake Management Solution Consumer Goods
Intake Management Solution Consumer Goods
Intake Management Solution Consumer Goods

Overwhelming Number

Overwhelming number of purchase and service intake requests.

Risk of Non-Complianc

Risk of non-compliance with procurement policies and standards.

Lack of Real-time

Lack of real-time visibility into procurement pipeline and bottlenecks.

Zycus Merlin Intake

How Zycus Merlin Intake Solves Intake for Consumer Goods

Conversational AI

Conversational AI captures requests across Teams, Slack, and portals.

Policy Adherence

Policy Adherence Engine ensures compliant intake routing every time.

Unified Intake Agent

Unified Intake Agent classifies, prioritizes, and routes requests autonomously.

How Zycus Drives Consumer Goods Efficiency

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Conversational AI

Conversational AI Interface for intuitive request submission.

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Unified Dashboard

Unified dashboard for intake request tracking, prioritization, and approvals.

SUppliers collaboration hub

Policy Embedding

Policy embedding for automatic compliance across procurement workflows.

Optimized Procurement Efficiency-

Smart Vendor Onboarding

Accelerate supplier approvals with risk and performance insights

Improved Supplier Relations

Smart Auto-Classification

Smart auto-classification of purchase and service categories.

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Real-time Collaboration

Real-time collaboration across procurement, legal, and finance teams.

Procurement Intake Transformation for Consumer Goods

Additional Cost Savings
Greater Efficiency
Reduced Risk Exposure
User Adoption

Why Zycus Merlin Intake is Built for Consumer Goods

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Purpose-built AI

Purpose-built AI to manage high-volume, high-velocity intake environments.

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Real-time Intake Visibility

Real-time intake visibility that drives faster, smarter business decisions.

Enhanced Spend Control

Strategic Focus

Free up procurement teams to focus on value-added initiatives

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Gartner Magic Quadrant For P2P suites

Zycus recognized by Gartner for the 4th Consecutive Year for
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Intake Management for Consumer Goods is a tailored solution that captures, qualifies, and routes procurement requests specific to consumer goods companiesโ€”such as brand development, packaging, logistics, and marketing inputs. It ensures process consistency, compliance, and speed across high-volume, fast-moving product environments.

Consumer goods companies operate with fast product cycles, multiple SKUs, and frequent collaboration across R&D, packaging, marketing, and operations. Automating intake ensures requests are tracked, prioritized, and approved efficiently reducing rework, improving visibility, and aligning procurement with business priorities.

Zycusโ€™ intake management solution allows configurable request forms, approval routing, and validation logic tailored to consumer goods needs, covering brand approvals, packaging compliance, sustainability requirements, and vendor qualifications. It integrates seamlessly with ERP and procurement systems.

Organizations typically achieve faster request turnaround, better collaboration across teams, improved spend visibility, reduced duplicate requests, and stronger alignment between procurement and marketing or product teams. This leads to more agile and predictable procurement planning.

Yes. The system scales effortlessly to manage large volumes of requests during seasonal peaks, new product launches, or promotional campaigns. Automated prioritization and routing ensure time-sensitive requests move quickly while maintaining control and compliance.

Yes. Zycus Intake Management integrates with supply chain platforms, PLM systems, and major ERP suites. Once a request is approved, it flows seamlessly into downstream procurement or production workflows, ensuring continuity and real-time visibility.

Governance is maintained through built-in policy checks, approval thresholds, validation rules, audit trails, and conditional routing. This ensures every request adheres to company standards, regulatory requirements, and sustainability goals.

Procurement teams, supply chain planners, brand managers, marketing, and finance departments all benefit. They gain centralized visibility into demand, faster approvals, and improved coordination across departments, leading to more efficient decision-making.

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