Supplier Intelligence · Key features

One supplier lifecycle. Every decision connected.

Twelve capabilities share one supplier record, one body of evidence and one approval trail, from onboarding and sourcing to contracts, risk, quality and value recovery. They are connected to your systems of record, be it ERP, CRM or any system.

capabilities
12
features
65
KPIs out of the box
159
system, read and write
Any
Capability 01

Supplier 360 & Business Dependencies

Everything about a supplier, and everything that depends on it, in one view.

ForProcurementOperationsQuality

  • Supplier 360

    Health, risk, items, contracts, orders, quality and history in one record.

  • Approved manufacturers

    Who may make each item, where, and which suppliers may sell it.

  • Items supplied

    Every item a supplier provides, with its approved manufacturer.

  • Portfolio segmentation

    Strategic, leverage, bottleneck and routine, by spend and supply risk.

  • Bottleneck flags

    Zeak suggests bottleneck suppliers; you confirm or dismiss with a reason.

  • Supplier directory

    Every supplier, searchable, with quick view and your own columns.

Capability 02

Supplier Onboarding & Lifecycle

Onboard and qualify suppliers on the workflow that fits each one.

ForProcurementQuality

  • Onboarding workflows

    Pick the workflow for each supplier when onboarding starts.

  • Onboarding board

    Track every onboarding on a board or a list, and see who is waiting on whom.

  • Supplier qualification

    Qualify each supplier, manufacturer, site and item; re-qualify on schedule.

  • Re-qualification rules

    Cycles by risk class, with triggers, grace periods and what happens on expiry.

  • Lifecycle history

    Every status change, approval and document, kept for audit.

Capability 03

Risk & Supply Continuity

See risk early and know how long you can last.

ForSupply chainOperationsProcurement

  • Risk register

    Every supplier's risk by factor, with bands and change since last quarter.

  • Risk graphs

    Heat grid, risk matrix, trend and factor mix, in one picker.

  • Time to survive and recover

    TTS and TTR for every critical supply path.

  • Survival-gap alerts

    A warning when recovery would outlast your stock.

  • Allocations and disruptions

    Record an allocation once; gaps, orders and customers update.

  • Mitigation plans

    Track the actions that close each gap.

Capability 04

Risk Models

Your factors, your weights, per company.

ForProcurementSupply chainAdministrators

  • Named risk models

    Keep several models; each company stars its default.

  • Factors you control

    Switch factors on or off per company; standard ones can't be deleted.

  • Your own factors

    Add any factor, scored from your data, a feed, a questionnaire or a person.

  • Simple scoring

    Every factor scores 0–100; its weight sets how much it counts.

  • Approved changes

    Weight changes go to an approver; the current model stays in use until approved.

Capability 05

Supplier Scorecards & Performance

Score suppliers on what matters to you.

ForProcurementQualityOperations

  • Scorecard models

    Named models with your measures and weights; star the default.

  • Your own measures

    Add any measure; standard ones are locked but adjustable.

  • Targets and grades

    Targets by company, supplier or segment; A, B and C grades.

  • 159 KPIs out of the box

    Delivery, quality, cost and risk, ready on day one.

  • KPI formula engine

    Build any KPI. Names don’t matter, intent does.

  • Business reviews

    Share scorecards and actions with each supplier.

Capability 06

RFQs & Sourcing Decisions

Source on total cost, with every decision on the record.

ForProcurementBuyers

  • RFQ events

    Invite suppliers, collect responses and keep one record.

  • Side-by-side bid comparison

    Price, lead time, quality and risk together.

  • Award recommendations

    Suggested awards on total cost, for a person to approve.

  • Decision record

    Who decided, on what evidence, and why.

  • Assessment campaigns

    Send questionnaires to groups of suppliers, with due dates and reminders.

Capability 07

Contracts & Inventory Agreements

Every agreement, its prices and its stock terms in one place.

ForProcurementFinanceSupply chain

  • Contract records

    Items and prices, agreements, orders and invoices, documents and history.

  • End-date and copy

    End or renew contracts without losing a version; nothing is deleted.

  • Inventory agreements

    Consignment and VMI terms linked to their contract.

  • Renewal reminders

    Know before prices and terms expire.

  • Contract price checks

    Every invoice checked against the contract.

Capability 08

Spend, Price Leakage & Value Recovery

Stop leakage and recover value Finance can validate.

ForFinanceProcurement

  • Price leakage detection

    Paid above contract, or bought on POs with no agreement.

  • Spend analytics

    Spend by supplier, category, item, contract and company.

  • Recoveries

    Claim differences back and track them until the money is in.

  • Value tracker

    Savings move from identified to realised, and Finance validates them.

  • Invoices and payments

    Matched to orders, receipts and contracts.

Capability 09

Consignment & Supplier-Managed Inventory

See who owns, holds and replenishes every unit.

ForSupply chainOperations

  • Consignment and VMI visibility

    Supplier-owned and company-owned stock in one view, never added together.

  • Inventory dimensions

    Choose which dimensions to show and save the view.

  • Agreement-linked stock

    Quantities tied to the agreement behind them.

  • Visibility only

    Zeak shows stock; your systems of record post it.

Capability 10

Quality, Compliance & ESG

Keep every certificate, case and obligation current.

ForQualityCompliance

  • Supplier cases

    Supplier issues, SCARs and NCRs, each on its own workflow.

  • Quality queue

    Everything waiting on Quality, in one list.

  • Certificate tracking

    Expiry dates, renewals and reminders.

  • Compliance questionnaires

    Sent, scored and re-sent on schedule.

  • ESG and third-party risk

    ESG, security and compliance as factors in your risk model.

  • Linked quality cases

    Supplier issues connect to Zeak QMS.

Capability 11

Supplier Collaboration

Work with suppliers on one record, not in email.

ForBuyersSuppliers

  • Supplier portal

    Suppliers onboard, answer, upload and respond securely.

  • Shared cases and tasks

    Suppliers act on the same case your team sees.

  • Document exchange

    Certificates, quotes and evidence in one place.

  • Questionnaire responses

    Suppliers answer once; answers stay on record.

  • Internal and supplier comments

    Kept apart, clearly labelled.

Capability 12

Command Center, Approvals & AI

One place to see what needs you, and assistance that does the rest.

ForEvery role

  • Command Center and My work

    What needs you now, by role and company.

  • Approvals

    Every consequential action approved by the right person, with e-signature where needed.

  • Ask Zeak

    Plain-language answers from the data you’re allowed to see.

  • AI insights

    Labelled suggestions with a reason; a person approves every change.

  • Dashboards and reports

    Build, share and schedule; set role defaults.

  • Roles per company

    A person can hold different roles in each company.

  • Any system

    Each data element comes from the system that owns it, with approved write-back.

Start with what’s in the box. Tailor it to your enterprise.

Questions about a feature? Write to si@zeak.io.