Purchasing
Watches BOM shortages and min stock, sends RFQs to your suppliers, and compares the prices and lead times that come back.
How it works
From trigger to outcome.
An upcoming job triggers a material check, Arzana flags shortages automatically.
6061-T6-PLT-0.5
Alum Plate 0.500"
12
SHT
303-SS-RND-0.75
SS Round Bar 0.750"
20
BAR
6061-T6-PLT-0.25
Alum Plate 0.250"
8
SHT
4140-STL-RND-1.0
Steel Round 1.000"
6
BAR
6061-T6-PLT-0.5 below reorder point
Need 12, only 3 on hand, shortage of 9
Setup
Live in 30 to 60 days.
On site
Connect your ERP for BOMs, stock levels, and open jobs. Load your vendor list with what each one is qualified to supply. A forward deployed engineer spends a week on your floor, interviewing your team and mapping your data.
Build
We train Purchasing against your own history, document formats, and pricing rules, not an industry template.
Beta
Your team runs it on live jobs, next to the current process. We fix what it misses before you switch over.
Live
Written into your ERP. Data hosted in a secure environment. Arzana keeps you on frontier models, with continuous agent retraining.
Why Purchasing
Results you can measure.
Shortages caught before they hit the schedule
Every qualified vendor quoted, every time
POs on price and lead time, not habit
Receiving and vendor history built as it goes
No purchase order keyed by hand
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Quoting
Prices incoming RFQs off your own cost model and your past jobs, and returns a complete quote with the breakdown behind it.
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Estimating
Reads prints, models, and spec sheets from RFQ emails and builds a BOM- and router-derived estimate in minutes.
Learn morePurchasing, frequently asked questions
How does Arzana's Purchasing tool work?
Watches BOM shortages and min stock, sends RFQs to your suppliers, and compares the prices and lead times that come back. It is built against your history, document formats, and pricing rules, and writes back into the ERP you already run.
How long does it take to set up Purchasing?
30 to 60 days to go live. A forward deployed engineer spends a week on your floor. Setup begins with: Connect your ERP for BOMs, stock levels, and open jobs. Load your vendor list with what each one is qualified to supply.
Does Purchasing integrate with my existing ERP?
Yes. Arzana integrates with manufacturing ERPs including Epicor, Infor, JobBoss, E2, Plex, IQMS, Label Traxx, Global Shop, SAP, QuickBooks, NetSuite, Sage, IFS, Microsoft Dynamics, and Prophet 21. We also integrate with CRM platforms like Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, and Zoho, and email systems including Gmail and Outlook. We build custom integrations at no additional cost.
What kind of accuracy does Purchasing achieve?
Arzana's Purchasing tool achieves 99%+ accuracy on data processing, document extraction, and automated workflows. Every AI model is trained specifically on your data, your catalog, and your historical transactions, which means accuracy improves over time as the system learns your operation's patterns and edge cases.