These cookies are required for the website to function properly. They ensure security, enable basic features like page navigation, and store user session data. You cannot disable these cookies.
- SCM with Supplier Portal
- Who it's for
- Contract-led purchasing teams
Contract-led purchasing teams
A team that buys repeatedly under negotiated terms needs to see the agreement period, supplier, commitment and item rates before each call-off. Blanket releases retain the specific demand and schedule. Commitment allocations show the financial effect, while receipts and supplier performance help the team decide whether a renewal still serves the business.
How SCM with Supplier Portal is set up for you
Agreement scope
Keep supplier, category, term and total commitment visible to the owner.
Controlled releases
Compare every planned release with the agreement and approved authority.
Supplier review
Read published period scorecards with the receipt evidence behind exceptions.
A team that buys repeatedly under negotiated terms needs to see the agreement period, supplier, commitment and item rates before each call-off. Blanket releases retain the specific demand and schedule. Commitment allocations show the financial effect, while receipts and supplier performance help the team decide whether a renewal still serves the business.
Choose one active agreement and one contracted item. Prepare a release, inspect remaining commitment and trace the resulting order. Receive a partial delivery, review a late line and publish a period scorecard after examining any exclusion. Use that evidence during renewal review rather than relying on a single recent shipment.
Before another release, Procurement Manager checks the agreement dates, the contracted item rate and the available commitment. Buyer ties the release lines to the generated order. Controller compares the signed allocation with the release value and keeps any reversal visible. At renewal, use the published scorecard alongside the receipt lines that produced it, including approved exclusions.
If the rate expires before the scheduled release, review a new effective rate before approving the call-off. Keep the prior release and its signed effect for reconciliation.
Plan the first operating cycle in [implementation](/scm-with-supplier-portal/implementation) and inspect the connected records in [the data model](/scm-with-supplier-portal/data-model).
Features to start with
Supplier relationships
Keep supplier identity, contact and qualification evidence connected to buying decisions.
Orders and commitments
Track approved order revisions, agreement releases and supplier delivery promises.
Performance and evidence
Use receipt history and decision records to assess suppliers and reconcile buying activity.
Roles on the team
- Viewer
- Read-only executive view of scoped aggregate purchasing and published supplier performance.
- Controller
- Finance reviewer of commitment, migration control totals and supplier performance.
- Receiving Clerk
- Inspects dock arrivals, records acceptance and raises controlled returns.
- Approver
- Named department head, budget owner, CFO, CEO or committee representative holding the application Approver role.
- Buyer
- Runs sourcing, draft orders, change requests, expediting and procurement-side exception resolution.
- Procurement Manager
- Owns supplier decisions, signed agreements, rate activation, price exceptions, sourcing review and published performance.
Set up SCM with Supplier Portal your way.
Start free, then use Proto to change fields, steps and approvals before your team goes live.