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Eliminate Maverick Spending with AI-Powered Guided Buying
Zycus Guided Buying simplifies procurement by leveraging Merlin Intake to power conversational buying experience
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An Intelligent Guide to Effortless Procurement
Effortless Navigation for Every User
Effortless Navigation for Every User
Intuitive Interface: Conversational AI integrated into Microsoft Teams guides users through the procurement process, regardless of technical expertise. No more getting lost in menus or complex workflows.
Contextual Help: Get instant assistance and relevant policy information right within the workflow. Zycus Merlin Assist eliminates the need for searching through manuals or contacting colleagues for clarification.
Streamlined Approvals for Faster Turnaround
Streamlined Approvals for Faster Turnaround
Automated Workflows: Eliminate manual routing and delays with intelligent workflows based on purchase type, value, etc.
Real-time Visibility: Track progress with clear notifications and updates.
One-Click Approvals for Common Items: Speed up approvals for frequently purchased goods and services.
Proactive Risk Management
Proactive Risk Management
Real-Time Compliance Checks: Zycus Merlin Assist flags potential compliance issues during the intake process, ensuring adherence to company policies and regulations before purchases are made.
Supplier Risk Analysis: Identify and mitigate potential supplier risks based on past performance data and external sources.
Automated Audit Trails: Maintain complete records of all procurement activities, reducing errors and fraud risk.
Intelligent Supplier Discovery
Intelligent Supplier Discovery
AI-Powered Supplier Intelligence: Understand the historic relevance and contract terms of suppliers.
Automated Price Comparisons: Get real-time price quotes from multiple vendors to ensure the best deals.
Reduce Maverick Spending: Guide users toward preferred suppliers and contracts to ensure cost-effective and compliant purchases.
Zycus Guided Buying Advantages
Highly Compliant
Ensures all purchases align with procurement policies, reducing risks and improving governance.
Intuitive User Experience
Simplifies procurement with AI-driven assistance, making purchasing effortless and efficient.
Faster Purchases
Automated workflows streamline procurement, enabling quick approvals and order processing.
Empower Your Source-to-Pay With GenAI-Powered Apps
Quick Source
Quickly identify top suppliers with AI-driven sourcing, RFx, and bid analysis.
Mitigation Genie
Monitor supplier risks effortlessly with real-time summaries and automated assessments.
Extract Genie
Extract obligations from contracts automatically to improve compliance.
Smart Desk
Scoring Pro
Score supplier responses quickly with GenAI, analyzing strengths, weaknesses, and conciseness.
Analytics
Transform data into actionable insights with GenAI, driving S2P improvements.
Trusted by 500+ leading brands
WHAT SETS US AHEAD
Caters to evolving business needs
Harnessing AI to ensure efficient catalog management, streamlined requisitions, automated invoicing and up-to-date virtual catalogs from trusted suppliers
Boost procurement adoption
Intuitive user experience with real-time insights maximizes adoption rates, empowering your team to embrace procurement processes seamlessly
Seamlessly integrated procurement
Effortless procurement through seamlessly integrated procurement platform that works harmoniously to enhance efficiency and further boost adoption rates
Hear From Our Customers
โThe process with Zycus has been very good, very strong. The process that has improved the most with Zycusโ digitization has been our true visibility on spend on a one-click basis. Something that used to take us weeks is now done in 2 seconds.โ
Gabriel Kiewek
Chief Operating Officer
โThere were a lot of competing deadlines, but Zycus was open to engage regarding the challenges we experienced and responsive towards developing a solution. The team at Zycus displays a collaborative and solutions-oriented approach.โ
Head of Non Trade Procurement
Iโm excited to share my experience with implementing Gen-AI Merlin Assist in our organization. This AI-powered tool has transformed how we manage Source-to-Pay requests, providing real-time notifications to keep us informed and enabling seamless on-the-go approvals.
Iโm impressed with Zycus for providing a single platform that fosters team collaboration and customizing solutions to meet our needs at Regeneron. Their quick turnaround on change requests has been excellent. They are a great company to work with.
โThe process with Zycus has been very good, very strong. The process that has improved the most with Zycusโ digitization has been our true visibility on spend on a one-click basis. Something that used to take us weeks is now done in 2 seconds.โ
Gabriel Kiewek
Chief Operating Officer
โThere were a lot of competing deadlines, but Zycus was open to engage regarding the challenges we experienced and responsive towards developing a solution. The team at Zycus displays a collaborative and solutions-oriented approach.โ
Head of Non Trade Procurement
Zycus Named in Gartnerโs Magic Quadrant for Source-to-Pay Suites 2024
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Guided buying is a procurement approach where users (e.g. business stakeholders) are steered via catalogs, policies, and workflows to make compliant purchases that align with procurement strategy.
Zycusโ guided buying leverages catalogs, embedded policies, approval workflows, and real-time alerts to guide users to compliant choices while reducing maverick spend.
Guided buying reduces rogue purchasing, ensures compliance, improves spend visibility, speeds up procurement cycles, and increases cost control.
Benefits include lower maverick spend, faster purchasing cycles, better compliance, higher user adoption, and improved spend analytics.
Yes โ Zycusโ guided buying can integrate with existing ERP, procurement, and finance systems to enable seamless data flow and unified operations.
It enforces compliance via embedded rules, catalog restrictions, approval workflows, role-based controls, and alerts for policy deviations.
Guided buying reduces rogue purchasing, ensures compliance, improves spend visibility, speeds up procurement cycles, and increases cost control.
Benefits include lower maverick spend, faster purchasing cycles, better compliance, higher user adoption, and improved spend analytics.
Yes โ Zycusโ guided buying can integrate with existing ERP, procurement, and finance systems to enable seamless data flow and unified operations.
It enforces compliance via embedded rules, catalog restrictions, approval workflows, role-based controls, and alerts for policy deviations.
While especially powerful for indirect procurement, guided buying can also be extended to direct spend categories, especially for standard, non-engineered items.
Unlike static catalogs, guided buying adds intelligence via policy rules, real-time guidance, exception handling, and user context to improve decision-making.
By providing intuitive UI, recommended options, compliance guidance, and reduced friction, users are more likely to adopt procurement systems rather than bypass them.
Useful metrics include reduction in maverick spend, compliance rate, average order cycle time, user adoption rate, and savings achieved.
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