First things first, let's revisit some very important definitions:
Inventory - A material that is on your companies balance sheet and is owned by your company. These will appear under.... inventory.
Have - An opportunity that your company has to move a material on behalf of another company.
Need - A material that either your company needs or an opportunity to find a material on behalf of another company.
Inventory Items and Haves are paired with Needs to create Matches!
Matches rank order opportunities on three criterias to give a blended overall rating:
Material Rating - How well do the specifications line up?
Price Rating - How large of gross profit will I make on this trade?
Location Rating - What does freight do to my net profit?
From matches you can directly create orders!
If there are no direct matches on a material - Matium will give you suggested companies to share the opportunity with given their profile or purchase history.