Source-to-Contract

Centralize, qualify and secure your supplier database

Digitize the entire supplier onboarding process, from application and document collection through validation, integration into your database and continuous information updates.

SEMS gives you a reliable, complete and compliant supplier database, accessible to all authorized stakeholders.

Key capabilities

What Supplier Onboarding enables

Centralize, qualify and secure every step of supplier onboarding, from application to the continuous update of supplier information.

Supplier registration portal

Let suppliers create their profile, enter their information and upload their documents from a secure portal.

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Prequalification questionnaires

Assess each supplier against your own criteria: technical capabilities, financial strength, references, quality, CSR, risk and compliance.

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Centralized document collection

Gather tax and social security certificates, certifications, insurance policies, bank details and other supporting documents in a single file.

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Compliance check

Check the completeness and validity of information before any validation or collaboration with a supplier.

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Validation workflows

Involve Procurement, business teams, Finance, Legal, Quality or Compliance through workflows tailored to your organization.

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Supplier segmentation

Classify your partners by purchasing category, activity, country, criticality level, status, risk or strategic importance.

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Document expiration and renewal

Receive alerts before documents expire and automatically request their renewal from suppliers.

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Status management

Clearly track the onboarding cycle: candidate, incomplete file, under evaluation, to be validated, listed, suspended or rejected.

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History and traceability

Keep a record of documents, checks, comments, validations and changes made throughout the process.

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From application to onboarding

A fully digital process

A reliable, compliant and up-to-date supplier database, from first contact to continuous updates.

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Invitation
Supplier invitation or application.
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Registration
Account creation and information entry.
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Document submission
Submission of supporting documents.
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Prequalification
Response to the prequalification questionnaire.
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Review
Completeness and compliance check.
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Evaluation
Evaluation by the relevant departments.
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Approval
Onboarding validation.
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Synchronization
Synchronization with the ERP or supplier database.
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Monitoring
Monitoring of deadlines and periodic updates.
Reliability and compliance

Scoring and expiration management

Automatically assign a score to each supplier based on file completeness, document validity, technical capabilities, financial strength, certifications, performance and risk level.

When a document is about to expire, SEMS alerts the supplier and the relevant teams, requests its renewal and automatically updates the compliance score.

The supplier can thus be classified according to their qualification level

Qualified

Complete file, valid documents and compliant score.

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Under watch

Documents nearing expiration or a declining score.

Non-compliant

Mandatory document expired or blocking criterion.

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Suspended

Supplier temporarily excluded from new RFx processes.

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To be reassessed

Renewal or new validation required.

Bénéfice

Always have a reliable, up-to-date supplier database built on objective criteria.

Why choose SEMS

The benefits for your organization

SEMS helps Procurement teams strengthen their supplier database while reducing lead times and risk.

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Reliable supplier database

A more reliable and better structured supplier database.

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Reduced lead times

Shorter onboarding lead times.

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Less manual processing

Fewer email exchanges and manual tasks.

Risk control

Better control over supplier risk.

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Up-to-date documents

Always up-to-date documents.

Collaborative validation

Collaborative, well-governed validation.

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Traceability for audits

Full traceability for audits.

Simplified supplier experience

A simpler, more professional supplier experience.

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Onboard your suppliers faster, without compromising compliance

From application to final validation, SEMS automates the collection, evaluation and control of supplier information to build a reliable, compliant and sustainable database. Centralize files, reduce risk and speed up the onboarding of your new partners.