Quoting & Procurement
This stage happens in your existing tools — MetisLogic connects to it, not the other way around.
This is an external stage. Quoting and procurement happen in your existing tools — ERP, spreadsheets, distributor portals, or direct supplier relationships. MetisLogic does not manage this process; it connects to it through real-time inventory visibility.
Overview
MetisLogic is designed to work alongside the quoting, procurement tools and supplier relationships your team already uses — not to replace them. External quoting tools can take advantage of inventory information from MetisLogic. External ERP or purchasing systems creating Purchase orders can take advantage of receipt data from MetisLogic.
The connection between these external stages and MetisLogic flows in both directions: inventory data from MetisLogic informs quoting decisions, and purchasing decisions made externally can be reflected back from MetisLogic when parts are received without requiring POs to be pre-entered in MetisLogic.
Inventory visibility during quoting
Before a quote goes out, knowing what's already on the shelf changes what needs to be purchased — and what lead times you can commit to. Quoting from existing stock reduces both cost and turnaround time compared to sourcing everything new.
MetisLogic gives your team real-time visibility into available inventory: including user defined tags, tracked by location, with quantities, date codes, and all other data captured during receiving, visible to anyone who needs to check. The same view is available to anyone with access.
Connection to Procurement tools
Traditional ERP and accounting systems are built to record transactions, and most systems treat "received" and "accepted" as the same event. As a result, creating clean, accurate receipt records can be unnecessarily burdensome. With MetisLogic teams can confirm that materials have physically arrived while they complete inspection, documentation, or other required reviews — without prematurely adding those materials to available inventory or sending a payable receipt to the ERP. Once the materials pass the defined inventory gate, teams can update the connected system with a clean, accepted receipt. Operations gains immediate visibility into what has arrived, while Finance sees only what has been approved for inventory and is ready for payment.
See how MetisLogic connects to your workflow
Request a demo and we will walk through how quoting, purchasing, and receiving connect in practice — including how existing inventory shows up during the quoting process.