Supplier Qualification Management
Can one automatically default Supplier responses from previous qualification initiative to a newly created initiative for a specific Qualification Area?
Yes, this is a standard feature.
If there are existing responses from a supplier's previous response to questions in this qualification area, you can choose to have the application use the existing responses when it generates a new questionnaire. This sets the default for any initiatives that use this qualification area, although a qualification manager can override the setting when defining the initiative.
Automatically populating the questionnaire with previous responses relieves the supplier of having to always answer all the questions.
Is there a standard option to share the Qualification evaluation decision with the Supplier?
Share Qualification with Supplier -
You can expose qualification evaluation decisions to suppliers by selecting the Summary option for the Share Qualification with Supplier attribute. By selecting this option, you can control the level of information that's shared with the supplier.
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Summary - the qualification outcome, the start date and end date.
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Supplier response - the supplier response to the area questions.
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Internal response - the internal responder's response to the area questions.
Can a particular Qualification Area be created such that it is accessible to all other Procurement Business Units?
Option of selecting Global BU access - If you check Global, the qualification area can be used by all procurement business units in the application. Otherwise, you choose the procurement business unit which can use this qualification area. You can insert multiple rows as access procurement BUs.
What are Qualification Areas?
Qualification areas are containers for your questions. You use a qualification area and its questions to evaluate a particular aspect of a supplier.
Can I define a Supplier facing questionnaire that contains questions answered by both Suppliers and internal stakeholders (as a part of Supplier Qualification)?
Yes, such a survey can be defined, and it is a standard functionality