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From your ERP to a paid supplier, in four stages.

Every order follows the same path. You order. The supplier delivers. We match the invoice and pay. You see every step.

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Order journey for a buyer order: request, buyer order, supplier PO and confirmation done, shipment in transit, receipt, invoice and match still to come

  1. Order

    You order in your ERP. We order from the supplier.

    Go to stage

  2. Deliver

    The supplier confirms and ships. You check what arrives.

    Go to stage

  3. Match

    We match the invoice to the order and the receipt.

    Go to stage

  4. Pay

    We pay the supplier. You pay one invoice.

    Go to stage
Stage 01

Order

YouCan-e-Buy

  1. You shop from your own ERP

    Open Can-e-Buy catalogs from inside your ERP through PunchOut.

  2. Your cart becomes a request

    Approvals follow your own rules.

  3. We accept your order

    Can-e-Buy becomes the vendor of record.

  4. We send a matching order to the supplier

    The supplier order is created from yours, line by line.

Where orders are right now: counts of requests, buyer orders and supplier orders in Order, then Confirmed, Shipped and Received in Deliver, Invoices, Matched and Exceptions in Match, and Proposed, Paid suppliers and Buyers billed in Pay
Stage 02

Deliver

SupplierYou

  1. The supplier confirms or proposes a change

    You see any change before it applies.

  2. The supplier ships

    A ship notice tells you what is coming and when.

  3. You receive and check

    Receipts, quality checks and service sign-off. Problems are logged as discrepancies.

Order SAL-ORD-2026-00010, shipped and on time: ten steps from request to buyer billing, four done, shipment in transit with tracking shared with the buyer
Stage 03

Match

Can-e-Buy

  1. We match the invoice

    2-, 3- or 4-way matching against the order and the receipt. Exceptions go to review before anyone is paid.

Supplier invoices screen: each invoice checked against its PO, goods receipt and inspection, with match status of matched, exception or mismatch and match type of 2-way, 3-way or 4-way
Stage 04

Pay

Can-e-BuyYou

  1. We pay the supplier

    Payment runs with a remittance advice for every payment.

  2. You get one invoice

    One invoice for your orders, ready for audit.

Supplier payments screen: amounts awaiting payment, due in the next 7 days and paid in the last 30 days, with a payment timeline of paid, scheduled, expected and on-hold invoices
Roles

Who does what.

You

  • Shop from your own ERP
  • Approve requests with your own rules
  • Receive and check what arrives
  • Pay one invoice

Can-e-Buy

  • Accept your order as vendor of record
  • Send a matching order to the supplier
  • Match every invoice
  • Pay the supplier

Your suppliers

  • Confirm the order or propose a change
  • Ship and send a ship notice
  • Send the invoice
  • Get paid with a remittance advice
FAQ

Questions.

Short answers to what buyers ask first. Ask us anything else on a call.

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The supplier proposes a change in the platform. You see it before anything changes.

It goes to an exceptions queue for review. Nobody is paid until the difference against the order and the receipt is resolved.

Yes. Every order has a journey view from request to payment, showing the current step and the next expected date.

See one order, start to finish.

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