Supplier management encompasses all activities within the procurement process that serve to supply the company with materials, working materials and supplies, and services. Supplier management includes supplier identification, containment, analysis, supplier evaluation and supplier selection as well as supplier controlling.
The supplier management software listed here is used to systematically manage a company's supplier relationships. Inquiries and invitations to tender, BANF (purchase requisition), comparison and evaluation, commissioning or rejection, contract management and complaints management can all be handled with the help of the software. As a rule, the software also includes functions for supplier assessment or evaluation and for supplier controlling.