Nominated Suppliers are recommended or mandated suppliers chosen by brands to provide specific materials, components, or services for garment production. As a brand, you can recommend that your manufacturers or suppliers source materials from these nominated suppliers. As a supplier, you can now select nominated suppliers from a convenient dropdown list, eliminating the need for manual input and reducing the chance of human errors.

This practice is essential for ensuring consistent quality, timely deliveries, and adherence to sustainable practices within the supply chain. The improvements to the Nominated Supplier workflow in the Supply Chain Mapping are aimed at boosting efficiency, accuracy, and the overall user experience for both brands and suppliers.

Key Benefits for Brands:

• Consolidated Supply Chain Configuration: Brands can now collect information for both nominated and non-nominated suppliers in a single configuration. This streamlines data collection and provides a more comprehensive view of the supply chain.
• Enhanced Control Over Supplier Visibility: Brands can now manage the visibility of nominated suppliers to direct (Tier 1) suppliers, ensuring that sensitive supply chain relationships are appropriately controlled and managed.
• Integrated Tier 1 Supply Chain View: The tool provides an integrated and comprehensive view of the Tier 1 supply chain, allowing brands to oversee both nominated and direct suppliers in one cohesive framework.
• Predefined Nominated Supplier Selection: To reduce the risk of disruptions, brands can now allow direct suppliers to select nominated suppliers from a predefined list, minimizing errors and improving overall network integrity.

Key Benefits for Suppliers:

• Simplified Nominated Supplier Selection: Direct suppliers (Tier 1) can now select nominated suppliers from a convenient dropdown list, eliminating the need for manual input and reducing the chance of human errors.
• Automated Population of Supplier Information: When receiving a request, suppliers will see key fields such as Supplier Name, Location, Address, and Email ID automatically populated from their company profile. This automation ensures consistency and accuracy, reducing the need for repetitive data entry.
• Improved Accuracy Through Automation: By leveraging dropdown selections and auto-population of company profile data, suppliers can now minimize errors and speed up the data submission process, leading to greater accuracy and efficiency in supply chain mapping.

These updates streamline supply chain mapping, reduce the need for manual input, and create more efficient and accurate workflows for both brands and suppliers.

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