The Approved Vendor List (AVL) enables you to qualify suppliers based on the risk they may pose to your supply chain.
QUALIFYING A NEW SUPPLIER:
Once a supplier has been added into the AVL, the suppliers status will be defaulted to "New".
To change the status of the new supplier click 
in the Qualification tab.
Fill out the Qualifications slide out with the following information...
- Status: Pick a status from the drop down the supplier is to receive.
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- Note: The status is not final until the Review Status has been change to REVIEWED.
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- Qual. Date: Record the date of the of the qualification (defaulted to current date).
- Reviewer: Choose the user responsible with reviewing the qualification.
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- Note: If the Reviewer is also the one defining the qualification, you may also change the review status to "REVIEWED"
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Re-Qual. Freq.: Set date for Re-qualification.
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Comments: Record any notes for future reference in the area provided. Comments are an optional field.
- Attachments: Upload any documentation for reference such as audit reports, score cards, corrective actions etc...
Once the slide out is complete click 
to send notification to the Reviewer.
To change the Review status from PEDNING to REVIEWED, change the status to REVIEWED and click the .
RE-QUALIFYING AN EXISTING SUPPLIER
1factory will send notifications 30 days prior to a suppliers re-qualification date.
Note: AVL notifications are sent to the users defined as the "SCM" & "SQE" in the suppliers Overview tab.
In the Overview tab, the suppliers performance metrics since the last qualification date will be displayed. These may be used during you qualification process.
Start a Re-qualification by clicking in the Qualification tab. Fill out the Qualifications slide out as described below...
- Status: Pick a status from the drop down the supplier is to receive.
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- Note: The status is not final until the Review Status has been change to REVIEWED.
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- Qual. Date: Record the date of the of the Re-qualification (defaulted to current date).
- Reviewer: Choose the user responsible with reviewing the qualification.
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- Note: If the Reviewer is also the one defining the qualification, you may also change the review status to "REVIEWED"
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Re-Qual. Freq.: Set date for next Re-qualification.
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Comments: Record any notes for future reference in the area provided. Comments are an optional field.
- Attachments: Upload any documentation for reference such as audit reports, score cards, corrective actions etc...
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Note: The score card for the supplier since the last qualification can also be exported as an excel file by clicking the SCORE CARD on the left ribbon of the screen.
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Once the slide out is complete click to send notification to the Reviewer.
To change the Review status from PEDNING to REVIEWED, change the status to REVIEWED and click the .
History of the supplier performance data can be viewed from the Qualifications tab.
Note: The suppliers status can be integrated with the Receiving Feature in 1factory. To learn more on how to integrate the suppliers status by utilizing the "Enforce Supplier Approval" setting, see the Enforcing Supplier Approvals article.