Restricted-party screening happens in another tool, after the order is drafted.
Manufacturing and procurement
Let the procurement agent place routine orders, and keep buyers on the hard calls
Competitive tooling orders go through without a buyer touching them. A supplier with a denied-party match is stopped, and a single-source order goes to the category manager.
Connecting the agent? See the developer guide for Manufacturing & Supply Chain
A part only one supplier makes
The single-source order from the simulator, and the decision it eventually needs.
Supply chain director
Wants routine orders placed without a buyer, so the team can spend time on supplier development.
Category manager
Gets the $72,000 single-source order with the supplier’s history, and approves it.
Compliance officer
Sees the same part held every month, proposes accepting the single-source risk, and names the supply chain director as approver.
Where procurement agents stall
The agent can compare bids. What slows adoption is everything around the award.
Single-source and budget exceptions go to email and wait there.
When a supplier question comes up in a quality review, nobody can show why that supplier won.
Operations decisions to connect first
Start where orders are frequent and the approval thresholds already exist.
Purchase order awards
Check denied-party screening, budget, and supplier concentration before the agent awards an order.
Quality holds and release
A proposed lot release that misses your criteria waits for quality, with the inspection facts attached.
Disruption rerouting
When the agent reroutes a shipment, the delay signal and approval stay with the change for the next shift.
Why plant and supply teams adopt it
Screening before the award
A denied-party match stops the order, instead of turning up in a later check.
Thresholds your team owns
Procurement proposes a limit, sees its effect in Shadow, and compliance approves it for production.
Answers in supplier reviews
Each award keeps the bids, the screening result, and who approved any exception.
Built-in handoff
A recurring supplier risk lands with its owner
Supply chain director
Compliance proposes accepting the risk and names you as the approver. You decide, with reminders, and the accepted risk comes back for review.
See the six role portals and how work moves between themStart with one category of spend
Tooling, maintenance, or packaging: pick a category where orders are frequent and the approval limits are known.