Procurement Management

From purchase request to payment, without the email chains

Vitrio replaces the spreadsheet-and-inbox shuffle most labs run procurement on with one connected workflow: request, approve, quote, order, and reconcile. Every step is visible, every approval accountable, every dollar tracked against a real budget.

Purchase order approval paperwork
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One reagent. A whole day of decisions.

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VitrioOperational workspaceInteractive example · Synthetic data
Storekeeper viewUsable stock

Know what is ready to use.

Quantity is only useful when the lot is usable. Expired and quarantined stock stays out of this example’s available balance.

LotQuantityStatus
ALT · Example lot A100.00 mLUsable
Example lot B20.00 mLExpired · excluded
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Operational data only. Your clinical records stay in your LIS.Walk through your workflow with us
2-StageSequential approval routing
Real-TimeSLA age badges on every request
LiveBudget & grant burn-rate tracking
100%Tenant-isolated spend data
The Platform

Everything a procurement workflow touches

Four connected modules, not four separate tools bolted together.

Purchase requests & approval workflow

Any staff member can raise a purchase request against a specific inventory item. It routes automatically through Lab Admin and Procurement Officer review, with an SLA age badge so nothing quietly sits for a week.

  • Priority levels: normal, high, urgent
  • Internal comment thread on every request
  • Full status history, not just a final outcome
PR-1042: Nitrile Gloves (20x)Pending Procurement
PR-1041: Malaria RDT Kit (50x)Urgent · 3d old
PR-1039: HIV Rapid Test Kit (40x)Approved

Supplier RFQ & quotation comparison

Send the same request to multiple suppliers, see every quote come back into one comparison view, and convert the winning quote straight into an approved purchase request. No re-entering data.

  • Multi-supplier request-for-quotation
  • Side-by-side price & lead-time comparison
  • One-click conversion to purchase request
MedSupply Co.$4.20/box
BioChem Distributors$4.55/box
LabGear Equipment$4.80/box

Budget & grant burn-rate tracking

Every approved request commits against a real budget or grant. See committed vs. spent in real time, so nobody discovers they're over budget the month the invoice arrives.

  • Committed vs. spent, updated live
  • Per-grant and per-department tracking
  • Burn-rate visibility before it becomes a problem
Q3 Diagnostics Grant62% committed
Hematology Dept Budget38% spent
Capital Equipment FundOn track

Invoice & payment reconciliation

Invoices link directly back to the purchase request and supplier that generated them, so reconciling what was ordered against what was billed and paid takes minutes, not a spreadsheet hunt.

  • Invoices tied to their originating purchase request
  • Payment status tracked per invoice
  • Full purchase-to-payment history per supplier
INV-2208 — MedSupply Co.Paid
INV-2211 — BioChem DistributorsAwaiting Payment
Deep Dive

The approval workflow, step by step

Approval routing is the single most frequent action in the procurement lifecycle. Here's exactly how a request moves through Vitrio, start to finish.

Request
Approval
Purchase Order
Supplier
Receipt
1

Request Submitted

A technician or staff member raises a purchase request against an inventory item, with quantity and priority.

Status: Draft
2

Lab Admin Review

Routes automatically to the Lab Admin, who approves, comments, or rejects with a reason.

pending_lab_admin
3

Procurement Approval

The Procurement Officer confirms budget availability and supplier choice before sign-off.

pending_procurement
4

Supplier Order Placed

An approved request converts into an order against the chosen supplier, optionally sourced via RFQ.

approved
5

Delivery & Reconciliation

Stock arrives, the invoice is logged and reconciled, and the budget updates automatically.

Fulfilled
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Estimate Your Time Savings

What manual PO chasing is probably costing you

A rough estimate based on staff involved in approvals and how many distinct items you procure, not a guarantee.

3.6
estimated hours saved / week
187 hours / year

Estimate only, based on typical time spent chasing approvals over email and reconciling invoices by hand. Not a guaranteed result.

Manual Process vs. Vitrio

Where the email chain usually breaks down

Email & SpreadsheetsVitrio
Who's approval is it waiting on Buried in a reply chain Routed automatically, always visible
How long a request has been pending Nobody's tracking it Live SLA age badge
Comparing supplier quotes Copy-pasted into a spreadsheet Side-by-side comparison view
Budget vs. actual spend Discovered at month-end Committed vs. spent, updated live
Matching invoices to what was ordered Manual cross-referencing Invoices linked to their PO automatically
Why Teams Choose Vitrio

Built for accountability, not just paperwork

No manual routing

Requests find the right approver automatically. Nobody forwards an email hoping the right person sees it.

SLA visibility built in

Every pending request shows its age, so bottlenecks are visible before they become a crisis.

Tenant-isolated spend data

Your budgets, suppliers, and pricing never mix with another company's. It's enforced at the data layer, not just the UI.

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Suppliers

Scorecards, messaging, and the self-service supplier portal.

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Pricing

Starter, Growth, and Enterprise: the same full platform at every tier.

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Purchase order approval on a desk

Put procurement on rails

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Follow the work

One action. A clearer next step.

See how test activity connects to stock and purchasing. This interactive illustration uses sample data, not a live laboratory account.

Illustrative workspace · FBC reagent A
  1. 01

    Test activity

    0

    Tests recorded against a configured recipe.

  2. 02

    Available stock

    100

    Illustration: one unit consumed per test.

  3. 03

    Next decision

    Ready

    Run the example to see the stock review.

Choose “Log 12 tests” to follow the workflow.

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