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# Configuring Supplier Lifecycle Operations

# Configuring Supplier Lifecycle Operations {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Yokohama
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* Updated January 30, 2025
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

Plan and configure your implementation for Supplier Lifecycle Operations.
* **[Install Supplier Lifecycle Operations](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/QgdfCXgX_caqCqTf_4ktRg)**   
  You can install the Supplier Lifecycle Operations application (com.snc.sn_supplier_mgmt) if you have the admin role. The application includes demo data and installs related ServiceNow® Store applications and plugins if they are not already installed.
* **[Install Supplier Collaboration Portal](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/0pQo0lnAbRcQWIP8t28GvA)**   
  You can install the Supplier Collaboration Portal application (com.snc.sn_supplier_sp) if you have the admin role. The application includes demo data and installs related ServiceNow® Store applications and plugins if they are not already installed.
* **[Install Supplier Operations](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/n25shC7hQ7aFV0t_dy1yRg)**   
  You can install the Supplier Operations application (com.snc.sn_so) to access advanced case management capabilities to handle key supplier lifecycle events.
* **[Install Supplier Payment Optimization](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/t9a0CqmraIQcZWxsMGW8Hw)**   
  You can install the Supplier Payment Optimization application to identify, prioritize, and track high potential suppliers and estimate potential savings from credit card payments.
* **[Supplier Document Management](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/DzFvjGqqkqFfwk6tUjvXSw)**   
  Supplier Lifecycle Operations uses the ServiceNow® Document Management functionality to enable supplier managers, supplier owners, supplier administrators, and supplier contacts to manage supplier documents.
* **[Configure the document template for the Sign document action type for supplier task](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/xWhsGnO2n28Z7WpdoHWVJQ)**   
  Create and configure the document template that enables you to collect e-signatures from multiple participants and generate a filled PDF document.
* **[Advanced Work Assignment for Supplier Lifecycle Operations](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/3kwt~Dab4BSu7wkxDDqr9Q)**   
  Use the Advanced Work Assignment for Supplier Lifecycle Operations feature to automatically assign work items to agents based on availability and capacity.
* **[Enable M2M mapping between supplier contact and suppliers](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/VHOg_FRSNSwLRZ_HnDBcCg)**   
  Many-to-many (M2M) mapping between supplier contact and suppliers enables one supplier contact to be the contact for multiple suppliers, provided the suppliers share a parent-subsidiary relationship.
* **[Configure Supplier Relationship and Performance Management](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/fTvZR7e~QRFCwXWTy3tYyQ)**   
  Define key performance indicators (KPIs) and segmentation criteria to measure supplier performance effectively.
* **[Install Universal Request for SLO](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/Mj04pBWb2g3EIxkBPCpwcw)**   
  Install the Universal Request for Source-to-Pay Operations \[sn_fsc_ur_common\] plugin to use the Universal Request feature in SLO.
* **[Configure smart assessments](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/z1EmvsnvpGL15uiDEYlLsA)**   
  Supplier managers can configure and create assessments in bulk for internal and external users by adding instructions, questions, and reference information from the Assessment Workspace.

**Related concepts**   

* [Supplier Document Management](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/DzFvjGqqkqFfwk6tUjvXSw "Supplier Lifecycle Operations uses the ServiceNow Document Management functionality to enable supplier managers, supplier owners, supplier administrators, and supplier contacts to manage supplier documents.")
* [Advanced Work Assignment for Supplier Lifecycle Operations](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/3kwt~Dab4BSu7wkxDDqr9Q "Use the Advanced Work Assignment for Supplier Lifecycle Operations feature to automatically assign work items to agents based on availability and capacity.")  
**Related tasks**   

* [Install Supplier Lifecycle Operations](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/QgdfCXgX_caqCqTf_4ktRg "You can install the Supplier Lifecycle Operations application (com.snc.sn_supplier_mgmt) if you have the admin role. The application includes demo data and installs related ServiceNow Store applications and plugins if they are not already installed.")
* [Install Supplier Collaboration Portal](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/0pQo0lnAbRcQWIP8t28GvA "You can install the Supplier Collaboration Portal application (com.snc.sn_supplier_sp) if you have the admin role. The application includes demo data and installs related ServiceNow Store applications and plugins if they are not already installed.")