Supplier Portal
Market leaders are providing tools that enable strategic suppliers to communicate throughout the sourcing process. Success is highly dependent upon collaboration with suppliers, agents, testing companies, etc,. on a variety of tasks including product design, vendor selection, production monitoring, and ultimate delivery to the DC and stores.
Supplier Portal equips suppliers with the ability to maintain their own factory profile information, enabling retailers to more easily select prospective trading partners. This portal also enables suppliers to participate in critical retail PLM, bidding and other key retailer sourcing processes.
Benefits Include:
- Low technology requirements for suppliers to collaborate
- Removes barriers between organizational systems
- Supports consistent retailer-supplier interactions
- Improves supplier performance by creating a culture of information sharing
