Procurement workspace / Sheridan studio

Procurement moves better when decisions share one workspace.

Nichols Commerce builds the procurement workbench behind modern operators: one place where requests, suppliers, approvals, and records move together, with AI handling the routine and humans owning the judgment.

63%

of the average procurement cycle can move from inboxes and spreadsheets into one auditable workspace.

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Built for operators

the workspace mirrors the way buying teams already work

AI by default

every request, reply, and approval runs through the same model layer

Auditable end to end

decisions, files, and conversations stay attached to each request

Independent studio

Sheridan, Wyoming — deployed for teams across the U.S.

The workspace

One procurement surface, four working modules

Nichols Commerce replaces the inbox-plus-spreadsheet-plus-ticket combo with a single workspace that handles intake, matching, approvals, and institutional memory.

01

Unified intake

Every requisition, quote request, and supplier reply lands in the same structured queue.

  • Email, portal, and ERP feeds parsed into a single request object
  • Requester, approver, and supplier context attached from the first touch
  • Replaces the email thread, the spreadsheet, and the screenshot handoff
02

Supplier matching

An AI matcher ranks approved suppliers against the request, then explains the pick.

  • Match by item, region, lead time, and prior performance
  • Show the top three options with the why-attached
  • One-click reroute when constraints change
03

Approval routing

Policy-aware routing moves approvals to the right people, with thresholds and audit hooks.

  • Threshold, category, and entity rules in plain language
  • Parallel approvers, delegated authority, and exception paths
  • Every decision timestamped and tied to the request
04

Procurement memory

Conversations, files, and decisions accumulate as a knowledge layer the next request can reuse.

  • Search across suppliers, items, and policy notes
  • Vector retrieval for precedent on similar buys
  • Privacy and retention controls on every record

Operating loop

A request enters once, then moves through four predictable channels

Every requisition follows the same loop. What changes is the team using it — operators see only the steps that need them.

01 · Channels: email · portal · Slack · ERP02 · Channel: AI co-pilot03 · Channel: approvals lane04 · Channel: knowledge & analytics01 · Channels: email · portal · Slack · ERP02 · Channel: AI co-pilot03 · Channel: approvals lane04 · Channel: knowledge & analytics
01Channels: email · portal · Slack · ERP

Capture the request

A line-of-business user opens a request, talks to the AI assistant, or sends an email. The workspace normalizes every entry point.

02Channel: AI co-pilot

Match and draft

The matcher proposes suppliers, the AI drafts the outreach, and the request card updates in real time.

03Channel: approvals lane

Route the decision

Approvals, exceptions, and revisions move through one queue with the right people and the right context.

04Channel: knowledge & analytics

Record the outcome

Closed requests feed the procurement memory, sharpen future matches, and surface spend signals back to finance.

Use cases

Where the workspace does the heaviest lifting

The modules above combine into a small set of patterns we ship most often. Each one ships with telemetry the rest of the company can read.

Indirect spend consolidation

Marketing, IT, and facilities spend routes through one intake so the same suppliers do not get three different POs.

Outcomefewer off-contract buys, faster renewals

Supplier onboarding

New suppliers are scored, vetted, and onboarded inside the workspace with documentation, banking, and risk checks attached to the record.

Outcomeone auditable supplier profile

Policy enforcement

Approval thresholds, preferred-supplier lists, and sustainability rules run as code instead of living in someone's head.

Outcomeconsistent decisions across regions

Spend signal for finance

Closed requests publish a clean event stream that finance can join with ERP and forecasting models without scraping inboxes.

Outcomea procurement ledger, not a screenshot

Engagement

One engagement, three concrete phases

We work in fixed phases with fixed outcomes. No six-month discovery documents — your team sees the workspace running before phase two starts.

  • Fixed scope per phase
  • Telemetry visible from week one
  • Knowledge transfer at every handoff
  1. 01

    Map the buying workflow

    Two weeks walking the request → approval → purchase order loop with the operators who live in it.

  2. 02

    Stand up the workspace

    A focused build that wires intake, matching, and approvals to your existing systems of record.

  3. 03

    Tune and extend

    Policy rules, supplier scorecards, and finance reporting layered on once the core is humming.

The studio

A focused procurement studio based in Sheridan, Wyoming

NICHOLS COMMERCE LLC is an independent studio. We work with operators who need their procurement systems to keep up with the way their business actually buys.

One source of truth

Every requisition, approval, and supplier reply lives in one place that the whole team can read.

Decisions are observable

The AI explains why it matched a supplier, why an approval fired, and what the precedent was.

Your stack stays yours

We integrate with the ERP, identity, and finance tools you already run — no rip and replace.

What changes

−48%

cycle time from request to approved purchase order

2.6×

more requests handled per procurement analyst each quarter

100%

of closed requests carry a complete decision and document trail

Working with

Mid-market operatorsMulti-entity buying teamsDistributed franchisesManufacturer-direct sourcingServices procurementFounder-led companies
30 N Gould St Ste N, Sheridan, WY 82801[email protected]+1 (216) 396-8030

The next useful conversation

Show us the request that lives in five inboxes right now.

Send the workflow, the spreadsheet, or the screenshot you wish your team did not have to live with. We will reply within one business day with a first reading of the loop.

Start with an email

An AI-first procurement workspace, not a generic ticketing tool

Integrations with the ERP, identity, and finance systems you already use

[email protected] — reply within one business day

Discovery starts with your team, not a sales script