Custom Modules

Module Overview

Custom Modules are fully custom Supplios modules that involve one or more custom workflows, custom objects, or custom supplier-facing processes.

Where a Custom Workflow is usually focused on one process, a Custom Module is broader. It can introduce a new area of functionality inside Supplios, with its own data model, object types, workflows, permissions, reports, supplier views, internal views, and integrations.

Custom Modules are best suited for supplier collaboration processes that are strategic, repeated, and specific enough that they need more than a standard workflow.

Target Users and Use Cases

Custom Modules are for companies that need a more tailored product experience than a single custom workflow can provide.

Primary users include:

• Companies with proprietary supplier processes or supplier programs.
• Teams that need custom supplier objects, custom workflows, custom reporting, and integrations in one module experience.

Common use cases include specialized supplier qualification, certification, risk, or supplier development programs; multi-workflow supplier programs with custom data objects and dashboards; and supplier-facing processes that need a tailored product area inside Supplios.

Features and Capabilities

Custom Module capabilities depend on the module definition and implementation scope.

Capabilities can include:

• Custom objects and custom data model.
• One or more custom workflows.
• Supplier-facing and internal user interfaces.
• Custom forms, fields, statuses, and permissions.
• Custom roles, responsibilities, and task assignment logic.
• Supplier portal access and supplier collaboration.
• File uploads, document generation, and evidence collection.
• Approvals, reviews, escalations, reminders, and notifications.
• Custom dashboards and reporting.
• Data exports and third-party BI integrations.
• Integration with ERP, PLM, QMS, WMS, risk data providers, or other systems.
• Connection to existing Supplios modules such as SRM, Compliance, Sourcing, Claims, PPAP, NPI / APQP, Audits, Supplier Performance, Order Management, or Projects.

The module can be designed as a standalone area of functionality or as an extension of the supplier lifecycle already managed in Supplios.

Benefits and ROI

Custom Module ROI usually comes from bringing a strategic supplier process into the same platform as the rest of supplier collaboration.

Typical benefit categories include:

• Less need for disconnected tools or manual workarounds.
• Better alignment between supplier data, supplier workflows, and supplier reporting.
• More consistent execution of specialized supplier programs.
• Better visibility for management and process owners.
• Stronger traceability across custom objects, tasks, approvals, supplier submissions, and outcomes.
• Better supplier experience because suppliers use the same portal they already use for other Supplios workflows.
• Better scalability for processes that are too complex for email, spreadsheets, or generic project tools.

Custom Modules help companies extend Supplios into supplier processes that matter to the business but are too specific for off-the-shelf workflow templates.

How Implementation Works

• Customer inputs: Process documentation, SOPs, data models, object definitions, forms, templates, approval rules, reporting requirements, current-tool examples, roles, permissions, sample data, and edge cases.
• Supplios setup: Define the module structure, page layout, data model, workflows, permissions, notifications, dashboards, outputs, representative tests, and rollout approach.
• Typical timeline: Focused custom modules are often 6-10 weeks; broader modules with several workflows, custom objects, integrations, and reporting can be 8-12+ weeks.

Pricing Structure

Custom Modules are listed as optional in the pricing guide.

The pricing structure is:

• Custom pricing.
• Required one-time fees.
• Pricing depends on custom object complexity, workflow complexity, supplier-facing functionality, permissions, reporting, integration requirements, implementation scope, and support requirements.

Because Custom Modules are fully custom, pricing is quoted based on the specific module design.