Source-to-Contract

Supplier Evaluation

Structure and centralize your supplier evaluations

SEMS lets you organize supplier evaluations using questionnaires and criteria tailored to each purchasing family. Evaluations are carried out by the various departments involved and centralized in a single space. This gives you a consistent, collaborative and fully traceable process.

Key capabilities

What Supplier Evaluation enables

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Evaluation campaigns

Plan periodic or one-off evaluation campaigns by supplier category.

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Customizable questionnaires and grids

Tailor your evaluation criteria (quality, price, lead times, compliance, CSR, service) to each purchasing category.

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Internal, business and procurement evaluations

Combine feedback from procurement, quality and business teams for a 360° view.

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Supplier self-assessment

Invite your suppliers to self-assess and compare the results with your own ratings.

Weighted scores and action plans

Generate weighted scores and automatically trigger improvement plans.

CONFIGURABLE TEMPLATES

Configurable evaluation templates

Create templates tailored to your purchasing categories, products, services and organization. Criteria, questions, expected answers and rating scales are fully configurable.

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Quality of products or services

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Respect des délais

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Respect des quantités

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Compliance with specifications

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Compliance with contractual commitments

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Supplier responsiveness

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Quality of communication

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Team availability

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Quality of after-sales service

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Internal user satisfaction

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Innovation

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Environmental and CSR commitments

QUESTIONNAIRES

Questionnaires tailored to every need

SEMS makes it possible to create different types of questions. Questionnaires can be tailored according to the purchasing family, the type of supplier, or the product or service concerned.

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Numeric rating

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Single choice

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Multiple choice

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Yes or No answer

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Drop-down list

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Comment field

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Mandatory or optional answer

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Adding supporting documents

CAMPAIGNS

Periodic or one-off evaluations

Launch an evaluation based on the desired frequency or event. Campaigns can be prepared in advance and automatically sent to the relevant evaluators.

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After a delivery

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After a service is performed

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At order closure

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At the end of a contract

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Monthly

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Quarterly

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Semi-annually

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Annually

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On demand

MULTI-DEPARTMENT

Collaborative evaluation

Involve several departments in the evaluation of the same supplier. Each participant completes the criteria within their scope. The various contributions are then combined into a consolidated evaluation.

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Procurement

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Requesting business units

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Qualité

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Logistics

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Finance

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Legal

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Contract managers

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Internal users

PROCESS

Evaluation workflow

Organize the process according to the steps defined by your organization. Steps and approval levels can be adapted to your internal rules.

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Creating the evaluation

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Selecting the supplier

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Choosing the evaluation template

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Assigning evaluators

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Sending the questionnaire

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Entering responses

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Following up with participants

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Checking responses

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Approving the evaluation

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Closure and archiving

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

Comments and supporting documents

Evaluators can supplement their answers with various items. These items are kept with the evaluation and remain accessible to authorized users.

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Comments

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Observations

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Documents

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Photos

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Inspection reports

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Minutes/reports

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Supporting documents

REAL-TIME TRACKING

Evaluation campaign tracking

Track the progress of evaluations in real time. Notifications and automatic reminders can be sent to participants.

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Evaluations to prepare

Campaign being set up.

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Evaluations sent

Questionnaires sent to evaluators.

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Responses pending

No response recorded to date.

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Partially completed evaluations

Some criteria still need to be completed.

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Evaluations to approve

Responses complete, approval pending.

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Closed evaluations

Evaluation finalized and archived.

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Overdue evaluations

Response deadline exceeded.

RESULTS

Viewing results

For each evaluation, view all the key information. Results can be viewed, filtered and exported according to access rights.

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The evaluated supplier

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The relevant period

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The template used

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The participating evaluators

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Responses by criterion

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The scores given

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Les commentaires

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Les pièces justificatives

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The approval status

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The closing date

TRACEABILITY

History and traceability

SEMS keeps the complete history of evaluations. This traceability ensures a transparent, documented and verifiable process.

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Creation date

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Evaluation author

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Evaluators solicited

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Responses recorded

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Comments added

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Documents uploaded

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Approvals completed

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Changes made

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Date de clôture

Why evaluate your suppliers with SEMS

Benefits for your organization

📋 Questionnaires tailored to each purchasing category
🔄 A consistent evaluation process
🤝 Simplified participation from different departments
🗂️ Centralization of responses and supporting documents
📊 Better campaign tracking
🔔 Automatic reminders to evaluators
🔎 Quick access to results
📜 A complete, traceable history
🧹 Fewer scattered files and questionnaires
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With SEMS, organize your campaigns, involve the right stakeholders and centralize all results in a simple, well-controlled process. Request a demo and discover how to digitize your supplier evaluations with SEMS.