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Mercatus

Compare pricing, place orders, and pay suppliers automatically.

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Capabilities

Everything Mercatus does.

Supplier Price Comparison

See every supplier's price before you commit.

Mercatus compares live pricing across every supplier on file for a given SKU, factoring in lead time and freight, so the cheapest number isn't always the only number that matters.

  • Side-by-side pricing across every supplier on file
  • Lead time and freight factored into the comparison
  • Historical pricing trends per supplier
  • Flags a better deal automatically when one appears
3 supplierscompared per SKU on average
Supplier Price Comparison — SKU-104A
live pricing
Meridian Textiles
$4.05
Northgate Supply
$3.82
Anchor & Co.
$4.20
↓ Northgate Supply is $0.23 less than current

Purchase Order Automation

From approved plan to purchase order, automatically.

Once a recommendation is approved, Mercatus turns it into a purchase order automatically, standard terms applied, routed for approval, and tracked from sent to confirmed.

  • Approved recommendations become POs without re-entry
  • Standard terms and templates applied per supplier
  • Approval routing before anything is sent
  • Status tracked from sent to confirmed
1 clickfrom approved plan to PO
Purchase Order Automation
no re-entry
1Draft
2Sent
3Confirmed
4Paid
PO-1042 · MeridianDraft
PO-1039 · NorthgateSent
PO-1031 · Anchor & Co.Confirmed

Automated Supplier Payments

Payment happens the moment fulfillment does.

Mercatus routes payment to your accounting software automatically once an order is confirmed fulfilled, no invoice to chase, no manual entry to reconcile.

  • Payment triggers on confirmed fulfillment, not an emailed invoice
  • Routes straight to your accounting software
  • Matches invoice to PO before anything is paid
  • Full payment history per supplier
0invoices chased manually
Automated Supplier Payments
triggers on fulfillment
$48.2k
Invoiced
$44.2k
Matched
$44.2k
Paid

Invoice Reconciliation

Catch a mismatch before it becomes a payment.

Every supplier invoice is matched against its purchase order automatically, price, quantity, and terms, so a mismatch gets flagged before it's paid, not after.

  • Auto-matches every invoice to its original PO
  • Flags price or quantity mismatches before payment
  • Cuts manual AP reconciliation to near zero
  • Full audit trail for every payment made
0manual invoice matching
Invoice Reconciliation
auto-matched
POFieldExpectedInvoiced
PO-1042Qty1,2001,180!
PO-1039Price$3.82$3.95!
PO-1031Total$6,420$6,420
PO-1028Total$2,980$2,980

FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

Mercatus turns an approved plan directly into a purchase order, compares supplier pricing automatically, and pays suppliers once an order is fulfilled. There's no email thread to lose track of and no spreadsheet of PO numbers to keep current by hand.

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