All suppliers that are registered as pre-qualified suppliers in Connexio are already verified by Achilles and comply with the requirements set up by the participating utilities. However, each utility might need more detailed information in order to be able to place an order.
Simply create additional questionnaires with eQual.
eQual is a component of Connexio within the dedicated area of each company. Our customers use it to register/maintain additional questions online, create additional questionnaires and send them to selected suppliers. The buyers can not only view the status of the incoming answers of the suppliers but also evaluate the suppliers’ answers. How does that work? It’s simple.
Each utility can create folders that contain different questions. Due to the fact that eQual is in the dedicated area of Connexio the folders and questions are only accessible for the buyers of the utility. Using Connexio’s search for suppliers the buyer selects those suppliers that have to provide more detailed information. The buyer then creates the additional questionnaire or uses an existing additional questionnaire. Once the additional questionnaire is created the buyer writes an Email informing the suppliers about the purpose of the additional questionnaire. The buyer also sets a deadline for submitting the additional questionnaire. Once everything is done the buyer submits the additional questionnaire along with the Email to the selected suppliers. Each supplier can then logon to the additional questionnaire – the supplier completes it online and submits it also online.
eQual does not only show the buyer to how many suppliers he has sent the additional questionnaire but also which supplier has already answered (including date & time). Once the supplier submitted the additional questionnaire the buyer is able to evaluate the answers online: qualified (the supplier complies with the additional requirements or the buyer is happy with the answers), partly qualified (the buyer is not really happy with the supplier’s answers and asks the supplier to re-answer again) or not qualified (the supplier does not comply with the requirements).