{"id":29282,"date":"2026-11-05T21:33:43","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T21:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evaluationshub.com\/?page_id=29282"},"modified":"2026-11-06T07:00:52","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T07:00:52","slug":"solutions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/evaluationshub.com\/solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"eh-solutions\">\n<style>\n#eh-solutions{--b:#35a0e8;--bd:#1d7fc0;--ink:#0f1923;--mut:#5a6b7d;--faint:#8699a8;--ln:#e5eaf0;--wash:#ebf5fd;--soft:#f6f9fc;\n  font-family:inherit;color:var(--ink);line-height:1.62}\n#eh-solutions *{box-sizing:border-box}\n#eh-solutions .w{max-width:1100px;margin:0 auto;padding:0 20px}\n#eh-solutions .hero{padding:60px 0 44px;border-bottom:1px solid var(--ln)}\n#eh-solutions .eyebrow{font-size:12px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.11em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--bd);margin:0 0 14px}\n#eh-solutions h1{font-size:42px;line-height:1.12;font-weight:700;margin:0 0 18px;letter-spacing:-.018em;max-width:19ch}\n#eh-solutions .lede{font-size:18px;color:var(--mut);margin:0;max-width:64ch}\n#eh-solutions .stage{display:flex;gap:30px;padding:42px 0;border-bottom:1px solid var(--ln)}\n#eh-solutions .num{flex:0 0 58px}\n#eh-solutions .num span{display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;width:46px;height:46px;border-radius:50%;\n  background:var(--wash);color:var(--bd);font-weight:700;font-size:17px}\n#eh-solutions .body{flex:1 1 auto;min-width:0}\n#eh-solutions h2{font-size:25px;font-weight:700;margin:4px 0 10px;letter-spacing:-.012em}\n#eh-solutions .job{font-size:16.5px;color:var(--ink);margin:0 0 14px;font-weight:500}\n#eh-solutions .how{font-size:16px;color:var(--mut);margin:0 0 18px;max-width:68ch}\n#eh-solutions .how b{color:var(--ink);font-weight:600}\n#eh-solutions .lbl{font-size:10.5px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.1em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--faint);margin:0 0 9px}\n#eh-solutions .links{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:8px;margin:0;padding:0;list-style:none}\n#eh-solutions .links a{display:inline-block;font-size:13.5px;padding:7px 13px;border:1px solid var(--ln);border-radius:999px;\n  color:var(--bd);text-decoration:none;background:#fff}\n#eh-solutions .links a:hover{border-color:var(--b);background:var(--wash)}\n#eh-solutions .band{background:var(--soft);border:1px solid var(--ln);border-radius:16px;padding:34px 30px;margin:46px 0 0}\n#eh-solutions .band h2{margin-top:0}\n#eh-solutions .two{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:30px}\n#eh-solutions .two>div{flex:1 1 300px;min-width:0}\n#eh-solutions h3{font-size:17px;font-weight:600;margin:0 0 7px}\n#eh-solutions .two p{font-size:15px;color:var(--mut);margin:0 0 12px}\n#eh-solutions .close{padding:54px 0 64px;text-align:center}\n#eh-solutions .close h2{font-size:29px;margin-bottom:12px}\n#eh-solutions .close p{font-size:17px;color:var(--mut);max-width:56ch;margin:0 auto 24px}\n#eh-solutions .btn{display:inline-block;padding:14px 26px;border-radius:9px;font-size:15.5px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;margin:0 6px 10px}\n#eh-solutions .btn.primary{background:var(--b);color:#fff}\n#eh-solutions .btn.primary:hover{background:var(--bd)}\n#eh-solutions .btn.ghost{border:1px solid var(--ln);color:var(--ink)}\n#eh-solutions .btn.ghost:hover{border-color:var(--b);color:var(--bd)}\n@media (max-width:760px){\n  #eh-solutions h1{font-size:31px}\n  #eh-solutions .hero{padding:38px 0 30px}\n  #eh-solutions .stage{flex-direction:column;gap:14px;padding:32px 0}\n  #eh-solutions .num{flex:none}\n  #eh-solutions h2{font-size:22px}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"w\">\n<div class=\"hero\">\n<p class=\"eyebrow\">Solutions<\/p>\n<h1>Supplier management, in the order it actually happens.<\/h1>\n<p class=\"lede\">Six things a supplier programme has to do. What each one means when a real supplier is on the other end, and how we do it. No feature list.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"stage\">\n<div class=\"num\"><span>1<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<h2>Bring a supplier in<\/h2>\n<p class=\"job\">The job: get a new supplier from a request in someone&#8217;s inbox to an approved record, without approving anyone on a promise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"how\">A request is raised internally and routed for approval before anyone contacts the supplier. The supplier is then invited by email and fills in their own record, which means the data arrives typed by the person who actually knows it. <b>You decide what evidence has to be present before approval is possible<\/b>, so a supplier cannot be approved with a missing certificate just because someone was in a hurry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"lbl\">Where to go next<\/p>\n<ul class=\"links\">\n<li><a href=\"\/supplier-onboarding\/\">Supplier onboarding<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/faster-supplier-onboarding\/\">Accelerate onboarding<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/templates\/supplier-intake-request\/\">Intake request template<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/templates\/supplier-onboarding-checklist\/\">Onboarding checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/supplier-qualification\/\">Supplier qualification<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/procurement-intake\/\">Procurement intake<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"stage\">\n<div class=\"num\"><span>2<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<h2>Know who they actually are<\/h2>\n<p class=\"job\">The job: answer a question about a plant or a part, not just about a company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"how\">A supplier is not one flat row. It is a legal entity you pay, the sites where things are made, and the parts that come from each site. <b>Documents attach at the level they belong to.<\/b> A company certificate sits on the company, an IATF certificate on the site that holds it, a mill certificate on the batch it describes. Certificates carry their expiry date, so the ones about to lapse surface before a customer finds them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"lbl\">Where to go next<\/p>\n<ul class=\"links\">\n<li><a href=\"\/supplier-information-management-sim-strong-in-evaluationshub\/\">Supplier information management<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/supplier-master-data-governance\/\">Master data governance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/supplier-portal\/\">The supplier portal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/supplier-surveys\/\">Supplier surveys<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"stage\">\n<div class=\"num\"><span>3<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<h2>Measure them, on a cadence<\/h2>\n<p class=\"job\">The job: turn opinions held in four departments into one score the supplier can be shown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"how\">You set criteria and weightings per segment, so a strategic supplier is not scored like a stationery vendor. Several colleagues score the same supplier independently, and <b>where they disagree stays visible instead of being averaged away<\/b>, because the disagreement is usually the useful part. Set the cadence once and every due date, reminder and close date is calculated forward from it. Nobody re-sends anything.<\/p>\n<p class=\"lbl\">Where to go next<\/p>\n<ul class=\"links\">\n<li><a href=\"\/supplier-scorecards\/\">Supplier scorecards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/what-is-a-supplier-scorecard\/\">What a scorecard is<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/annual-reviews-to-continuous-supplier-monitoring\/\">From annual reviews to continuous<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/templates\/weighted-supplier-scorecard\/\">Weighted scorecard template<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/supplier-360-feedback\/\">360 supplier feedback<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"stage\">\n<div class=\"num\"><span>4<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<h2>Do something about what you find<\/h2>\n<p class=\"job\">The job: make sure a bad score produces a change rather than a line in the minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"how\">A finding becomes an action with a named owner and a due date, <b>attached to the score that caused it<\/b>, so next quarter you can see whether the thing you raised actually moved. Business reviews run off the same record rather than off a deck someone rebuilt the night before, which is the difference between a review the supplier prepares for and one they sit through.<\/p>\n<p class=\"lbl\">Where to go next<\/p>\n<ul class=\"links\">\n<li><a href=\"\/supplier-capa-corrective-actions\/\">Corrective actions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/supplier-performance-improvement\/\">Fix underperforming suppliers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/templates\/supplier-8d-corrective-action-tracker\/\">8D tracker<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/templates\/supplier-qbr-business-review-pack\/\">QBR pack<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/supplier-qbr-software\/\">Supplier QBRs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"stage\">\n<div class=\"num\"><span>5<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<h2>Carry the risk and the regulation<\/h2>\n<p class=\"job\">The job: satisfy several regimes without asking the same supplier the same question four times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"how\">EUDR wants a plot of land. CBAM wants the installation. CSRD will accept a country. Ask for the country and you have answered the loosest question and nothing else. <b>Collect at the finest grain once and the coarser answers fall out of it.<\/b> One supplier record then serves risk, compliance and ESG reporting, and the supplier notices that the second request is shorter than the first.<\/p>\n<p class=\"lbl\">Where to go next<\/p>\n<ul class=\"links\">\n<li><a href=\"\/supplier-risk-management\/\">Supplier risk management<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/reduce-supplier-risk\/\">Reduce supplier risk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/supplier-compliance-management-software-tracking-and-audits\/\">Compliance tracking and audits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/esg-csrd-supplier-compliance\/\">ESG and CSRD<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/digital-supplier-audits-remote-compliance\/\">Remote audits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/templates\/supplier-risk-register\/\">Risk register template<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/supplier-contract-management\/\">Contract management<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"stage\">\n<div class=\"num\"><span>6<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<h2>Be able to prove it later<\/h2>\n<p class=\"job\">The job: answer an auditor asking what you knew in March, not what you know today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"how\">Who asked, who answered, when, what evidence was attached and what changed since. <b>Assembled as the work happens, which costs almost nothing, rather than reconstructed under audit, which does not.<\/b> History is added to rather than overwritten, so a supplier moving production between plants leaves a record instead of erasing one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"lbl\">Where to go next<\/p>\n<ul class=\"links\">\n<li><a href=\"\/reporting-audit-trail\/\">Reporting and audit trail<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/eva-ai-contract-capa\/\">Obligations against performance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/features\/\">Full feature list<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"band\">\n<h2>Two things that run across all six<\/h2>\n<div class=\"two\">\n<div>\n<h3>Segmentation<\/h3>\n<p>None of the above should apply equally to every supplier. Segments decide who gets scored quarterly and who gets scored at all, and the regulations now say much the same thing: ask less of small partners, concentrate depth where the impact is.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"links\">\n<li><a href=\"\/supplier-segmentation-models-strategic-and-risk-based-tiers\/\">Segmentation models<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/supplier-segmentation\/\">Segmentation software<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Eva AI<\/h3>\n<p>Eva reads what suppliers send back and checks it against what they committed to, then flags the gaps. It proposes, you approve. Nothing reaches a supplier because software decided it should.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"links\">\n<li><a href=\"\/eva-ai\/\">Eva AI<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"close\">\n<h2>Start with one supplier<\/h2>\n<p>The fastest way to know whether this fits is to run one real supplier through a full cycle, on your own criteria. Tell us about your supply base and we will come back within a working day.<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"btn primary\" href=\"#contactModal\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"#contactModal\">Set up my environment<\/a><br \/>\n    <a class=\"btn ghost\" href=\"\/pricing\/\">Get a price for my situation<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solutions Supplier management, in the order it actually happens. Six things a supplier programme has to do. What each one means when a real supplier is on the other end, and how we do it. 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