Govern the commitment,
not the invoice.
By the time an invoice is wrong, the money is already committed. Helm governs the moment the commitment is made — so the exception is caught while it can still be fixed. You don't buy it — you switch it on.
You already have rules nobody can enforce the moment they break.
That gap — between the rule and the enforcement — is the leak.
The Helm journey
X-plore → Lens → Snapshot → Pilot → Helm
X-plore
A ~10-minute readiness read. No connection required.
Lens
A guided diagnostic on your own procurement data.
Governance Snapshot
Where governance leaks today — quantified, per control.
Pilot
The loop runs in shadow mode against live transactions.
Helm
Governance goes live, one earned rule at a time.
The three tiers
How much authority your specialists get.
A tier is not what you buy — it is what you earn. Lens computes it from the strength of your data and integrations, and you climb as your foundations get stronger. Every tier is a step change in what your specialists are allowed to do.
Govern
Specialists observe every transaction and flag exceptions the instant they occur. Alerts go to the right person, mapped to your approval chain. Humans decide every remediation.
Foundational. Every customer starts here — you are never without governance.
Govern + Analyze
Everything Govern does, plus specialists recommend the exact fix with confidence-scored reasoning. Decisions get faster because the analysis is already done — humans still approve.
Earned when your data quality and integrations are consistent enough to trust recommendations.
Govern + Analyze + Orchestrate
Everything Analyze does, plus specialists act on low-risk exceptions autonomously, correcting records in your ERP. You keep guardrails on high-risk decisions — the routine ones just happen.
Earned when your foundations are strong — data quality, integration, and security posture all trusted.
The governance specialists
Governance runs in families.
Each specialist governs one kind of decision. They group into families by what they watch. Lens lights up the families that apply to you; more unlock as your tier climbs.
Price governance
Catches a rate that beats the contract, a benchmark deviation, a PO priced above what you agreed.
Supplier governance
Enforces the approved vendor list, flags concentration risk, holds preferred-supplier status where it should.
Payment governance
Holds the match, catches a duplicate, protects payment terms and the discount you were owed.
Material & compliance
Watches the compliance a line item is required to carry — from asset rules to certifications.
Taxonomy
Classifies every line so the rest of the families can reason about it.
Logistics & delivery
Watches receipt discipline, freight, and late or short delivery against what the order promised.
Matched to your industry
What runs for you on day one.
Your starting set of specialists is matched to your vertical and switched on at Tier 1. Your exact constellation is confirmed in Lens — these are illustrative starters.
Day-one specialists
- Price governance — variance vs contract
- Supplier governance — approved-vendor enforcement
- Material compliance — BOM & capital asset
- Payment governance — three-way match
Day-one specialists
- Price governance — benchmark deviation
- Supplier governance — concentration risk
- Payment governance — terms compliance
- Taxonomy — every line classified
Day-one specialists
- Price governance — trade-spend visibility
- Supplier governance — preferred status
- Payment governance — discount capture
- Taxonomy — every line classified
More industry-specific families activate as your tier climbs.
How long it takes
Time-to-value — what to plan for.
The assessment work is short. Integration and legal set the real timeline — so plan on the realistic number, not the best case.
Single business unit · single region · standard ERP · fast legal cycle.
Two to three business units · one country · standard integrations · normal legal cycle.
Multi-region · multiple ERPs · custom integrations · longer procurement cycles.
Who it's for
Built for the people who own the number.
CPO
Governance that stands up in an audit.
CFO
Recovery reconciled to the ledger.
SI partners
An ERP-agnostic bolt-on to deploy.