Azure reference architectureProcurement and sourcing
A Azure reference architecture for procurement and sourcing in Manufacturing. Triggered by new requisition or low-stock signal, Padiso orchestrates 3 specialist agents on Azure AI Foundry, reaching erp (sap / netsuite) and your tools through the Model Context Protocol, with budgets, approvals and an audit trail throughout.
AzureRuntime: Azure AI FoundryTrigger
New requisition or low-stock signal
Manufacturing
Orchestration
Padiso Orchestrator
goals · tasks · heartbeat
Governance
budgets · approvals · audit
Runtime & agents
Agent runtime
Azure AI Foundry
Procurement agent
agent
Planning agent
agent
Reporting agent
agent
Integrations · MCP
MCP gateway
Your systems
ERP (SAP / NetSuite)
Vendor master
Inventory / material requirements planning (MRP)
How the data flows
Trigger: New requisition or low-stock signal
- 1
Procurement agent sources parts and requests quotes from approved vendors
- 2
It compares quotes against terms and prepares a PO
- 3
Routes the PO for approval per the spend matrix
- 4
Approved POs post to the ERP
Agent team
- Procurement agent
- Planning agent
- Reporting agent
Integrations
Reached through the Model Context Protocol, scoped and governed.
Runtime & data
Azure AI Foundry
ERP (SAP / NetSuite)
Vendor master
Inventory / material requirements planning (MRP)
Security & operational considerations
- Approved-vendor list enforced
- Spend-matrix approvals before PO
- Three-way match on receipt
Azure deployment
Deployed in your Azure tenant on AI Foundry, with Entra ID scoping, Private Endpoints into your VNet, and Azure Monitor for audit and observability.
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