Negotiator Agent
Negotiates tail spend, order by order
Limit
Negotiates within the agreed range and approval limit; anything outside it goes to the buyer with the counteroffer ready.
UpFlux + TOTVS Protheus
AI in procurement inside TOTVS Protheus.
Process mining and AI agents running inside Protheus, from purchase request to purchase order, respecting approval limits, approval groups and the ERP's own audit trail. The team stays in the routines it already uses.
Integration through API REST and ExecAuto, available on the TOTVS StoreA Major Contender in the Everest Group PEAK Matrix® 2026
See also: UpFlux + TOTVS · TOTVS Datasul
// digital teamrunning
TOTVS Protheus · Procurement
- Request 004821 · nitrile glovesNegotiator Agent
- Order 019377 · bearingsdelivery due today
- Orders 019402 to 019404 · same supplierthree orders just under the limit
- Goods receipt invoice 88231tax rate differs from the order
Every step stays in the Protheus log, within the approval limits and groups already in place.
// measured results
What has already been measured
- R$ 780 million in results generated and audited
- R$ 200 billion transacted under monitoring
- More than 100 customers in more than 20 industries
- At one industrial multinational: R$ 1.6 million of long-tail spend captured, with more than 6% savings over the base and no additional hires on the procurement team
Operation inside TOTVS Protheus, available on the TOTVS Store.
See all results// digital team
Who works in your Protheus
Each agent has a role, a limit and an audit trail. Anything past the limit goes back to a person, with the case ready.
Follow-up Agent
Chases suppliers, sends reminders and keeps the process moving
Limit
Follows up on its own in the agreed tone; critical delays go to whoever owns the delivery.
Prioritizer
Orders the queue by impact in reais
Limit
Orders the queue; never removes items or changes owners.
Status Agent
Answers “where is my order?”
Limit
Informs; never changes the case or the due date.
Approval Limit Auditor
Watches who approves what
Limit
Flags the case; fixing it belongs to the controls team.
Procurement Tax Auditor
Checks the tax classification of every receipt
Limit
Flags; the tax fix belongs to the tax team.
// what runs in your Protheus
Process mining, agents and RoAI, native in Protheus.
Process Intelligence over procurement and billing
UpFlux reads the events from the procurement routines (purchase request, quotation, order, release, invoice) and rebuilds the real process: where approval waits, how many purchase requests become orders without a quotation, how much rework exists per branch.
Negotiator Agent writing to Protheus
The agent intercepts the approved purchase request, checks the price history in Protheus itself, negotiates with the supplier within the approval limit and writes the order through ExecAuto or API REST, with an audit trail per decision.
Nous routine agents
Prioritizer, Expediter and Status Agent take over follow-up and chasing inside the Protheus flow. The buyer leaves the spreadsheet behind and starts working by priority.
RoAI measuring the return in hard currency
Every agent action stays auditable in RoAI, with savings measured against the best price already paid in your base. The CFO sees, in hard currency, what AI returned in Protheus.
// rollout
Diagnostic in 2 weeks, with no migration project.
UpFlux does not ask for Protheus customization. You export the events from the procurement routines, and the first map of the real process arrives ready, with the target in hard currency for what is addressable.
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Native connection
Integration through the Protheus API REST and ExecAuto, installed from the TOTVS Store. No parallel platform, no migration.
02
Diagnostic in 2 weeks
From the event export, we deliver the map of the real process and the target in hard currency: variants, bottlenecks and addressable return.
03
Agents in production
The first agent goes live within the approval limits that already exist, knowing where to act and how the result will be measured in RoAI.
// frequently asked
Frequently asked
Questions from Protheus teams evaluating process mining and AI agents in procurement.
Is there AI for procurement in Protheus?
Yes. UpFlux runs AI agents inside TOTVS Protheus, available on the TOTVS Store: the agent reads the approved purchase request, checks the price history in the ERP itself, negotiates within the approval limit and writes the order through ExecAuto or API REST, with an audit trail per decision.
Does the agent respect Protheus approval limits and approval groups?
Yes. The Protheus approval limits remain in charge: the UpFlux agent decides only within the configured limit, and the order goes through the same validations and document release as an order keyed in by hand. New suppliers, critical items or prices outside the tolerance go to the buyer.
How do you measure purchase approval time in Protheus?
With process mining on the log of the purchase request, quotation, order and release routines. UpFlux rebuilds the real path of every order and shows where approval waits, how many requests become orders without a quotation and how much rework exists per branch, in two weeks from the event export.
Do I need to customize Protheus to use UpFlux?
No. The integration uses the standard Protheus API REST and ExecAuto and is installed from the TOTVS Store, with no parallel platform and no data migration. The customer's TOTVS team recognizes the architecture as an extension of the ERP.
Want to see UpFlux running in your Protheus?
In two weeks, we deliver the map of the real process and the target in hard currency, straight from the Protheus procurement routines.
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