Supplier evaluation and performance tracking workflows

Purpose

1.1. Automate the evaluation and continuous performance tracking of chemical suppliers for professionalism, compliance, and delivery standards in lab procurement.
1.2. Automates scorecarding for supplier assessment, compliance reporting, quality issue detections, and automated relationship management.
1.3. Automatedly gather lab procurement cycle data, supplier risk ratings, and automate follow-up for corrective actions and contract renewals.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. New supplier onboarding or contract renewal events.
2.2. Automatedly receiving delivery, non-conformance, or incident reports.
2.3. Automated schedule (e.g., quarterly/monthly) for performance reviews.
2.4. Lab staff or QA team automates manual evaluation submission.

Platform Variants

3.1. SAP Ariba
• Feature/Setting: SRM Supplier Performance Management module; configure “Scorecard Generation” API for automated evaluation.
3.2. Oracle Procurement Cloud
• Feature/Setting: “Supplier Qualification” REST API with workflow triggers for automated performance requests.
3.3. Coupa
• Feature/Setting: Supplier Risk Management; setup automated “Periodic Review” and “ERPsync” integrations.
3.4. GEP SMART
• Feature/Setting: “Automated Supplier Surveys”; connect through their Survey API for feedback automation.
3.5. Jaggaer
• Feature/Setting: “Supplier Performance Tracking” automation; configure event-based triggers via integration endpoints.
3.6. Ivalua
• Feature/Setting: Supplier Risk Assessment; automate “Scorecard Collection/batch review API”.
3.7. Zoho Creator
• Feature/Setting: Automated forms for supplier feedback; link to “Workflow” automator for scheduled evaluations.
3.8. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Supplier Management App; automate “Process Builder” for performance tracking alerts.
3.9. Microsoft Power Automate
• Feature/Setting: Automatedly trigger flows using “Common Data Service” on performance incident creation.
3.10. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Automation with “Script” action to fetch and summarize supplier data.
3.11. Smartsheet
• Feature/Setting: Sheet automation with “Update Requests” triggered by new evaluation entries.
3.12. DocuSign
• Feature/Setting: Automated “Contract Renewal” notifications and eSignature for supplier score feedback.
3.13. Google Workspace
• Feature/Setting: Automated Google Forms for performance survey, collect via Google Sheets API.
3.14. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Automated notifications using “Workflow Builder” for evaluation reminders.
3.15. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: Automate supplier review board updates; utilize “Automations” for date-based check-ins.
3.16. ServiceNow
• Feature/Setting: “Procurement Case” automation; configure automated incident tracking APIs.
3.17. Trello
• Feature/Setting: Power-Ups and Butler automation for supplier card status changes and reminders.
3.18. Power BI
• Feature/Setting: Data integration for automated performance dashboard refreshes using scheduled data connectors.
3.19. Tableau
• Feature/Setting: Automated report generation through scheduled extractor refresh automator.
3.20. Jira Service Management
• Feature/Setting: Automate ticket creation for non-compliance events via workflow automation integrator.

Benefits

4.1. Automates transparency and consistency in supplier evaluation and performance tracking.
4.2. Automated reduction of manual administrative workload, enabling high-frequency review cycles.
4.3. Automating identification of performance declines, risks, and compliance breaches in real time.
4.4. Improved reliability, audit readiness, and automated documentation for procurement decision-making.
4.5. Enhanced supplier accountability and automated corrective action loop closure.