VendrNova

Put AI recommendations inside accountable procurement decisions

Nova AI supports selected procurement decisions with recommendations and rationale subject to human review and decision controls. The public experience shows what Nova received, what it recommends, why, what the authorized user can do, and how the decision is recorded.

Nova decision path

Put the recommendation inside the accountable decision.

Nova prepares evidence and rationale. An authorized person retains the decision and the trace records the outcome.

Signal

A supplier-evidence date conflicts with the planned delivery window.

Supplier insurance: Review required · Budget confirmation: Approved · Technical evaluation: Complete

No decision recorded

Illustrative Northstar viewHuman action required

Decision trace

Review the rule, evidence, pending owner, exception, human action, and recorded outcome in one decision trace.

Decision VN-ILL-DEC-118 · supplier-evidence and budget review before release

Accountability
Evidence owner: Sofia Alvarez — Supplier Risk Manager · Budget reviewer: Michael Grant — Finance Controller · Release owner: Maya Chen — Director, Global Procurement Operations
Evidence
Supplier insurance: Review required · Budget confirmation: Approved · Technical evaluation: Complete
Policy and system boundary
Configured approval path · 100% approval traceability for approvals completed within the platform
Exception
Supplier evidence must be updated before award release.
Review decision · Request evidence · record person, action, outcome, and timestamp in the illustrative trace

Begin with a defined procurement task

Nova AI participates in current capabilities such as natural-language search, drafting, prediction, anomaly detection, recommendations, duplicate-invoice detection, and risk signals. Each use case is presented with its own implementation and governance context.

Show the rationale with the recommendation

The decision pane presents the recommendation, supporting evidence, stated rationale, and any exception or confidence treatment approved for that use case.

Keep the authorized person in control

The user reviews the evidence and can accept, edit, reject, or escalate according to the configured decision rights. Nova AI does not become the accountable approver.

Record what the human decided

The workflow records the in-scope recommendation, evidence, human action, decision note, and resulting state so the decision can be reviewed in context.

Apply AI where it helps the workflow

Daniel Reeves — VP, Strategic Sourcing can review sourcing recommendations and rationale. Maya Chen — Director, Global Procurement Operations can review operating recommendations and exceptions. Sofia Alvarez — Supplier Risk Manager can review risk signals alongside supporting supplier evidence.

Evaluate the use case, not an abstract AI promise

A focused review starts with the decision, available inputs, accountable role, required evidence, exception path, and system handoff.

Human-governed intelligence

See a governed procurement decision, not an autonomous promise.

Bring one decision where evidence, rationale, authority, and a recorded outcome matter.

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