Email-only tools read replies. They do not give your suppliers anywhere to go.

A newer generation of tools has the right instinct: suppliers will not adopt a portal, so parse their email replies instead. We agree with the premise, and APIXX Supplier Connect does exactly that.

Where we differ is that we do not treat it as the only option. Email parsing is excellent for a supplier who sends a clear sentence. It is a poor fit for a supplier who needs to split a line three ways, upload a certificate of insurance, check what they already shipped, or see whether last month's invoice was paid.

APIXX Supplier Connect reads the replies and gives the supplier a real place to work when they want one — plus one-click actions and a guided dialog in between.