Supplier & Vendor AutomationPurpose
1.2. Automating the consolidation of data from various purchase orders, shipments, and supplier interactions for ongoing evaluation and comparison.
1.3. Enable automated alerts, automated reports, and automated feedback requests for suppliers based on periodic assessment.
1.4. Provide a continuously updated dashboard reflecting real-time supplier performance for procurement and management decisions.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Regularly scheduled automation (hourly, daily, weekly) for ongoing supplier data refresh.
2.3. Automated trigger from threshold breach (e.g., late delivery, recurring defects).
2.4. Manual automation trigger from procurement team for ad hoc review.
2.5. Automated integration with email or API for supplier feedback surveys.
Platform Variants
• Feature/Setting: Configure “Scheduled Cloud Flow” and “HTTP Request” to automate data pulling from ERP.
3.2. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Automate “New Record in Table” with “Webhooks by Zapier” to update supplier scorecards.
3.3. Google Sheets API
• Feature/Setting: Automate data insertion with Sheets API “spreadsheets.values.append” for performance logs.
3.4. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Configure “Process Builder” to automate supplier case updates; use “Evaluate Feedback” custom API.
3.5. Airtable Automations
• Feature/Setting: Automate “Record Changed” trigger with “Run Script” action for dynamic supplier dashboards.
3.6. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: Automation with “Integrations” to pull supplier updates via “API connection” to procurement tools.
3.7. HubSpot Workflows
• Feature/Setting: Automate contact updates and trigger emails using “Supplier Feedback” custom property.
3.8. Smartsheet
• Feature/Setting: “Automated Update Request” and “Cell Linking” to pull and automate supplier data refresh.
3.9. Tableau
• Feature/Setting: “Scheduled Extract Refresh” to automate performance dashboard updates from data sources.
3.10. Trello Automation (Butler)
• Feature/Setting: “Every day, collect card labels” to automate issues raised with suppliers.
3.11. Slack Incoming Webhooks
• Feature/Setting: Configure automated supplier alerts with “Incoming Webhooks” on dedicated supply chain channels.
3.12. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: Use API “Messages.create” to automate notifications to suppliers on performance review actions.
3.13. Slackbot
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled “Reminders” for supplier check-ins and feedback via automated channels.
3.14. Oracle Cloud ERP
• Feature/Setting: Use “REST API” for automated data sync and “Supplier Scorecard” update modules.
3.15. SAP Business One
• Feature/Setting: “Service Layer API” automation for performance metric updates and notifications.
3.16. Asana Rules
• Feature/Setting: Rule “Task Completed” triggers automated reporting to supplier stakeholders.
3.17. Notion API
• Feature/Setting: Automate database updates of supplier entries using “pages.create” and “databases.update”.
3.18. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Use “Mail Send API” to automate distribution of periodic supplier performance reports.
3.19. Google Forms + Forms API
• Feature/Setting: Automate feedback collection from team using “responses.list” endpoint.
3.20. Power BI
• Feature/Setting: Configure “Scheduled Refresh” to automate supplier KPI dashboard updates.
Benefits
4.2. Automated alerts and escalations, enabling proactive issue handling.
4.3. Automates decision-making support with real-time, up-to-date supplier insights.
4.4. Automated feedback collection streamlines vendor engagement.
4.5. Enhances audit trails and compliance via automated tracking logs.
4.6. Automating reporting improves speed, accuracy, and supplier relationship transparency.