DSI Release 2.0 - January 22, 2024
These Supplyframe revolutionary UI/UX enhancements have incorporated the following developments:
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Enhanced experience: You can view multiple pieces of content or perform multiple actions simultaneously, enhancing both productivity and convenience.
Examples of this enhancements include a sidebar view of “Part Intelligence” from inside the BOM and commodity intelligence available at every part level in a side bar. -
Accessibility: Supplyframe App meets the AA standard of WCAG and makes the platform more accessible.
- A dark mode feature provides a more versatile and inclusive experience. - Performance & Responsiveness: This optimization leads to faster load times, reduced memory usage, and overall better interactions within the application.
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Improved navigation structures: You can easily switch between the different modules of the platform, making it more user-friendly and saving you screen real estate. There are also other navigation improvements, such as:
- Left side menu items have been consolidated under Reference Tables. This dropdown now contains: Contract Pricing, Purchase Orders, AMLs, AVLs, Mapping Tables, Sourcing Level, and Internal Assignment.
- Action menus have been aligned at the top, under the new top navigation menu, across all modules. This includes access to Part Master, Suppliers, Reports and the Reference Tables.
- Within reports, you can now use a side modal to easily "Create a Report". - Integration with AI Libraries and Frameworks: This integration provides compatibility with popular AI libraries and frameworks. This facilitates the integration of pre-trained models and AI capabilities into the platform, so you can leverage the most up to date technology.
- Adaptable & Consistent Experience: This updates enhances a seamless experience across Supplyframe products and screen sizes.
- Reduced Redundancy: Reusable components reduce redundancy in code and design. This means fewer bugs and a more reliable experience.
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New Features: This release introduces Risk Index (customizable risk metric), Language settings, AI Insights and other Intelligence now available.
- Language: You can select your preferred language for the app. Available options with UI/UX enhancements include: English, German, Chinese - Simplified, and Chinese - Traditional.
Video Overview of Supplyframe App Release 2.0
You can watch this promotional video for a quick overview of the Supplyframe App Release 2.0!
Navigation
Top Navigation Bar
With this release, items from the left side menu have been consolidated and moved under Reference Tables in the top navigation menu. This allows for additional space on pages inside the app. The Reference Tables dropdown now holds: Contract Pricing, Purchase Orders, AMLs, AVLs, Mapping Tables, Sourcing Level, and Internal Assignment.
Items visible in the top navigation menu are based on which modules are enabled for your account.
Reports
For faster access, Reports are accessible from the top navigation menu.
As applicable within a report, to expedite and facilitate in report creation, there is a Create a Report side bar on the left depending on the report. You will select the appropriate parameters and click on Show Report. The report will then populate without losing access to the report options side bar for easy modification as needed.
Action Button
The Supplyframe "action" menus are now aligned in the top right of the navigation menu across all modules. These action functionalities include:
- Add a New BOM
- Add a New Demand
- Add a New RFQ
Help Center Icon
You can easily connect to all of your support resources through the new "Help" (?) icon in the top right of the navigation menu. Clicking on the "?" icon opens up the Help Center where you can access the knowledge base, chat with support, call Supplyframe support and Submit a ticket.
To close the Help Center, click on the red "X" in the upper right of the top navigation menu.
BOM Insight
Risk Index
The new feature of the Risk Index empowers you to define and use risk metrics when analyzing parts inside BOMs in BOM Insight. There is a default Risk Index that will be used across BOMs, until a customized index is created by your admins.
The default Risk Index is pre-set with selected parameters, conditions and scores. When there are custom created risk indices, these are available for you to select in your "Risk & Cost Options" when uploading a new BOM.
They can also be modified in the Settings for your existing BOMs.
Within your BOM's Risk Index results, a scale is used to convey the riskiness of the part:
- Low (green): 0 - 30
- Medium (orange): 31 - 60
- High (red): 61 - 100
When calculating the averaged risk across all parameters, Supplyframe is rounding to the nearest whole number. When either conditions are not met, data is not available or identified, then those conditions are ignored when calculating the overall Risk Index score. If multiple conditions are satisfied for one parameter, then the first one in order will be taken into account.
Please view this article for detailed information about the new Risk Index here. For admins, you can review this Risk Index Management article to easily set up your custom risk indices.
The Cube Intelligence
The "Cube" icon in BOM Insight indicates that additional intelligence is available and you will find it in various places within the platform. Clicking on the cube will either open a side panel for additional information (e.g. Part Intelligence at MPN level) or to the intelligence page directly.
In the example below, you can see there's a cube icon next to the "Name" in BOM Insight's list page. Clicking on the cube will take you to the BOM Intelligence for that specific list without the need to click on the BOM. This enables you to directly access the list's BOM Intelligence.
The next example is within your BOM. The Part Intelligence cube next to the MPN now opens a side bar so you can have easy visibility of the component's details for more context.
Another example is Commodity Intelligence available at line level inside the BOM when clicking on the Cube next to the part's commodity.
When available, you can access a part's Price Intelligence by clicking on the cube by its quoted pricing. This will open the pricing modal with its six tabs of pricing information as available from the various price sources. Clicking on the intelligence cube opens it immediately to the Price Analysis tab.
On its Price Analysis tab, you can see analytics of the part displayed within a graph if available.
Lastly, there is Supplier Intelligence, which can be accessed at the line level within your BOM by clicking on the cube icon next to the respective supplier. You can see displayed in the supplier's side bar the tabs of: Info, Contacts, and Line Card.
The Info tab provides insight regarding your supplier such as their "Response Time" and other applicable information. You can then view your Contacts for the supplier and their current Line Card.
Commodity "AI Insight"
The Commodity “AI Insight” is a groundbreaking feature that will empower you with invaluable analysis around the market dynamics of a commodity. Imagine having a dedicated source of information right inside your Bill of Materials (BOM) that arms you with a proactive approach to next steps. This will lead to more informed decisions about when to procure components, a true ally for smarter, more cost-effective, and efficient BOM management.
Insights are derived from Commodity IQ intelligence (CIQ module has to be enabled for the account).
Filters and Views
Within a BOM, the filters now open on the left side when clicking on “See All Filters”. These include the quick filters for parts, such as "needing attention" and "parts with exact matches" in the main BOM view. You can use the button "Show Filters" to open the side bar and "Hide Filters" to minimize the side view.
The risk filters (“BOM Risk”) are accessible when clicking on the BOM Risk in the top right of the list. Within the BOM Risk right side bar, you can see the filters for risk pertaining to: Lifecycle Status, Risk Index, Suppliers Coverage, and Alternates Coverage.
You can view the "Total Price" for a BOM displayed at top right of your list and clicking on it opens the cost breakup in the right Cost side bar.
Where there are multiple quantity breaks are in your BOM, then the cost breakup will list the totals for each quantity break.
Some additional filters include:
- Country of Origin chart and filters has been added to the BOM Intelligence.
- Years to End of Life has also been added to BOM Intelligence.
BOM Intelligence and "AI Insight"
The “AI Insight” on the BOM Intelligence is a game-changer for your BOM Management. This feature will take a comprehensive look at the BOM and the different commodities inside the BOM. It then summarizes the up to date market information to extract the essence of what matters most about the commodity trends in the context of strategic sourcing and procurement.
The "AI Insight" is located in the upper right corner on the BOM Intelligence page. Within the frame, you can scroll down to see all of the available information.
This provided insight can help you mitigate potential cost escalations and ensure that your projects stay on budget. It can be essential for new product introductions and keeping you one step ahead of the project planning.
Within the BOM Intelligence, a "Country of Origin" chart and filters has been added. There's also
"Years to End of Life" and "Lead Time" sections.
BOM Comparison Report
You can now compare more than two BOMs as part of the BOM Comparison Report. You can switch your view between Line Level Comparison and BOM Intelligence Comparison.
This report can be triggered two different ways. The first option is when navigating from the BOM Insight list page, selecting at least two BOMs, and then clicking on Compare. The second option is from within the Reports dropdown and clicking on BOM Comparison.
Demand Management
Navigation and action menu items have been standardized across Demand Management module. Demand Templates are now accessible under the module bar when inside of the Demand Management Module.
Quoting
Status Filters in Quoting List
To streamline navigation, there is now a “Status” column filter that enables you to view RFQs of specific statuses.
Line Items Tab in RFQ
On the line items tab, you can now view all the details of your RFQ in the menu bar. If the RFQ is sourced from BOM, then the BOM intelligence cube is available to get quick access to the underlying BOM.
Parts Intelligence is also displayed at the line level enabling users to get a quick view of the part.
Assignments Tab in RFQ
On the Assignments tab, you now have access to supplier intelligence, providing you key details regarding the supplier. In addition, for an enhanced navigation experience, the expand and collapse buttons has been introduced.
The Internal Assignment feature is enhanced to allow more flexibility during your supplier assignments. You can now allocate internal assignees before suppliers are assigned. This can helpful for example when your RFQ assignments are done by just the parts' categories.
If Internal Assignment is done after suppliers have been assigned to the lines, and suppliers are being reassigned, then the Assignee will default to the Buyer. Internal Assignment should be reapplied.
If Internal Assignment is done before the Suppliers have been assigned, then supplier assignments or re-assigning will not affect the Internal Assignee.
Spend and Savings
You can now easily access your Spend and Savings in a tab to the right of Scenarios within your RFQ.
Responses Bar
The top section of your RFQ Responses page displays a bar with some important statuses related to the RFQ. These include: a few Spend & Savings KPIs, Scenario that has been applied, Total Progress across suppliers, and the Internal Activity for IPN/MPNs.
Supplier Intelligence
Supplier intelligence brings you easy access to all important information at the supplier level. This intelligence includes how many RFQs have been assigned, how many they responded to, average response time as well as comparison to average response time of other suppliers. The information can be accessed through an RFQ or on the Suppliers page.
Within your RFQ, it can be viewed by clicking on the cube icon to the right of a supplier's name.
On your Suppliers page, click on the cube to the right of the "Name" in order to open the side modal.