Release Notes

MarketSource

RFIs & RFPs

Raise RFIs and RFPs alongside RFQs from a single sourcing framework, sharing the same items, invitations, rounds, responses and evaluation—with type-aware terminology, layouts and notifications throughout. RFIs and RFPs swap commercial columns for a structured question form, and Axi can draft a full set of typed questions from a plain-language brief. Access-controlled and off by default.

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Redesigned Buyer Homepage

A redesigned landing page surfaces your most important next actions the moment you land—open requests, recent requisitions, recommended workflows, and learning resources in one view. No configuration required; it's available to all buyers.

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RFQ Multi-Round Bidding

Run a request over multiple rounds without starting from scratch to drive more competitive pricing. Carry items forward and edit them inline, add or remove suppliers between rounds, and reopen ended requests automatically. Each round is snapshotted with full per-round response history, supplier visibility is controlled per round, and awarded items are protected from reopening.

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Axi Evaluator

Review supplier responses with AI assistance—ask questions in natural language, compare bids side by side, and weigh up trade-offs. Underneath is a structured scoring workbench with weighted criteria, independent multi-evaluator scoring aggregated for consensus, flexible weighting (sum, average, or weighted average), per-response summaries, and the ability to lock a session to finalise results.

MarketPlace

Redesigned Checkout & Order Summary

A cleaner, more intuitive final step built for both single orders and multi-supplier baskets. Shipping and fees are applied correctly across suppliers, shared-cart recipients can now set the delivery address, and GL account and cost-centre allocations flow through checkout into downstream approvals and workflows.

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Cross-Catalog Basket Optimisation

External punchout catalog items in your cart are now matched by manufacturer part number against your Axiom catalog, and where a cheaper compliant equivalent exists from an approved supplier, Axiom surfaces a swap suggestion with the exact saving before you buy. Suggestions respect supplier approval, buyer permissions, price policies and sourcing rules, and realised savings roll up at the cart level.

Workflows

Workflows: Now Live

The Axiom workflow engine is now live. Build automations well beyond simple approvals with a visual, graph-based builder—branching, parallel paths, joins and loops—using a rich set of step types (approval, condition, action, email, webhook, database, LLM, iterator, and more) and ~60 built-in platform actions. Trigger on a schedule, a platform event, or manually; version and roll back safely; and manage executions alongside SAP, ERP, or your P2P system.

MarketPlace

Analytics On Demand

The analytics dashboard now reads live from your platform—orders, inventory and approvals, refreshed automatically with nothing to upload. Ask questions in plain English and the AI data agent turns them into queries behind the scenes, with detailed savings breakdowns converted to a common currency. Save and reopen multi-chart dashboards in Explore and share them with graded permissions. All queries are read-only, enforce row-level security, and are logged.

Integrations

Visual Transformation Rule Builder

Configure import transformations using an intuitive visual interface with real-time preview. Full visibility into incoming and outgoing cXML integration messages, with support for advanced patterns for purchase orders, invoices and other message types.

Integrations

Dynamic Punchout Transformations

Preview input/output transformations with split layout, toggleable field configuration with drag-and-drop reordering, and forms that adapt to any procurement system with free-text item support and conditional logic. Add keywords to supplier punchouts for improved search relevance.

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Unified Purchases Module

A consolidated top-level Purchases module bringing together Orders, Payment Terms, Contracts, and Requisitions into a single streamlined experience.

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Advanced Sourcing & Approval Rules

Enforce or suggest purchasing from certain suppliers or products based on a flexible rules engine, with country-based offer auto-approval and buyer permission controls for minimum order values.

MarketSource

RFQ Workflow Enhancements

Re-open RFQs when no supplier responses are received, invite suppliers to non-awarded or in-progress RFQs, and improve sourcing collaboration across teams.

MarketPlace

Axi Agent

An agentic interface for buyers to interact with, backed by a dedicated module for managing access, permissions, and details.

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Instant Messaging

Initial support for instant messaging between suppliers and customers for key workflows, planned for expansion.

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Dashboard Builder

Create custom analytics dashboards from local data, planned for expansion to platform hosted data and natural language interface.

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Navigation

Quickly jump between Marketplace, Payments, and other modules with the new module switcher, plus helpful empty state guidance throughout.

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Tags, Forms & Multi-Language Support

Redesigned tag and label system with icon support, descriptions, priority indicators, and hover tooltips. Add informational text blocks between form fields with rich text editing. Locale-specific language codes and URLs are now supported for products.

MarketMaterials

Picklist Optimization

Transfer items to existing picklists, individual quantity edits, and sequence editing for optimized picking workflows.

MarketPlace

Chemical Structure Search

Search for chemicals based on their chemical structures, enabling precise discovery for scientific and industrial procurement.

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New Exports

New export options for Vendor Materials, Supplier Price Counts, Supplier Contact Details, Purchase Order Lines, and Invoice Lines.

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Managed suppliers

Store-managed suppliers (also known as controlled suppliers) are supplier accounts that are created and managed by a store rather than being independent supplier organisations. This feature enables clients to maintain full control over specific supplier accounts, making it ideal for managing internal suppliers, subsidiaries, or closely integrated partners.

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Free text items with granular control

Purchase products or services not in your catalogue with full buyer permission controls, preferred supplier assignments by category, and the same permission rules that govern your standard catalogue items.

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Intelligent auto-approvals

Auto-approval workflows now support string comparisons and include/exclude logic across brand, manufacturer, SKU, manufacturer part number, CAS number, and product name—giving you precise control over which items bypass manual review.

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Automated SFTP integration for suppliers

Suppliers can now upload product, service, price, stock, and recommendation data automatically via secure SFTP. SSH authentication is enforced, and suppliers can manage multiple SFTP credentials independently for maximum flexibility.

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Pro-grade RFQ collaboration

Invite entire deal teams with tailored roles, track versioned supplier quotes, capture audit logs for every change, and attach shipping costs before you award the business.

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Inventory you can trust

Bring every material, location, and permission online faster with CSV imports that normalize data on the fly, inherit access down the hierarchy, and perform 10x quicker.

MarketSource

Intelligent search and tagging

Supplier boosting, configurable relevance thresholds, and bulk tag imports/exports keep buyers locked on the right result instantly.

MarketPlace

Frictionless approvals and pricing

Price approvals now surface context, capture approver messages, enforce buyer price rules, and load at lightning speed thanks to optimized facets and punchier imports.

MarketMaterials

Visibility across every movement

Track completed-by metadata, partial transfers, dedicated inventory transaction pages, and analytics for slow movers so your ops team never flies blind.

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Admin automation superpowers

CSV pipelines for users, groups, UNSPSC mappings, team API logs, and a unified import experience make data hygiene a background task—while new APIs give partners paginated access to tokens and universal search.

Integrations

Punchouts without limits

Native OCI support, faster punch-in flows, shipping-as-line-item for cXML, and flexible response mapping mean suppliers plug in once and sell everywhere.

MarketPlace

Checkout tuned for enterprise scale

Cart-level shipping rules, catalog-aware shipping conditions, cart performance boosts, copyable item lists, and per-page selectors across tables keep buyers moving.

MarketSource

Search + analytics for every team

Bulk MPN lookup, external universal-search APIs, preset configuration, and slow-inventory analytics turn fragmented data into a single source of truth.

MarketMaterials

Audit-ready compliance

RFQ supplier configs now log every change, transfer order deletions cascade to fulfillments, and export tooling (RFQs, UNSPSC, orders) keeps regulators satisfied.