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Tail spend quietly eats your margins. Zycusโ€™ Agentic AI puts autonomous agents to workโ€”sourcing, negotiating, and closing low-value purchases at scaleโ€”without burning procurement bandwidth.
Agentic AI for Tail Spend Management

98%

Medical supply availability

30%

Faster procurement cycles

80%

Less manual paperwork

90%

Spend under management

Trusted by 500+ leading brands

Youโ€™re Losing 25% of Your Budget to Tail Spend Quietly

Agentic AI for Tail Spend Management
Agentic AI for Tail Spend Management
Agentic AI for Tail Spend Management
Agentic AI for Tail Spend Management
Agentic AI for Tail Spend Management
Agentic AI for Tail Spend Management

Vendors Contribute

60โ€“70% of vendors contribute to less than 10% of spendโ€”yet require the same effort.

Manual RFQs

Manual RFQs and approvals lead to delayed buys and compliance gaps.

Maverick spend

Maverick spend bypasses preferred contracts, costing you up to 30% more.

Zycus Autononous Negotiation Agents (ANA)

ANA receives tail spend requests

ANA receives tail spend requests from Merlin Intake and instantly applies supplier rules, pricing thresholds, and risk filters โ€” without manual triage.

AI agents negotiate directly

AI agents negotiate directly with pre-approved suppliers, benchmark prices in real-time, and finalize orders with zero human intervention.

Every negotiation, savings captured

Every negotiation, savings captured, and rejected quote is logged by ANA in real time โ€” creating a live trail of tail sourcing performance and leakage.

Procurement Tail Spend Control, Delivered by Zycus AI

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Autonomous Agents

Autonomous agents run sourcing events under your defined thresholds

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Guided buying +

Guided buying + policy enforcement built into Merlin Intake.

SUppliers collaboration hub

Spend classification +

Spend classification + duplicate vendor alerts for immediate visibility.

Optimized Procurement Efficiency-

Dynamic Scoring

Dynamic scoring for low-risk suppliers to streamline tail approvals.

Improved Supplier Relations

Real-time Dashboards

Real-time dashboards showing tail savings captured + leakage plugged.

Fragmented

End-to-end integration

End-to-end integration from intake โ†’ sourcing โ†’ contract โ†’ PO.

Zycus Procurement Tail Spend Transformation Impact

Faster Requisition-to-Approval Time
Improved User Adoption
Faster Invoice Processing
Potential Savings โ€“ $8.5 to $17.1 Million for $1B Spend

Why Zycus Stands Out

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Connections

Tail is connected to intake, sourcing, contracts, and finance. No silos.

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Savings

Savings go from theoretical to actualโ€”without human bottlenecks.

Enhanced Spend Control

Commitment

Commitment to continuous innovation and customer success.

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Gartner Magic Quadrant For P2P suites

Zycus recognized by Gartner for the 4th Consecutive Year for
Procure-to-Pay Suites
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