Purchase Manager

Manual vendor evaluation often leads to inconsistent, subjective assessments and limited insight into supplier reliability, quality, and responsiveness. Purchase managers also lack an early warning system to detect under performing vendors before issues escalate.

The improved system integrates AI-powered Vendor Grading, which automatically generates monthly scores based on delivery promptness, quantity fulfillment, and invoice accuracy. Machine learning models analyze historical and transactional data, while visual dashboards show average scores, grading distributions, and comparative insights.

This enables purchase managers to negotiate with suppliers using data-driven insights, manage risks proactively, and improve procurement efficiency—all within a unified system.

You can use these widgets as part of the standard setup for the role-based workspace:
  • My Day
  • Top 10 Open Orders by Buyer
  • Supplier Performance by Period
  • On Your Radar
  • Quick Actions
  • Important Links

See the CloudSuite Library for the required M3 industry and select Industry Content > Standard Content > Purchase Manager.

Advanced widgets for Vendor Performance Insights

This table shows the widgets in this workspace that uses advanced insights solution:

Widget Description
Supplier Grade Analysis Use this widget to view the key performance indicators that shows the average summary of this information:
  • Prompt score
  • Quality score
  • Quantity score
  • Supplier grade
Supplier Grade Use this widget to view the grades of the supplier by run date in a column chart visualization.

For these advanced widgets, you can use the Edit Description option to change the widget name, subtitle, and description. To ensure that the insights are updated, you may use the Refresh option from the widget menu.