AI agents are deciding which distributor wins. Make sure it's you.
This is not a speculative thesis. AI procurement agents are live today — and they optimize on whatever data they can see. PES is the closed-loop intelligence layer that sits on top of your ERP, protecting your proprietary data while making your competitive advantages visible to every AI-routed transaction. Not an MCP endpoint. Not an external AI. Your intelligence. Your control.
We Are at an Inflection Point in 2026.
AI procurement agents are coming for B2B wholesale distribution. Without an intelligence layer, distributors face three existential threats.
Revenue Erosion
AI agents optimize on price alone, bypassing the special pricing agreements, rebate tiers, and territorial assignments that distributors rely on. Traditional electrical distribution now captures only 56% of total material spend — and 58% of buyers already purchase outside traditional distributor relationships. Revenue shifts to whoever is visible, not whoever earned it.
Margin Compression
Less volume through distributor channels means less rebate under management. Operating income shrinks. The buying group economics that protect independent distributors begin to unravel.
Distributor Fallout
If AI agents bypass distributor channels entirely, independent distributors may be forced to close, consolidate, or sell. The $15 trillion agentic commerce wave either lifts your network or displaces it.
Intelligence On Top of Your ERP
Not an MCP endpoint. Not an external AI. A closed-loop intelligence system that protects your competitive position while making you the first choice for every AI procurement agent.
Closed-Loop System
Your data never leaves. PES processes intelligence internally and outputs only the scored recommendation. No external AI model ever touches your competitive data — unlike MCP endpoints that expose raw ERP data to any AI agent.
16 Immovable Values
SPAs, rebate tiers, territory assignments, credit terms, customer pricing, manufacturer authorizations — 16 categories of proprietary data protected by 49 patent claims. No external AI can access this data.
6-Factor Scoring Engine
PriceScore, InventoryScore, DeliveryScore, RelationshipScore, DemandScore, VolumeScore. Millisecond evaluation determines which distributor wins each AI-routed transaction.
Your Most Important Data Is Invisible to AI — Without PES
Standard AI procurement agents see none of your Immovable Values. PES makes all of them available — on your terms.
Three Demos. One Intelligence Platform.
Experience PES intelligence firsthand. Each demo showcases a different dimension of the platform.
Demos are for representative purposes only and are simulated.
Intelligence Layer Comparison
Today’s AI procurement agents can only see what’s publicly available — open APIs, ecommerce listings, and web-scraped pricing. They operate blind to everything behind a distributor’s firewall. PES changes that. Through its Intelligent Virtual Agentic Network, PES connects AI agents to the distributor intelligence they can’t access on their own — negotiated pricing, verified inventory, delivery capabilities, and all 16 Immovable Values. This demo compares what a standard AI agent discovers on its own versus what it discovers when powered by PES. Distributors who participate earn the transactions that blind agents would otherwise route elsewhere.
IVAN — AI Procurement Agent
IVAN is a buyer-side AI procurement agent that discovers superior procurement options by leveraging closed-loop access to distributor ERP data, special contracts, and all 16 Immovable Values. IVAN enforces geofencing, multi-factor scoring, and proprietary data protections — surfacing hidden advantages for buyers while keeping PES member distributor data secure. Distributors also receive demand-side intelligence directly into their business systems.
Distributor Command Center
Full command center with demand intelligence across your branch network — regional analytics, bid offer campaigns, rebate optimization, catalog intelligence, and win/loss scoring.
The Age of Agentic Commerce Is Here
These are not PES projections. This is what the world's leading research firms are telling the market right now.
What the Analysts Are Saying
IDC identifies agentic commerce as a fundamental shift where AI systems autonomously handle purchasing, payments, and fulfillment. Organizations that adopt deliberately will gain efficiency advantages — those that wait risk losing both operational edge and market visibility.
IDC flags the core bottleneck in B2B agentic purchasing: product catalogs locked inside ERP systems remain invisible to AI models. Digitally mature suppliers gain an unfair advantage while traditional distributors are bypassed entirely.
Gartner projects $15 trillion in B2B purchases will be intermediated by AI procurement agents by 2028, with 90% of procurement decisions automated within five years. Traditional e-commerce transaction volumes are expected to decline 25% by 2027.
Free for 30 Days
Experience the full power of IVAN and the PES intelligence layer. No credit card required.
Simple annual pricing after your trial — designed to cover your full year of usage.
Your Data. Your Control.
PES is built on a fundamentally different architecture than MCP endpoints and external AI integrations. Your distributor data stays inside a closed-loop system — it never touches an external AI model.
AES-256 Encryption
All data encrypted at rest and in transit (TLS 1.2+). Enterprise-grade AWS infrastructure with SOC 2 compliance standards.
Closed-Loop Architecture
Unlike MCP endpoints that expose your data to external AI models, PES processes everything internally. Your SPAs, rebate tiers, and pricing never leave the system.
Logical Isolation
Each distributor is logically isolated with unique identifiers. No cross-distributor data visibility. Role-based access controls with semi-annual review.
Built by Industry Veterans
46+ years of combined leadership across AI technology, wholesale distribution, and supply chain operations.
Christian Siebens
Former AD Group senior executive. Leading the strategic vision for a friction-free supply chain.
Brian C. Boguess
Co-inventor. Driving the strategic framework for distributor intelligence and market positioning.
Thomas Boguess
Co-inventor. System architecture, product development, and platform engineering.
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