Vendor lifecycle management
The whole relationship. Not disconnected handoffs.
Manage the vendor lifecycle from onboarding and signed commitments through negotiation, renewal and exit. Keep the information, owner and next action together at every stage.
Lifecycle stages
One record through the lifecycle
01 / Onboard
Start with a usable vendor record.
Bring in the vendor identity, agreements, commercial documents and connected system records. Assign a business owner and make gaps explicit.
- The connected evidence
- Vendor identity, contracting entities, source systems and missing information.
- The next action
- Resolve an ambiguous vendor match before combining records.
02 / Agree
Know what the business committed to.
Connect signed agreements, pricing, scope and payment terms. Keep amendments and proposed changes distinct from the terms that govern today.
- The connected evidence
- Executed baseline, effective dates, item-level prices and applicable scope.
- The next action
- Review which amendment governs this item and location.
03 / Manage
Keep commitments, evidence and spend aligned.
Review commercial obligations, available compliance evidence and payment context. Turn a missing document or mismatch into an owned follow-up.
- The connected evidence
- Signed requirements, invoice and PO context, observed evidence and open issues.
- The next action
- Request missing evidence and check its relevance to the signed requirement.
04 / Negotiate
Use the whole relationship to obtain hard savings.
Build an actionable negotiation report. Choose the asks and let the Negotiation Agent conduct the exchange within your authority.
- The connected evidence
- Comparable prices, spend, commercial history, calculations and negotiation mandate.
- The next action
- Negotiate a lower rate or supported credit; retain the vendor response.
05 / Renew
Make renewal a decision—not a default.
Review the relationship before the real contractual cutoff. Keep a separate rebate-program deadline separate from the SOW end date.
- The connected evidence
- Notice terms, program requirements, financial stakes and decision owner.
- The next action
- Approve the next move before the action-by deadline.
06 / Exit
Close the relationship without losing the record.
Review notice, transition and final-payment obligations. Track the remaining actions and retain the agreement and commercial history for future reference.
- The connected evidence
- Termination provisions, final invoices, documented commitments and unresolved actions.
- The next action
- Assign exit obligations and verify completion; do not assume closing a task terminates an agreement.
Onboarding and exit workflows are configured for your organization
The next step always has somewhere to go
One source of truth. A system of commercial execution.
The vendor record carries the history. Ask AI makes it usable. Agents prepare or perform approved work. The Decision Calendar keeps the time-sensitive decisions in view.
- 01 Record the commitment
- 02 Make the issue visible
- 03 Assign the owner
- 04 Act within authority
- 05 Verify the outcome
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