Ready-made carts instead of free-text orders.
When an item is not in any catalog, someone types up the quote by hand today. With Pedlar, your users upload the quote or the product link, and the cart comes back into your system with line items, prices and UNSPSC codes.
- Short textBearings, ball valve, bolts as per quote
- Suppliernot set up
- Categoryopen
- Priceestimated
- Cart from Pedlar
- Deep groove ball bearing 6204-2RS20 pcs · UNSPSC 31171504€97.00
- Ball valve DN25, stainless steel4 pcs · UNSPSC 40141607€212.40
- Hex bolt M10×40, 8.82 packs · UNSPSC 31161607€23.80
- Net total€333.20
Free text lands with procurement, not with the supplier.
Before a free-text order can become an order, procurement adds the supplier, price and category. To do that, they have to go back to the requester.
- Requester types up the quote
- Procurement checks: supplier and category missing
- Question back to the requester
- Supplier setup requested
- Approval by the cost centre
Typing up
Every line item from the quote goes into the system by hand.
Follow-up questions
Unclear lines go back and forth between procurement and the requester.
New supplier
It often ends with a supplier setup for a single order.
Three routes to a ready-made cart.
Your users pick the route that fits the purchase. On each one, the same requisition comes back into your system as a ready-made cart.
Pedlar Intake
The quote PDF or a product link.
Line items, prices and UNSPSC codes, ready for your approval.
Pedlar Marketplace
A search in the private shop with ranges from selected suppliers.
Items from several suppliers in one cart, with only Pedlar on the order and the invoice.
Pedlar Agent
What you need, in your own words, a whole list if you like.
Matching items with price and delivery time, only after your confirmation.
The approval stays. The manual work goes.
The same requisition, the same five steps: the typing, the follow-up questions and the supplier setup drop out. Your cost centre approves as before, and the order goes to Pedlar.
- Requester types up the quotedropped
- Procurement checks: supplier and category missingdropped
- Question back to the requesterdropped
- Supplier setup requesteddropped
- Approval by the cost centrestays
Existing approvals
Every cart goes through your existing approval workflow.
Categories by UNSPSC
You can allow or block specific categories.
No new supplier
You always order from Pedlar, even when the item comes from a new supplier.
Benefits for procurement and accounting.
Less manual work in procurement
No typing up
Pedlar reads line items and prices from the quote.
Cart in your system
Back in your system, ready for approval.
Maverick buying
Shop items run as orders too.
One contract partner
For returns and warranty too.
Less work in accounting
One vendor
One master record for all suppliers.
Invoice per order
Always in the same format.
Process costs
Up to 85% less process effort.
No fixed costs
No fixed terms.
In a short call, we show you how Pedlar takes over your free-text orders.
Your connection is usually live after 1 to 2 weeks.
What our customers say about Pedlar
With Pedlar we were able to handle our one-time purchases via credit card buys flexibly and efficiently. Working together was straightforward and cut our effort considerably. Overall, our experience has been very good.
Caroline LibawskiProcurement Expert · adesso SEA great way to support our procurement strategy. Tedious, high-effort one-off C-parts purchases can be handled efficiently and effectively thanks to PEDLAR's single-creditor solution. We are delighted and glad to have PEDLAR in our procurement toolbox.
Michael SchmidVice President Purchasing · WitzenmannWe are very happy with our work with Pedlar so far. For us, the big pluses are reliability and the personal contacts. Every question was always answered quickly and competently.
Daniela LappManager Purchasing · optoVisionDoing business with Pedlar stands out for its flexibility and reliable, solution-focused handling. We particularly value the quick response times and the collaboration, which helps us keep our purchasing processes efficient.
Patrick KarthTeam Lead Procurement · naturenergieGet to know the Single-Creditor Model in 30 minutes.
In the intro call, our sales team shows you how the model works, which orders it covers, what it costs and how you get started.
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FAQ
What is a free-text order?
A purchase requisition without a catalog item. The requester describes the item, quantity and price themselves, usually from a quote.
Why are free-text orders so much work?
Procurement adds the supplier, price and category and checks back with the requester. If the supplier is missing, a supplier setup comes on top.
How does Pedlar reduce free-text orders?
Your users upload a quote or product link, search the Pedlar Marketplace or describe what they need to the Pedlar Agent. A ready-made cart comes back into your system.
Which systems does it work with?
SAP Ariba, Coupa and other e-procurement systems that support punchout via cXML or OCI.
Does our approval process change?
No. Every cart goes through your existing approval workflow, and nothing bypasses the system.