Introducing supplier management linked to your packaging units in PPWR projects.
Until now, every supplier data request went out packaging unit by packaging unit. If a supplier provided ten references, they received ten nearly identical surveys, and you had to manage ten separate responses. Your suppliers work very differently: they usually issue a single declaration of conformity for a whole family of products. One certificate states, for example, that the entire BBOP, XTR33 and Film PP line complies with PFAS and heavy metal limits. One declaration, many packaging units.
With this new feature, the platform finally mirrors that reality.
What you can do now
- Create suppliers in your PPWR project without inviting them, with their company details: name, tax ID, contact and country.
- Assign each supplier the packaging units they provide, from their profile or directly from a packaging unit’s detail view.
- See which supplier is behind each unit in the packaging list, and open their profile with one click.
- Invite a supplier whenever you are ready: the invitation stays linked to their profile, and their status (not invited, invited, active) is visible at a glance.
- Request compliance data from suppliers who have accepted their invitation, for one or several packaging units at once.
Why it matters
Less friction for your suppliers means better data for you. Grouping packaging units by supplier aligns the data request with how they actually work: they answer once per product family instead of repeating the same answer unit by unit. You stop chasing duplicate surveys and gain traceability: every value is tied to the supplier who declared it.
And this is just the first step. Soon your suppliers will be able to respond from their portal with an experience built for this flow: selecting the packaging units their declaration covers and answering once for all of them.
You will find the new management in the Suppliers tab of your PPWR project.