Zip
type: Organization
type: ProcurementPlatform
description: AI-powered procurement orchestration platform providing a single front door for all corporate purchase requests with configurable approval chains and ERP integrations.

Zip Procurement API
type: WebAPI
description: REST API for managing the full intake-to-pay procurement lifecycle including requests, approvals, vendor onboarding, contracts, and spend visibility.
provider: Zip
documentation: https://docs.ziphq.com

Intake Request
type: DefinedTerm
description: A procurement intake request submitted by an employee for a new purchase, software subscription, vendor relationship, or other spend requiring approval.

Approval Workflow
type: DefinedTerm
description: A configurable multi-stage approval routing chain that routes procurement requests through the appropriate stakeholders, finance, legal, and executive approvers.

Vendor Onboarding
type: DefinedTerm
description: The process of onboarding new suppliers and vendors including compliance checks, tax documentation collection, and ERP system registration.

Contract Management
type: DefinedTerm
description: Lifecycle management of vendor contracts including creation, negotiation, execution, renewal tracking, and AI-assisted redlining and clause comparison.

Spend Visibility
type: DefinedTerm
description: Real-time visibility into corporate spend across all categories, cost centers, and vendors with reporting and analytics capabilities.

Zip Superagent
type: DefinedTerm
description: Role-based AI agents designed to autonomously handle specific procurement workflows—such as invoice coding, vendor communication, or contract review—with full governance, audit trails, and policy guardrails.

AI Invoice Coding Agent
type: DefinedTerm
description: A multi-agent AI system that automates accounts payable GL coding by leveraging full purchasing context including purchase orders, vendor records, and subsidiary mappings to achieve accurate first-pass coding.