Supplier Lifecycle Management

Making the business relationship with our suppliers efficient and effective is a key to our future success.

In order to achieve that, we have taken an important step by making the supplier lifecycle management more digital as part of our Digital Procurement strategy, which will ensure the agility of Philips Integrated Supply Chain.

There are multiple touchpoints within a supplier lifecycle, when we make sure our data remains complete and up to date. In the below sections, we describe all the steps within the Supplier Lifecycle Management processes, which may require your involvement as a supplier for Philips.

Supplier Onboarding

Supplier Onboarding

Philips Procurement rolled out the next module of the cloud based Ariba Procurement suite which is used for the Supplier Onboarding process.

Ariba is a validated system in Philips. In order to start a collaboration with Philips, one of the first steps for our suppliers is the completion of a self-registration questionnaire for Philips in the Ariba Network.

What’s in it for you?

With an Ariba Network account, you as our supplier can begin transacting electronically with multiple customers including Philips across the entire market-to-cash cycle. By taking these steps to join the world’s largest trading partner community, you will be able to quickly and easily find buyers ready to buy, improve customer retention, accelerate the sales cycle and apply cash.

There are multiple benefits that will advance our collaboration process by using Ariba Network, including:

Self-registration, data and certification maintenance are key benefits for you as a supplier, not only for Philips, but for all your customers who also use the Ariba Network.

In order to activate all benefits mentioned above, we invite you to register on the Ariba Network.

How to complete the registration on the Ariba Network as a supplier for Philips (without an existing Ariba Network account)
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How to change supplier data on Ariba Network for Philips
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How to submit supplier documentation on the Ariba Network as a supplier for Philips (with an existing account)
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e-Data Collection Template as part of Supplier Onboarding

The electronic Data Collection Template (e-DCT) is a Philips mandatory document which contains all details which are required to set up a supplier successfully in our system for future transactions (purchase order creation and invoice booking and payment). The document provides a truthful evidence of supplier's identity, tax, bank/payment details as well as Procurement involvement.

How to submit an e-Data Collection Template as a supplier for Philips
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Supplier Data Maintenance

Supplier Data Maintenance

In order to achieve the vision of an effective and efficient Supplier Lifecycle Management it is essential to have correct, standardized and clear Supplier Master Data in our IT systems. Therefore, it is important to set up and maintain supplier information up-to-date. One of the documents that we ask from you as our suppliers to deliver is the e-Data Collection Template.

Supplier Registration form as part of Supplier Data Maintenance

As part of onboarding process, our suppliers fill in and submit the supplier registration questionnaire via Ariba Network. After the registration is completed, this questionnaire remains available for a supplier on Ariba Network, in case of any further updates.

How to update and resubmit a Supplier Registration form via Ariba Network for Philips
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e-Data Collection Template as part of Supplier Data Maintenance

The electronic Data Collection Template (e-DCT) is a Philips mandatory document which contains all details which are required to set up and update a supplier successfully in our system for transacting (purchase order creation and invoice booking and payment). The document provides a truthful evidence of supplier's identity, tax, bank/payment details as well as Procurement involvement.

How to submit an e-Data Collection Template as a supplier for Philips
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Supplier Relationship Management
Supplier Relationship Management
As part of the Supplier Relationship Management, Philips evaluates the supplied goods, materials and services to ensure following our organizational standards of quality and compliance..

In Supplier Lifecycle Management, we collect the following documentation from our suppliers via Ariba Network:

Quality-relevant Certificates (e.g. ISO 9001, …)

Supplier Declarations, licenses (Minority business ownership, GC Business license, MSME…)

Questionnaires (Supplier Security)

Notifications (EEO in NAM)

How to submit an electronic questionnaire via the Ariba Network as a supplier for Philips
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Supplier Offboarding

Supplier Offboarding

In the Philips business journey, Supplier Offboarding ensures to close the loop of an End-to-End supplier lifecycle management from supplier onboarding to supplier offboarding.

This offboarding process establishes a standard way of terminating relationships with suppliers in a way to keep business continuity and to avoid potential risks or losses.

Supplier Lifecycle Management

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