Your organisation will already have procurement systems in place. Most likely a tried and tested procurement system. The chances are you’ll have a well established process of purchase orders, established channels, vetted suppliers and centralised distribution.
But just because you have a system in place, it doesn’t mean it’s efficient.
Just because you have an established process, it doesn’t mean your procurement is as simple and as effective as it could be.
In fact, the chances are that – like many of the enterprise organisations we work with – your procurement system is suffering from several inefficiencies and challenges that could be easily solved with one quick change.
One simple integration with Amazon Business.
The challenges with traditional enterprise procurement
Most traditional enterprise procurement systems rely on outdated processes and workflows. They were built decades ago when procurement was different and choice was more limited.
Typically, traditional procurement systems struggle with:
- The need to pre-order stock and “guess” employee and stakeholder requirements
- The cost of centralised warehouse storage for all those pre-orders
- Managing relationships with multiple suppliers around the globe
- The coordination (and cost) of local delivery logistics
- A long wait time for employees to get the supplies they need
But with technology advancements and a platform that’s proven itself over and over, there is a faster, more cost-effective way to improve your procurement systems.
It doesn’t mean you have to replace your entire system. It doesn’t need you to build from scratch. It’s one simple integration with Amazon Business.
One simple addition of Amazon’s infrastructure as a powerful fulfillment and supply channel, while still maintaining all your existing controls, approvals, and governance.
The benefits of integrating with Amazon Business
When you integrate Amazon Business into your procurement system – as our IR Tech platform does – you’ll unlock multiple benefits. They include:
1. Access to an unrivalled product catalogue
One integration and you’ll have instant access to hundreds of thousands of products across virtually every category, including:
- Office supplies and stationery
- IT equipment and electronics
- Industrial tools and equipment
- PPE and safety gear
- Cleaning and facilities supplies
- Uniforms and workwear
Instead of maintaining procurement relationships with 20, 30, or 50 different suppliers for low-value, high-frequency purchases, you consolidate everything through one channel.
A cleaner, simpler and faster way to get the products your procurement team needs to supply.
2. On-demand ordering that banishes pre-orders
Traditional procurement often requires you to forecast demand months in advance, guessing how many hard-hats you might need or what range of uniform sizes might be required for new hires.
This leads to over-ordering (waste) or under-ordering (shortages), which both cost your organisation money.
Amazon Business integration gives you true on-demand ordering.
Employees simply order supplies when they need them. Amazon fulfills within 24-48 hours. No forecasting required. No bulk orders gathering dust in storage. No emergency rush orders when you run short.
Not only does this support cash flow by eliminating pre-orders and let you flex to any seasonal demands, it ensures you only ever pay for the procurement your organisation needs.
3. Zero warehousing costs and reduced staffing costs
When you need to order stock in advance, you need somewhere to store it. And warehouse storage is costly – both for the space and the staff needed to manage it.
But when you order on-demand with Amazon Business (and fulfil directly to your end users), you don’t need any form of centralised storage.
Those warehousing costs disappear, and staffing costs fall. Those savings alone are just one of the reasons to digitise your procurement process and integrate Amazon Business.
4. An intuitive search that saves employees time
One of the biggest barriers to procurement system adoption is complexity. Enterprise platforms often have clunky interfaces, complicated search functions, and steep learning curves.
Amazon Business integration solves this through familiarity.
Your employees already know how to use Amazon. They’ve been using it personally for years. The search works the way they expect. Product pages are clear. Reviews help them choose the right item. Checkout is straightforward.
When you integrate Amazon Business through IR Tech’s platform, employees get an Amazon-quality search and browsing experience, set within your branded procurement portal, with your controls and approvals built in.
There’s:
- No training required (employees already know the interface)
- Higher adoption rates (people use systems that are easy)
- Fewer support tickets to your procurement team
- Faster ordering (employees find what they need quickly)
Better still, employees can order exactly what they need – the right size, the right style, the right fit – delivered straight to their door in less than 48 hours.
5. Fast, reliable fulfilment you don’t have to manage
That’s another clear benefit of integration with Amazon Business – direct, end-user delivery, fulfilled by Amazon’s powerful, proven logistics network. It includes:
- Next-day delivery as standard across most regions
- Global fulfillment for international operations
- Real-time tracking on every order
- Proven reliability backed by decades of consumer and business experience
It means your organization no longer needs to coordinate internal logistics. No receiving department processing deliveries. No internal distribution team routing supplies to employees. No storage managers tracking inventory levels.
Amazon just handles the whole process – in rapid time.
6. Simple, seamless integration with your existing set-up
Perhaps the biggest benefit of Amazon Business is that it’s simple to integrate with all your existing ERP systems, approval workflows, budget controls and suppliers.
With IR Tech’s platform, it’s not an either/or. It’s not a case of starting over.
It’s just a seamless connection of Amazon Business to your existing enterprise infrastructure.
As the first company to integrate directly with Amazon’s APIs, we’ve built robust, proven connections that handle product catalog sync, order placement, real-time tracking, and invoice reconciliation.
You get an integration that’s pre-built and tested at enterprise scale – ready to:
- Connect with your current ERP system
- Keep your existing approval workflows and budget controls in place
- Bring all your other suppliers onto one simple platform
Faster, cheaper procurement starts with IR Tech
The bottom line is that Amazon Business integration isn’t about replacing your entire procurement infrastructure. It’s about adding a powerful new channel that handles commodity and high-frequency purchases more efficiently than traditional methods.
The benefits are clear:
- Massive product selection without managing dozens of supplier relationships
- Fast, reliable fulfillment that you don’t have to coordinate
- Zero warehousing costs for integrated categories
- Direct-to-user delivery eliminating internal distribution
- On-demand ordering reducing waste and carrying costs
- Familiar interface employees already know how to use
- Seamless integration with your existing enterprise systems
Organizations like United Airlines and Hilcorp Energy have proven this works at scale. The question is whether your organisation is ready to take advantage of Amazon Business too?
Book a demo today and see how it works in practice.
