Every supplier decision
is a margin decision.

See where supplier cost, risk and quality reach your materials, plants, customer orders and margin. Act on the right response, with approval. Prove the value to Finance.

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Supplier Intelligence 11 capabilities · every feature in detail · consignment · security · approach
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  • Production-ready
  • Deployed in your cloud
  • SOC 2 & ISO 27001 controls
  • GDPR-aligned
  • D365 · SAP · Oracle · NetSuite · any system
The business case

The risk is real. So is the margin you can protect.

The cost of doing nothing

See tier-one supplier risk95%
See tier two or beyond42%

95% see tier-one supplier risk, but only 42% see tier two or beyond. The disruption that stops you is often a supplier you can't see.

McKinsey Supply Chain Risk Pulse, Dec 2025Read the research

Value is leaking now

12–18%

Last-minute off-contract buying drains 12–18% from every off-contract dollar. Negotiated value disappears between the contract and the purchase.

Accenture, Feb 2026, citing third-party researchRead the research

What leading companies achieve

8–15%cost savings
+5–15 ptson-time, in-full (OTIF)
−30–60%sourcing cycle time
60%of buyer capacity freed

Results reported where procurement workflows were redesigned around AI agents—not where tools were added to old processes.

BCG, Aug 2026Read the research

Waiting isn't neutral. Each quarter without a connected supplier view is a quarter of exposure and leakage you can't measure.

External research benchmarks, not Zeak customer results or promised returns. Survey populations, methods and use cases differ.

Key benefits

Improve supplier economics. Reduce supplier risk.

Supplier value leaks between the negotiated price and the realized margin. Supplier Intelligence makes each gap visible, gives it an owner and measures the result.

Improve supplier economics

  • Stop price leakage

    Procurement · Finance

    Compare contract, PO and invoice prices. Surface index gaps, missed rebates and off-contract spend before they reach margin.

    Measured byLeakage recovered
  • Award on total cost

    Category managers · Buyers

    Compare qualified options on landed cost, quality, lead time, terms and risk together, with tradeoffs visible before approval.

    Measured byNet cost improvement
  • Recover supplier-caused cost

    Quality · Finance

    Track scrap, rework, expedites, warranty and chargebacks caused by suppliers through to recovery.

    Measured byClaims recovered
  • Release working capital

    Finance · Treasury

    Evaluate payment terms, consignment and safety stock as one cash decision, supplier by supplier.

    Measured byWorking capital released

Reduce supplier risk

  • Protect revenue and service

    Operations · Supply chain

    Trace a late or failing supplier to the materials, plants, products and customer orders it affects—before commitments slip.

    Measured byRevenue exposure reduced
  • Cut the cost of poor supplier quality

    Quality · Operations

    Put delivery and quality evidence inside reviews, sourcing and corrective actions so repeat problems get fixed at the source.

    Measured bySupplier COPQ and OTIF
  • Stay audit- and compliance-ready

    Compliance · Quality · Legal

    Keep certifications, qualifications and supplier evidence current and on file, with expiry warnings and a recorded decision trail.

    Measured bySuppliers current and compliant
  • Decide faster, on exceptions

    All decision makers · Analysts

    Monitoring agents surface what changed; one decision view carries it from first signal to a verified, recorded result.

    Measured byDecision cycle time · analyst hours returned
Value Finance can stand behind. ✓ Agreed baseline ✓ Traceable calculations ✓ Negotiated, implemented and realized value kept separate ✓ No double counting
Built around your decisions

One supplier picture. Every team's question answered.

Procurement
CPO · VP Procurement · Category lead

Turn negotiated value into realized value.

Find the categories, suppliers and contracts where commercial value is leaking. Prioritize by opportunity and feasibility.

KPIs this team watches
Realized savingsOff-contract spendLeakage recovered
  • Compare contracted prices with actual buying, line by line
  • Prepare evidence-backed briefs for sourcing events and renewals
  • Track awards and savings from negotiation through implementation
Key features

One supplier lifecycle. Every decision connected.

Eleven capabilities share one supplier record, one body of evidence and one approval trail—from onboarding and sourcing to consignment, quality, risk and value recovery.

Download detailed features
70 features across 11 capabilities Open any capability to see what it does and the business benefit behind it.
Business benefit Review suppliers by the business they support—not just the dollars you spend.
Supplier 360 profile Score, risk, spend, delivery performance, open POs, certifications and relationship history in one view.
Portfolio segmentation Group suppliers by spend and risk into strategic, leverage, bottleneck and routine segments.
ERP enrichment Maintain tier, sole-source status, sites and qualification context beside synced supplier data.
Dependency chain & hidden criticals Trace supplier → material → BOM/formula → product → plant → customer order; find low-spend inputs with high impact.
Consolidated enterprise relationships Aggregate spend and dependence across legal entities, sites and acquisitions.
Multi-tier supplier mapping See the sub-tier suppliers behind critical materials and components.
Your requirements Start with the solution and extend it to how your company works—rapidly. See how to engage
Features are configured and phased to your scope, data and integrations. Rollout phase for each feature is agreed in your proposal.
The platform under every capability

Connect any system. Govern every decision.

Bring sites, business units and acquisitions into one supplier view—read, write or both—configured to your targets and controls.

Connected systems & data health

Microsoft Dynamics 365
SAP
Oracle
NetSuite

And any other ERP, QMS, LIMS, procure-to-pay, warehouse or custom system. D365 F&O sync—field mapping, connection tests and record reconciliation—is live today; other platforms connect through the integration layer, with mappings verified in discovery.

Your targets, roles & controls

Set delivery and quality targets, savings goals and your fiscal calendar. Control viewing, editing, approval and administration through roles.

Evidence you can inspect

Published formulas, source freshness and a decision history behind every score and value measure—tested on your own history before you expand.

AI where it earns its place
Not every supplier problem needs AI. Many need connected data and clear rules.

Zeak uses AI where it improves investigation, document review and recommendations. Administrators set what each rule may do, and consequential decisions always go to a person for approval—never self-approved.

The rule acts only inside the limits an administrator sets. Consequential decisions still go to a person for approval.

Eight specialist monitoring agents
Risk Score changes and new exposure
Contracts Renewals, terms and obligations
Quality Nonconformances and repeat events
Spend Off-contract and concentration
Delivery OTIF and lead-time drift
Finance Savings, rebates and recovery
Compliance Certifications and expiries
Network Dependencies and alternates
Industries

Same connected foundation. Your industry's definition of a good decision.

Most real companies don't fit one box. That's normal—capabilities are configured to your materials, risks and qualification rules.

Highly Regulated

Qualification, certificates, lot traceability and alternate-source readiness—without bypassing Quality.

  • Pharma
  • Biotechnology
  • Medical Devices
  • Food
  • Beverage
  • Cosmetics

Chemicals & Process

Index pricing, tolling, consignment, material substitution and the cost of quality or yield loss.

  • Specialty Chemicals
  • Commodity Chemicals
  • Process Manufacturing

Manufacturing

Part approvals, BOM dependencies and long-lead components. Prioritize risks that can stop the line.

  • Automotive
  • Industrial
  • Electrical
  • General Manufacturing

Semiconductors & Electronics

Allocation, end-of-life components and qualified alternate parts.

  • Components
  • Electronics Manufacturing

Aerospace & Defense

Long lead times, qualification, counterfeit exposure and controlled supplier data.

  • Primes
  • Tier Suppliers
  • MRO

CPG & Retail

Ingredient and packaging dependencies, supplier change notices and brand-level supply risk.

  • Consumer Goods
  • Private Label
  • Retail

Distribution & E-Commerce

Fill rate, price protection, rebates, consignment and supplier terms at scale.

  • Wholesale
  • Distribution
  • Online

Private Equity & Portfolio Companies

Shared supplier visibility across companies and ERPs; scope buying synergies while legacy systems remain.

  • Platform Acquisitions
  • Add-On Acquisitions

Industry-specific capabilities are configured and phased to your scope. Regulated workflows require use-case-specific design and validation.

Security and DevOps

Enterprise-grade by design. Production-ready by process.

Procurement, Finance, Quality and IT need the same confidence: clear access, explainable numbers, a record of what happened and releases that never surprise production.

Security and governance

Your cloud, your identityDeployed in your cloud environment with your identity provider and single sign-on.
SOC 2 and ISO 27001 controlsOperated under SOC 2 and ISO 27001 controls, with GDPR-aligned data handling.
Role-based accessViewing, editing, approval and administration separated by role.
Traceable calculationsPublished formulas and source evidence behind every score and value measure.
Recorded decisionsAudit history of actions and approvals, with retention aligned to your requirements.

DevOps and release management

Managed, versioned releasesEvery release versioned and documented, with a clear record of what changed.
Test before productionChanges promoted from your test environment to production under your change control.
Automated testingRegression testing on each release before it reaches your users.
Environment provisioningConsistent, repeatable environments for test, validation and production.
Monitoring and rollbackRelease health monitored, with a defined path back if something is wrong.
One release path for everythingProduct updates and your enhancements ship through the same governed path.
Why teams switch to Zeak

Six shifts. One connected supplier decision.

Why switch guide (PDF)
Supplier view 01
From Extracts, reports and alerts that each show one slice
To One supplier record connected to materials, plants, orders, quality and margin
Decisions 02
From Spreadsheets and email; the decision trail is lost
To Impact, options, owner and approval in one decision view
Value 03
From Savings claimed, rarely validated
To Negotiated, implemented and Finance-validated value kept separate
Teams 04
From Each function works from its own data
To Procurement, Finance, Operations, Quality and IT on one picture
Your process 05
From Workarounds, or costly customization
To Extended rapidly on the Zeak platform to fit how you work
Time to value 06
From Long implementations, or no system at all
To Production-ready from day one. Live in days to weeks.

Want the full comparison? The guide adds a detailed matrix, an evaluation checklist and a one-page business-case template.

Full comparison, checklist and business-case template
Start with one problem · low risk by design

Prove the economics. Then expand.

One problem, one owner, one baseline. Every step is designed to make the next decision easy to approve.

  1. 01ScopeOne category or material family, with one decision owner.
  2. 02DefineFinance agrees the baseline and success criteria before work begins.
  3. 03BuildConnect approved data alongside your ERP and procurement suite—keep both, customize neither.
  4. 04ValidateTest decisions, controls and evidence with your team, in your cloud.
  5. 05Launch & expandGo live, then expand only on value Finance has validated.

Built by founders with 25+ years each delivering SAP, Oracle and Microsoft Dynamics programs in regulated industries, with prior work at Accenture and Oracle.

How to engage

Start with the solution. Shape it to how you work.

Yes—we personalize Supplier Intelligence to match your strategic initiatives, processes and organization. Choose the path that fits where you are.

Discuss your requirements
01 Base solution

Start with Supplier Intelligence

The production-ready solution, configured to your roles, targets, thresholds and approval routes.

How it’s priced
Terms agreed in your proposal
Selected opportunities may be co-invested with Zeak.
02 Personalize

Enhance it to your processes

Match the solution to your strategic initiatives and internal processes: your fields, workflows, scoring, reports, agents and integrations.

Scoring and risk models Approval routes and thresholds Supplier forms and questionnaires Industry workflows Consignment rules Dashboards and KPIs New integrations Additional monitoring agents Reports and exports
How it’s priced
Time and materials
Custom enhancements to an existing application require your T&M approval before work begins.
03 New solution

Build something new

For a need beyond Supplier Intelligence, we evaluate the solution with you and agree the delivery model that fits.

How it’s priced
Time and materials · Fixed cost · Hybrid: T&M + outcome-based
We explore every option with you.
How an enhancement works Share the need → we scope and estimate it → you approve → we build it on the Zeak platform and release it through the governed path described in DevOps.
Start with one problem

Bring us your supplier problem.

One decision, one owner, measurable value. Scope, timing and pilot terms are agreed in your proposal.

Take the details with you Free PDF downloads
zeak1 PAGE
Supplier Intelligence Every supplier decision is a margin decision.
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One-page brochure Problem, key benefits and how to start
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zeakCUSTOMER OVERVIEW
11 capabilities · 70 features Supplier Intelligence
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Customer overview Every capability and feature in detail
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zeakGUIDE
Why switch Why teams switch to Zeak.
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Why switch guide Research, full comparison, checklist and business-case template
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Before you decide

Good questions.
Clear answers.

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Fit with your systems

No. Zeak reads approved data from the systems you already run—ERP, procurement and quality—and handles the supplier decisions that cross them. Your systems of record stay exactly where they are.

Data, security and control

Working with Zeak

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