AI Purchasing Suggestions Delivered Straight to the Buyers

The problem

In many manufacturers, purchasing intelligence still depends on one person who exports the MRP report, pastes it into a multi-page AI prompt, and emails three spreadsheets out. The buyers wait, the director becomes the bottleneck, and the purchasing team never gains an analytics surface of its own.

What this app does

A self-service purchasing workspace for the buying team. When MRP data refreshes, AI generates purchasing suggestions—item, recommended quantity, suggested vendor, rationale, urgency—and writes them into the app automatically. Buyers review, mark each suggestion Ordered / Hold / Skip, and the actions are tracked across cycles. The director is no longer in the middle.

Key takeaways

• Eliminates a recurring 30-minute manual export-and-prompt cycle
• Brings the purchasing team onto BI for the first time
• Action status persisted per cycle for review and learning
• Three coordinated views replace three emailed spreadsheets

Who it's for

Procurement and operations leaders at manufacturers who run material requirements planning and want their buyers acting on AI-prioritized recommendations without depending on a single human pipeline.

Get AI purchase recs in front of your buyers

See how Domo can turn your MRP data into a live, action-ready purchasing workspace your buying team owns. Request a tailored build that fits your cycle and vendor master.

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