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How it works · Flow F6

Requisition to vendor payment with a three-way match

Requisitions, supplier discovery, RFQs, comparison, purchase orders, goods receipt, bill capture, 3-way match and payment run in one governed chain.

What the Procure to pay flow does

Procure to Pay covers buying from suppliers and paying them correctly.

A requisition is raised by hand or by a reorder rule, then approved per DoA. A supplier discovery agent proposes approved vendors and new candidates. RFQs go out and quotations are captured by parsing email. A comparison matrix ranks price, lead time, quality score and terms. Negotiation messages are drafted by an agent (A2) and sent by a human. The PO is issued (R3) and acknowledged in the vendor portal.

Goods arrive and are received with a quality check in Inventory. The supplier bill is captured by OCR and matched three ways: PO, goods receipt and bill. Mismatches go to an exception queue. Matches go to payment scheduling, which needs R4 approval before a bank or UPI payout. TDS and GST input credit are handled, the ledger is posted and the vendor score is updated.

Procurement and Inventory are Operations modules planned for W4 (Year 3). Payments through bank or UPI rely on licensed partners.

Every step on this page is an Action: a typed verb with a risk tier (R0 read-only to R4 irreversible or financial), a permission check and a reversibility class. Agents and humans call the same Actions, so the same approval rules apply whether a person clicks a button or a Digital Employee acts.

Procure to pay, step by step

Thirteen steps. Money moves only after a human approves.

  1. 1

    1. Requisition

    **Operations · Procurement · Inventory.** Raised by a person or by a reorder rule.

  2. 2

    2. Approval per DoA

    **Human gate · Approvals Inbox.** The requisition is approved per the delegation-of-authority matrix.

  3. 3

    3. Supplier discovery

    **Supplier discovery agent (Procurement).** Proposes approved vendors and new candidates with evidence.

  4. 4

    4. RFQ and quotation capture

    **Operations · Procurement.** RFQs are sent and quotations captured by parsing supplier emails.

  5. 5

    5. Comparison matrix

    **Procurement.** Price, lead time, quality score and terms side by side.

  6. 6

    6. Negotiation drafts (A2)

    **Procurement agent.** Drafts negotiation messages. A human reviews and sends.

  7. 7

    7. Issue the PO (R3)

    **Human gate.** The purchase order is issued and the vendor acknowledges it in the vendor portal.

  8. 8

    8. Goods receipt and quality check

    **Operations · Inventory & Warehouse.** GRN with a quality check.

  9. 9

    9. Bill capture by OCR

    **Finance · Accounts · Document Extractor utility agent.** The bill is read and fields extracted.

  10. 10

    10. Three-way match

    **Finance · Accounts.** PO, GRN and bill are matched.

  11. 11

    11. Exception queue

    **Finance.** Mismatches go to a human exception queue.

  12. 12

    12. Payment scheduling and approval (R4)

    **Human gate.** Payment is scheduled and approved with a second factor before a bank or UPI payout via a licensed partner.

  13. 13

    13. Tax, ledger and vendor score

    **Finance · Accounts · Tax Engine.** TDS and GST input credit, ledger posting and a vendor score update.

Segregation of duties

The same principal — or two agents with the same owner — cannot both create and approve a payment or a new vendor. This applies across human–agent pairs where the human owns the agent.

Wave

Procurement and Inventory are planned for W4 (Year 3). They are not part of the Year-1 product.

Questions about this flow

Can an agent pay a supplier?

No. Payment approval is R4. It always needs a human approval and a second factor.

What happens when the bill does not match?

It goes to an exception queue for a person to resolve. Nothing is paid on a mismatch.

Who sends negotiation emails?

An agent drafts them at A2. A human reviews and sends.

How are bank details in invoices handled?

A bank account read from an email is evidence for a proposed change only. Changing vendor bank details goes through an approved path with a human.

When is this flow planned?

Procurement and Inventory are planned for W4, in Year 3.

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