Purchasing · Material requirements · Suppliers
Supply chain & purchasing Status:Coming Q1 2027
Shortages show up before the line stops
Cardo Maximus supply chain and purchasing, for factories of 30 to 300 people: requisitions, supplier quotes and price comparison, purchase orders, returns and credit notes will run along one line. Material requirements will be calculated from orders, forecasts and inventory, turning into requisitions for what you buy and production orders for what you make. What's short, which supplier to buy from and when it arrives will be one lookup away.
You can see a walkthrough today: leave your contact details and we'll set it up.
Where you are today
From requisition to credit note, one line
The floor raises a requisition for what's short; purchasing gets quotes from several suppliers, compares prices and turns the winner into a purchase order. If a delivery has problems, returns and credit notes stay attached to the same order. Long-term suppliers get framework agreements, so prices and terms aren't renegotiated every time.
- Requisition to quote comparison to purchase order
- Returns and credit notes on the same line
- Framework agreements
What to buy, what to make: worked out first
From orders, forecasts and inventory, the system works out when each material runs short and by how much, and checks whether capacity is enough. Planned orders become requisitions for what you buy and production orders for what you make.
- Material requirements and master scheduling
- Capacity requirements check
- Planned orders convert to requisitions or production orders automatically
Which suppliers are reliable? Let the record speak
The supplier master holds several contacts, ratings and inspection-exempt status. Each supplier's delivery, quality, quote response and payment are laid out on one page, so you know who to buy from next time. Consigned material and customer-supplied material are kept clearly separate by ownership.
- Supplier master with several contacts and ratings
- Inspection-exempt status
- Supplier ratings on four measures
- Clear ownership of consigned and customer-supplied material
Exchange rates, freight and ports, right where purchasing works
Exchange rates, bulk commodity prices, freight indices, port conditions and carrier updates all flow in. Screen sanctions lists before you export, and see natural disaster alerts as soon as they're issued.
- Exchange rates and bulk commodity prices
- Freight indices and port conditions
- Carriers and trade statistics
- Sanctions list screening
- Natural disaster alerts
FAQ
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When can we use it, and what can we use now?
Q1 2027. The pre-start material check, scanned receiving, transfers, inventory and expiry tracking are available now in Production and Warehouse & materials; when purchasing arrives, it connects to the same system, with no data to rebuild.
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Is this SCM? How is it different from purchasing in an ERP?
It's purchasing and material planning (MRP, MPS), plus outside supply chain intelligence. The difference is one set of data: requisitions come from calculated shortages, and purchase orders connect to the floor's production orders, inventory and accounting, with nothing to move between two systems.
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We make to order and also make to stock. Can it plan both?
Yes. Make-to-order demand comes from orders and make-to-stock demand from forecasts, and both are planned together; planned orders become requisitions for what you buy and production orders for what you make.
Turn your potential into tomorrow's edge.
The first step is small: tell us how you run things today. We map it for free and tell you where to start. No pitch for the whole system.
Nothing you set up now goes to waste: get the warehouse and production live first, and the data carries over when purchasing connects. See a walkthrough now; it's the same free assessment.
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