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Category spend analytics

More than an AI agent for procurement—meet your new category insights and strategy specialist.

Hire Rio As Your Newest Procurement Team Member

Rio works like a true team member—analyzing spend, tracking suppliers, and supporting sourcing decisions. It connects to your ERP, market data, and collaboration tools to assist category managers, automate tasks, and keep strategies on track.

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Gain real-time Visibility into Spend

Consolidate fragmented spend data into unified dashboards for a clear, real-time view of purchasing across your organization.

 
 
Purchase Order Approvals

End the Approval Black Box

When PO approvals lack visibility, it leads to confusion, delays, and repeated follow-ups. Rio gives all stakeholders real-time access to PO status and approval chains, eliminating guesswork and improving accountability. Stay informed from request to receipt.

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Enforce Procurement Policies Without the Extra Work

Manually validating every PO against internal policies is time-consuming—and easy to overlook. Rio automates policy enforcement by checking each PO for compliance before it's issued, ensuring every order aligns with your procurement standards. Stay compliant without slowing things down.

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Cut Procurement Costs Without Cutting Corners

High labor costs stem from repetitive tasks like chasing approvals and managing supplier updates. Rio reduces overhead by automating routine workflows—freeing up your team to focus on strategic work. Drive efficiency without sacrificing control.

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Integrated Energy Company

Rio for Accounts Payable Automation allowed financial analysts to reduce invoice processing time from an average of 16 hours per invoice to just 2 hours, significantly increasing daily invoice processing capacity from 0.5–4 invoices per day to a substantially higher volume.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What exactly can a digital team member do for category management? A digital team member like Rio can analyze spend data, monitor supplier performance, automate reporting, and surface sourcing opportunities. It acts as a real-time assistant, helping category managers make data-driven decisions faster.
How does it integrate with our existing systems? Rio is designed to connect with your ERP (like SAP), market intelligence platforms, and collaboration tools like Teams or Slack. It pulls in data and sends updates where your team already works.
Can it support sourcing events? Yes. Rio can help prepare data for RFx events, monitor supplier responses, and track sourcing timelines—all while keeping stakeholders in the loop.
Is it customizable for different categories or industries?

Absolutely. Rules, workflows, and dashboards can be tailored to match the needs of specific categories like IT, MRO, or logistics—and aligned to industry nuances.

What’s the ROI of adding a digital team member? Rio delivers real value by cutting down the time spent on data gathering, reporting, and supplier tracking—it does in one-seventh the time what it might take a human team member. That means faster insights, fewer delays, and more time for your team to focus on strategic work like supplier development and category planning. The result? Better decisions, stronger compliance, and measurable cost avoidance.

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