The Supplier Management home page shows how your supplier base is doing at a glance and lists every supplier you can access. Open it from Supplier Management > Suppliers.
What's on the page
Area | What it shows |
Metric tiles | Preferred Suppliers, Suppliers With Contracts, Documents To Approve and Expired Documents. Click a tile to see the suppliers or documents behind the number. |
Dashboard filters | Narrow the tiles and charts by industry, location, department, supplier type, Managed By or supplier. |
Charts | % Of Documents Approved, % Of Documents That Have Expired, % Of Preferred Suppliers and Suppliers With Contracts By Industry. |
Recent Supplier Notifications | Your latest supplier notifications. Click All Notifications for the full list. |
Supplier List | Every supplier you can access, with search, filters, column choices and export. |
Find a supplier
Type in Search above the Supplier List.
Or narrow the list with the filters: industry, supplier type, Preferred Status, Contract, location, department, Supplier State, Managed By or supplier.
Choose your columns
Click Edit Columns to add or remove columns such as Supplier ID, Onboarding Status, Performance Score, Risk Score, Sustainability Score, Payment Term, Sanctioned Supplier or any of your custom fields.
What you can do from here
To… | Do this | Guide |
Add a supplier | Click Add New Supplier | |
Open a supplier | Click its name, or Actions > View | See Inside a supplier record below |
Archive a supplier | Actions > Archive | |
Export your suppliers | Click Export | |
Check document compliance | Open Supplier Compliance |
Inside a supplier record
The panel on the left shows the supplier's key details. The tabs on the right hold everything else:
Tab | What's in it |
Latest Activity | Notes, emails, calls, meetings, tasks, documents and system notifications |
Contact Info | Address and supplier contacts |
Documents | Uploaded and requested supplier documents |
Contracts, Sourcing Activities, Savings | Records linked to this supplier |
Scorecards, Performance, Risk, Sustainability | Supplier evaluations and scores |
Custom Notifications | Your own reminders for this supplier |
Supplier Owners | The users responsible for the supplier, who receive its notifications |
Change Log, Approval Log | The history of changes and approvals |
Any custom tabs your organisation has set up appear too.
Common questions
Why doesn't a tile number match the table?
Tiles and charts use the dashboard filters, not the table filters. Restricted records are also counted in the tile totals even if you can't see them in the table.
Why can't I find a supplier?
Check Supplier State – archived and rejected suppliers are hidden by default. If the supplier has record access restrictions, you'll only see it if you've been given access.
Does Export use my filters?
No. The export always contains all active suppliers, whatever filters or search you've applied.
What are suppliers marked Demo Record?
New accounts include demo records so you can explore oboloo. They're read-only and can be removed in Company Settings.
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