Arkestro
Predictive Procurement Built for the Enterprise: Faster Decisions, Bigger Wins, Impossible to Ignore.
Executive Summary
Arkestro is a Predictive Procurement Orchestration platform that leverages AI, behavioral science, and game theory to help large enterprises optimize sourcing, reduce costs, and manage supply chain risk. It transforms procurement into a strategic function by providing predictive insights and automating decision support, leading to significant cost savings and faster cycle times. Target customers include Fortune 500 manufacturers, energy firms, and global logistics companies seeking to influence more spend with existing resources.
Use Cases
- Optimizing strategic sourcing events and multi-round negotiations.
- Reducing cycle times and achieving significant cost savings in freight (ocean, land, air).
- Accelerating sourcing for manufacturing and oil & gas industries.
- Automating supplier diversity reporting and tracking.
- Mitigating supply chain risks and managing price volatility.
- Transforming manual, tedious quoting processes into efficient, data-driven events.
Features
Visibility
- Real-time Predictive Insights: Provides immediate, forward-looking insights into sourcing events and supplier behavior.
- Supplier Performance & Capability Visibility: Offers deep insights into supplier capabilities, performance, and behavioral persona classification.
- Enhanced Global Supply Chain Visibility: Detects issues earlier across logistics, materials, equipment, and services for a more resilient supply chain.
- Comprehensive Spend Analysis: Conducts detailed spend analysis to identify cost-saving opportunities and optimize inventory levels.
Intelligence
- Predictive Anomaly Detection: Identifies and corrects potential mistakes before they impact procurement processes.
- AI-Driven Suggested Offers: Recommends optimal prices and guides users through optimized decisions based on large datasets and probabilistic models.
- Automated Negotiations: Leverages game theory and behavioral models to automate multi-round negotiations and encourage better pricing.
- Arkestro Opportunities (Category Co-pilot): Proactively identifies and recommends actions at the line-item level for cost savings and risk reduction, capable of executing on recommendations.
- Supplier Behavioral Learning: Enhances sourcing cycles by learning from supplier behavior to reduce process times and improve outcomes.
Support
- Comprehensive Training Resources: Offers training documentation, webinars, live online training, and in-person training options.
- Professional Services: A dedicated team assists with implementation, integration, and maximizing platform value.
- Email Support: Provides support via email for inquiries and assistance.
Technical Specifications
- Architecture
- Cloud-native SaaS, Multi-tenant cloud
- Deployment
- Cloud/SaaS
- Authentication
- SSO, SAML 2.0 (inferred)
- API Available
- Yes
- MCP Server
- No
Infrastructure
- AWS
- Salesforce
AI/ML Stack
- NLP
- Machine Learning
- Game Theory
- LLM
- Behavioral Science
Integrations
- SAP
- Oracle
- Coupa
- Ariba
- Workday
Security & Compliance
Certifications: SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR
Encryption: AES-256 at rest, HTTPS and TLS 1.2 in transit
Data Residency: Cloud-based
Pricing
- Model
- Custom enterprise
- Starting Price
- Contact sales
- Target Customer
- Enterprise only
- Contract Type
- Multi-year discounts (inferred)
- Free Trial
- Yes, Custom demo (credit card required)
About Arkestro
Arkestro provides AI-powered procurement and sourcing software using behavioral science and predictive analytics. The platform helps organizations optimize supplier negotiations and purchasing decisions.