The source
What comes in
- PO, receipt or invoice exports with a defined basis
- Supplier and item/category mappings
- Currency basis and reporting period
Procurement spend analysis agent The spend is there.
The spend is there.
The comparison takes work.
LaunchAI reconciles supplier, item and category records, organizes comparable transactions and puts the evidence behind each opportunity.
The job in one minute
What the agent takes off your desk.
Procurement spend analysis groups purchasing data to show where money goes and where a buyer should investigate. LaunchAI can assemble and classify records across existing reports. The analysis should distinguish ordered, received and invoiced values, and keep opportunity estimates separate from verified savings.
The finish
What comes out
A reconciled spend view and an evidence-linked opportunity list.
Your rules
Who owns the decision
The buyer and the responsible team keep commercial, qualification and financial authority. The agent does the permitted work and brings exceptions to their owner.
At the buyer’s desk
The work is spread across several windows.
Two plants buy the same item under different supplier names. One invoice includes freight; another lists it separately. The spreadsheet shows a price difference, but the buyer still has to establish whether the purchases are comparable.
Vendor aliases, inconsistent categories and credits can make the same purchase appear in several totals. A price difference may be caused by quantity breaks, freight or specification rather than a negotiating opportunity. Buyers need comparable transactions before they can make a savings claim.
How the agent does it
Same screens. Your rules. A checked result.
LaunchAI follows the purchasing task through your existing applications. Each step has a source to read, a rule to apply or an outcome to check.
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Choose the spending basis
Define whether the report measures commitments, receipts or invoices and state how credits and tax are treated.
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Reconcile the identities
Map vendor aliases, sites and item units. Keep unresolved classifications visible.
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Analyze comparable transactions
Group by supplier, category or site. Compare like specifications and quantities before highlighting price variance.
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Prepare buyer actions
Link each opportunity to its transactions and assumptions. Track realized results separately from modeled opportunities.
The detail that changes the job
What gets caught before the next step.
Two plants buy the same item, but one invoice includes freight and the other lists it separately.
Move the divider to see how the starting information becomes a checked outcome. The complete fields are in the table below.
| Field | Starting information | Checked outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Supplier | Two local aliases | One legal supplier with two sites |
| Price basis | Mixed freight treatment | Like-for-like cost basis |
| Savings | Raw price difference | Opportunity requiring validation |
Worked example, not a customer result. Values and documents illustrate what to test.
Exact rules. Context. A person where needed.
The exception has somewhere to go.
The agent needs to recognize the point where the next action depends on missing information or another person’s authority.
- A credit note reverses only part of an earlier invoice.
- A missing unit conversion makes two prices look different.
Define the allowed fields and actions in your software. A draft, an external commitment and an approved payment are different steps.
Show the working
Measure the work that actually gets done.
Agree on the baseline and the finish before the pilot. Count review and exception work as well as completed transactions.
Measure 01
Spend mapped to a known supplier and category
Measure 02
Unreconciled value in the report
Measure 03
Verified savings against an agreed baseline
The practical questions
What buyers ask.
Are identified opportunities the same as savings?
No. A price variance is a reason to investigate. Savings need an agreed baseline and evidence that the result was achieved.
Can this work without a new analytics platform?
An existing ERP report and spreadsheet may be sufficient for a first workflow. The demo should validate reconciliation and repeatability before adding scope.
Your applications. Your purchasing rules.
See the work happen on your screens.
We’ll scope the input, the saved output and the exception that needs your team.