Scattered Requests
Purchase requests arrived through email and chat with no central place to track status or history.
PURCHASE REQUEST MVP CASE STUDY
Turning Purchase Requests Into a Trackable Procurement Flow
We built a purchase request MVP that lets employees submit purchase needs, gather quotations, route approvals, and track orders through to delivery.
▣ Request-to-Order Flow One system, full lifecycle
♙ Quotation Comparison Compare suppliers side by side
✦ Greenfield MVP Built from a blank slate
Replacing Spreadsheet Procurement With a Structured System
Employee purchase requests are often tracked through email and spreadsheets, making it hard to see what's pending, approved, or already ordered.
MVPHUB built an MVP where purchase requests flow from submission through quotations, approval, and order tracking in one system.
▥IndustryProcurement
◇ProductBusiness Systems MVP
♙AudienceEmployees, procurement teams, approvers
⌁DeliveryGreenfield MVP build
The Challenge
Manual Quotation Comparison
Comparing supplier quotations required manually collecting and organizing information from separate messages.
Order Visibility Gaps
Once a request was approved, there was no consistent way to track whether the order had actually been placed or delivered.
What We Can Identified
A procurement workflow built around structured requests, quotation collection, approvals, and order tracking.
Purchase Request Submission
Employees submit requests with item details, justification, and estimated cost.
Quotation Collection
Procurement teams attach supplier quotations to each request for comparison.
Approval Routing
Requests route to the appropriate approver based on cost thresholds or department rules.
Purchase Order Generation
Approved requests generate a purchase order ready to send to the selected supplier.
Order Tracking
Requesters and procurement teams track order status from placement through delivery.
Procurement Dashboard
Procurement teams monitor all requests, quotations, and orders across the organization.
How We Built the Procurement System
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◇ Discovery
Mapped the existing spreadsheet-based procurement process to identify structured system requirements.
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✎ Core Build
Built request submission, quotation collection, and approval routing as the system foundation.
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✦ Order Tracking
Added purchase order generation and delivery tracking tied to approved requests.
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♢ Testing
Validated the request-to-order lifecycle against realistic procurement scenarios.
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⌁ Launch Readiness
Prepared the MVP for a pilot rollout with a subset of departments.
Every request carried its quotations and approval history forward automatically, so procurement teams never had to reconstruct context from email.
Engineering Behind the Procurement System
Threshold-Based Routing
Approval routing rules apply cost thresholds automatically, reducing manual triage.
Request-to-Order Chain
Requests, quotations, and orders are linked, preserving full context end-to-end.
Structured Cost Data
Consistent cost fields make reporting and budget tracking reliable across requests.
The Outcome
Before: Spreadsheet-Based Procurement
× Purchase requests tracked manually through email and spreadsheets
× Quotation comparison required manual collection
× Order status was unclear after approval
After: A Structured Procurement System
✓ Requests, quotations, and approvals live in one system
✓ Quotations are compared side by side before approval
✓ Order status is tracked from placement to delivery
MVP Impact
Faster request-to-order turnaround
Clearer supplier quotation comparison
A foundation ready for pilot testing
A Procurement System Ready to Prove Value
The purchase request MVP replaces scattered spreadsheets with one trackable procurement flow.
With requests, quotations, approvals, and order tracking in place, the platform is positioned to run a focused pilot before expanding to full procurement operations.
THE MVPHUB PRINCIPLE
"A procurement system earns trust when every request can be traced from submission to delivery without a single spreadsheet.
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