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Supplios helps you save time and reduce supplier risk with an automated process.",[1249,1253,1257,1261],{"heading":1250,"icon":1178,"content":1251},"Custom branded supplier portal",[1252],"Get a custom-branded Supplier Portal that integrates with your website.",{"heading":1254,"icon":1110,"content":1255},"Simple supplier registration",[1256],"Streamline new supplier onboarding with easy-to-setup and customizable supplier registration workflows.",{"heading":1258,"icon":1187,"content":1259},"Supplier Document Hub",[1260],"Secure and easy-to-manage supplier downloads area with our Document Hub.",{"heading":1262,"icon":1263,"content":1264},"Compliance & Risk Management","mingcute:certificate-line",[1265],"Integrated with the Supplios Compliance module and 3rd-party data providers.",[1267,1276,1286],{"above":1268,"heading":1269,"content":1270,"imageSrc":1241,"imageAlt":1275},"Onboarding Workflows","Customizable onboarding workflows built around your 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suppliers, your other systems, 3rd-party financial and risk providers, and more.","/img/screenshots/Supplios-Supplier_Onboarding_4.png","Supplier dynamic approval workflows",{"above":1287,"heading":1288,"content":1289,"imageSrc":1294,"imageAlt":1295},"Custom Onboarding Forms","Get the data you need, entered directly by your suppliers",[1290,1291,1292,1293],"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 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externally",{"heading":1334,"icon":1335,"content":1336},"Full historical data","fluent-mdl2:historical-weather",[1337],"Combine historical performance data with real-time metrics",[1339,1346,1356],{"above":1340,"heading":1341,"content":1342,"imageSrc":1345,"imageAlt":637},"Supplier Scorecards & KPI","Fully automated scorecards, KPIs, and supplier performance management.",[1343,1344,1310],"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":1347,"heading":1348,"content":1349,"imageSrc":1354,"imageAlt":1355},"Custom Balanced Supplier Scorecards","Completely customizable scorecards to match your metrics, your format, and your process.",[1350,1351,1352,1353],"Implement your own custom 'balanced 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accountability.","/img/screenshots/Supplios-Supplier_Scorecard_charts1.png",{"heading":578},"content:features:supplier_performance.yaml","features/supplier_performance.yaml","features/supplier_performance",1777848118428]