AI for purchasing and operations
Stop buying before you have the full picture
When a rush request lands, Proton’s AI brings product matches, customer history and branch availability into the quote draft, before you commit more cash.
Current workflows
Spend less time investigating and make better buying decisions
Find the history behind an unfamiliar part
An unfamiliar description doesn’t always mean an unfamiliar part. Ask Pronto for the customer’s past quotes and purchases to help identify it. Use that history to start the supplier conversation, then confirm today’s price and lead time.
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Check your own stock before buying more
Before placing another buy, check what you already own. Proton brings branch availability and warehouse assignment into the draft, so your team can look for existing stock before committing cash or paying rush freight.
Catch the case-versus-each problem early
The right part in the wrong pack quantity is still the wrong buy. Proton flags uncertain product matches for review, and your buyer checks the selling unit and pack quantity before approval. Catch the mistake before it becomes stock you didn’t need.
Team handoffs
Keep repeat questions off your buyers’ desks
Researching a part once is enough. Record the confirmed part, source, quantity, and next step in shared account notes, so the next rep can use the answer without sending the same question back to purchasing.
Relevant capabilities
Put AI to work on the orders waiting for answers
Frequently asked questions
Proton brings your ERP data, product information and team knowledge into shared AI workflows, so purchasing and sales can find answers and move work forward together. Your ERP remains the record for transactions; your planning tools handle forecasting and replenishment. Our in-house engineers connect your ERP, including legacy and custom systems, then configure the work around how your team buys and sells.
Yes. Proton can show live stock by branch in the product view, so your team can see where an item is available before making a promise. Our engineers enable the branch-stock connection for your ERP and confirm which quantities, units and availability rules it returns. Your team still confirms fulfillment and delivery timing, with the stock information in front of them.
Yes. Proton can help identify the item, check connected warehouse stock and research alternatives when your own stock won’t cover the request. Your buyers review substitutes and decide which suppliers to approach. Supplier requests and marketplace sourcing are scoped engineering work: we build the workflow around the suppliers and data selected for your project, so the team has a clear path from finding an option to requesting a quote.
Yes, through a tailored supplier-quoting rollout. The workflow brings bids together so you can compare quantities, lead times and drop-ship options, including quotes received by phone or email. Your team chooses the supplier, with a record of who made the choice. Selecting a winning bid does not send a purchase order. We work with you to configure supplier participation, approvals and the next step into your purchasing process.
We can help remove the second round of typing when a customer order becomes a spot-buy or drop-ship purchase. Vendor PO creation and sales-order linking require a scoped custom build. Our engineers design how the shared order details reach your ERP, while your buyers define supplier choices, approvals and delivery instructions. The goal is fewer re-entered fields and a clear handoff from sales to purchasing.
Yes. Proton gives purchasing and sales a shared place to use the order information connected from your ERP. Our engineers configure the relevant statuses, quantities and account assignments, including the data needed to show backorders accurately. Your team can see what is outstanding and decide who follows up, without rebuilding the story from separate messages. Reports and customer-update workflows are configured around the data you actually provide.
Yes. Proton can bring selling units, pack quantities, coverage and minimum-order details together so your team can check them before placing an order. We configure the relevant product fields and ERP rules around how you buy and sell. Converting square feet into bags, for example, needs a defined conversion and workflow that we scope with you. Your team reviews uncertain quantities before they become an order correction.
Yes. Proton can help your buyers examine buying patterns by customer, item and location, then use that context in stocking decisions. We configure agents around the reports, rankings and business rules your team wants to use, so the analysis reflects how your branches work. Your buyers review the findings alongside supplier lead times and their existing planning tools. Forecasting and replenishment stay in that planning process; Proton makes customer history easier to put to work.
