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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is integrated throughout oboloo to help you work more efficiently, make better-informed decisions, and reduce the time spent reviewing large amounts of information.

AI-powered features analyse data stored within your oboloo records to generate intelligent summaries, highlight potential risks, identify actions requiring attention, and surface key insights in seconds.

Whether you're managing suppliers, contracts, sourcing activities, or savings initiatives, AI helps you quickly understand the status of your records so you can focus on making informed business decisions.

AI Features Available in oboloo

Depending on your subscription, AI capabilities are available across the following modules:

Supplier AI

Supplier AI analyses information stored within your supplier records to generate an intelligent overview of supplier performance, compliance, and risk.

It can summarise:

  • Supplier profile and business information

  • Compliance status

  • Missing or expired documents

  • Certifications and accreditations

  • Performance and risk indicators

  • Scorecard results

  • Outstanding onboarding activities

  • Key actions requiring attention

Supplier AI helps procurement teams quickly assess supplier health, identify potential risks, and prepare for supplier reviews without manually checking multiple tabs.

Contract AI

Contract AI analyses information stored within your contract records and generates an executive summary highlighting:

  • Contract status

  • Key dates and milestones

  • Notice periods

  • Renewal arrangements

  • Contract value

  • Supplier information

  • Risks and obligations

  • Immediate actions requiring attention

Contract AI is ideal for preparing for contract reviews, renewals, supplier governance meetings, and compliance checks.

Sourcing AI

Sourcing AI analyses every stage of your sourcing activities to provide an intelligent overview of event progress and supplier engagement.

It can summarise:

  • Event objectives and status

  • Supplier participation and response rates

  • Questionnaire completion

  • Evaluation and scoring progress

  • Award recommendations and status

  • Key deadlines and milestones

  • Procurement risks

  • Outstanding actions requiring attention

Sourcing AI enables procurement teams to quickly understand the overall health of a sourcing activity without manually reviewing supplier responses, evaluations, and event data.

Savings AI

Savings AI analyses savings initiatives and milestones to provide insight into:

  • Projected savings

  • Realised savings

  • Milestone progress

  • Outstanding approvals

  • Performance trends

  • Upcoming milestone deadlines

  • Areas requiring attention

Savings AI helps organisations monitor savings delivery and identify initiatives requiring follow-up.

How AI Works

AI analyses the information already stored within your oboloo records.

Depending on the module, this may include:

  • Record details

  • Owners and managers

  • Suppliers

  • Categories

  • Documents

  • Compliance records

  • Certifications

  • Questionnaires

  • Supplier responses

  • Evaluations and scoring

  • Milestones

  • Savings calculations

  • Key dates

  • Notifications

  • Activity history

  • Approval status

The richer and more complete your records are, the more accurate and valuable your AI summaries will be.

Benefits of Using AI

Using AI within oboloo enables you to:

  • Quickly understand complex procurement records.

  • Identify risks before they become issues.

  • Prioritise actions requiring immediate attention.

  • Prepare for meetings in seconds.

  • Improve visibility across procurement activities.

  • Reduce manual review time.

  • Support better decision-making.

  • Increase productivity across procurement teams.

AI Best Practices

To get the most from AI:

  • Keep your records accurate and up to date.

  • Complete key fields wherever possible.

  • Upload supporting documents when available.

  • Maintain supplier records, milestones, supplier responses, evaluations, and key dates.

  • Regularly review AI-generated summaries.

  • Use AI recommendations alongside your own professional judgement.

AI is designed to support procurement professionals—it does not replace human expertise or organisational decision-making.

AI Availability

AI features are available on selected Plus subscription plans.

Depending on your licence, AI may be available within:

  • Supplier Plus

  • Contract Plus

  • Sourcing Plus

  • Savings Plus

If you cannot access AI features, please contact your organisation's administrator to confirm your subscription and user permissions.

Additional Resources

📌 Tip: The AI summaries are generated from the information stored within your oboloo records. Keeping your procurement data accurate, complete, and up to date will ensure the most relevant insights and recommendations are produced.
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