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Supplios helps you save time and reduce supplier risk with an automated process.",[1298,1302,1306,1310],{"heading":1299,"icon":1227,"content":1300},"Custom branded supplier portal",[1301],"Get a custom-branded Supplier Portal that integrates with your website.",{"heading":1303,"icon":1159,"content":1304},"Simple supplier registration",[1305],"Streamline new supplier onboarding with easy-to-setup and customizable supplier registration workflows.",{"heading":1307,"icon":1236,"content":1308},"Supplier Document Hub",[1309],"Secure and easy-to-manage supplier downloads area with our Document Hub.",{"heading":1311,"icon":1312,"content":1313},"Compliance & Risk Management","mingcute:certificate-line",[1314],"Integrated with the Supplios Compliance module and 3rd-party data providers.",[1316,1325,1335],{"above":1317,"heading":1318,"content":1319,"imageSrc":1290,"imageAlt":1324},"Onboarding Workflows","Customizable onboarding workflows built around your process",[1320,1321,1322,1323],"Automatically enroll suppliers in onboarding and compliance workflows based on their product/service categories.","Let suppliers upload their own certifications and supporting documents, with automated expiration notifications.","Create custom approval workflows as part of the onboarding process.","Push / pull data from other systems (ERP, 3rd-party risk, etc.) as part of onboarding with our API integrations.","Supplier ISO compliance management",{"above":1326,"heading":1327,"content":1328,"imageSrc":1333,"imageAlt":1334},"Dynamic Approval Workflows","Route approvals through the right people, at the right time",[1329,1330,1331,1332],"Route approvals through the right people, at the right time, with the right data with dynamic approval workflows.","Built-in reminders and notifications to help keep the process moving to avoid important project milestones.","Present exactly the data you need to decision-makers, at the time of decision.","Integrate data from suppliers, your other systems, 3rd-party financial and risk providers, and more.","/img/screenshots/Supplios-Supplier_Onboarding_4.png","Supplier dynamic approval workflows",{"above":1336,"heading":1337,"content":1338,"imageSrc":1343,"imageAlt":1344},"Custom Onboarding Forms","Get the data you need, entered directly by your suppliers",[1339,1340,1341,1342],"Remove the manual work of copying data from one system to another.","Let suppliers upload and enter their own data directly into the platform, exactly as you need it.","Customizable forms and fields to capture the data you need, either to make decisions or to populate ERP or other systems.","Don't let suppliers with incomplete information or missing documents hold up your process.","/img/screenshots/Supplios-Supplier_Onboarding_2.png","Supplier onboarding forms",{"heading":626},"content:features:supplier_onboarding.yaml","features/supplier_onboarding.yaml","features/supplier_onboarding",{"_path":1350,"_dir":865,"_draft":6,"_partial":6,"_locale":7,"name":857,"title":858,"urlSlug":15,"iconName":859,"sortOrder":1351,"mainMenu":605,"menuDescription":860,"footerSortOrder":1351,"seoTitle":1352,"seoDescription":607,"socialImage":868,"hero":1353,"cta":1360,"features":1361,"sections":1386,"bottomCta":1412,"_id":1413,"_type":695,"_source":577,"_file":1414,"_stem":1415,"_extension":695},"/features/supplier_performance",8,"Supplier Portal & Supply-Chain Management Software for Automotive Manufacturing",{"above":1354,"heading":1355,"subheading":1356,"videoKey":1359,"imageSrc":615,"imageAlt":616},"Supplier Scorecard Software for Manufacturers","Customizable & automated supplier scorecards & KPIs",[1357,1358],"Supplios implements your own specific KPI criteria, automatically generating reports for internal and supplier teams, without any additional work.","Track quality metrics, on-time-delivery performance, cost reduction programs, RFQ win rate, and more.","scorecards",{"heading":626,"subheading":627},{"above":1362,"heading":1363,"subheading":1364,"items":1365},"Supplier Scorecards & KPI System","Supplier scorecards without the hassle.","Supplios automates supplier evaluation & KPI's by collecting data from multiple systems and customizing your scorecards to your desired format.",[1366,1371,1376,1381],{"heading":1367,"icon":1368,"content":1369},"Integrate data from anywhere","carbon:api",[1370],"Integrate data from different systems like ERP, QMS etc.",{"heading":1372,"icon":1373,"content":1374},"Customizable reports","mdi:file-report-outline",[1375],"Customizable criteria and frequency for balanced scorecards",{"heading":1377,"icon":1378,"content":1379},"Interactive dashboards","carbon:dashboard",[1380],"Interactive views with live drill-down for you internally and for your suppliers externally",{"heading":1382,"icon":1383,"content":1384},"Full historical data","fluent-mdl2:historical-weather",[1385],"Combine historical performance data with real-time metrics",[1387,1394,1404],{"above":1388,"heading":1389,"content":1390,"imageSrc":1393,"imageAlt":685},"Supplier Scorecards & KPI","Fully automated scorecards, KPIs, and supplier performance management.",[1391,1392,1358],"With all your supplier data in one system, tracking and reporting on supplier KPIs becomes a breeze.","The built-in supplier scorecards feature implements your own specific KPI criteria, automatically generating reports for internal and supplier teams, without any additional work.","/img/screenshots/Supplios_Supplier_Scorecard.png",{"above":1395,"heading":1396,"content":1397,"imageSrc":1402,"imageAlt":1403},"Custom Balanced Supplier Scorecards","Completely customizable scorecards to match your metrics, your format, and your process.",[1398,1399,1400,1401],"Implement your own custom 'balanced scorecard' with your own metrics, your own format, and your own process.","Track KPIs and metrics based on data in Supplios, ERP, subjective ratings, or any other source.","Calculate composite scores based on multiple metrics, with custom weighting and thresholds.","Supplios can implement highly custom supplier scorecard reports, with different formats for internal and supplier teams.","/img/screenshots/Supplios-Custom_Supplier_Scorecards.png","Custom Supplier Scorecards",{"above":1405,"heading":1406,"content":1407,"imageSrc":1411,"imageAlt":1405},"Supplier Improvement Plans","Create actionable supplier improvement plans based on your scorecards and KPIs.",[1408,1409,1410],"Automatically generate supplier improvement plans based on your scorecards and KPIs.","Track the status of improvement plans, and the progress towards achieving your goals.","Drive supplier development goals with measurable results and accountability.","/img/screenshots/Supplios-Supplier_Scorecard_charts1.png",{"heading":626},"content:features:supplier_performance.yaml","features/supplier_performance.yaml","features/supplier_performance",1777848118421]