--- sourceDocument: australia Combined Product Files sourceDocumentLink: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/delta-zurich-australia Release : - australia ft:locale : - en-US ft:publication_title : - australia Combined Product Files ft:clusterId : - delta3az bundleId : - delta3az --- # Combined Supplier Lifecycle Operations release notes for upgrades from Zurich to Australia # Combined Supplier Lifecycle Operations release notes for upgrades from Zurich to Australia {#ariaid-title1} Release version: Australia Updated October 8, 2026 ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 12 minutes to read Summarize ![AI sparkle icon](https://servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ai-sparkle-icon) Summarized using AI This content was generated using new OpenAI-powered functionality. Results are provided on an as is basis and are not guaranteed to be accurate or complete. ## Summary of Combined Supplier Lifecycle Operations Release Notes for Upgrades from Zurich to Australia This consolidated release notes document provides ServiceNow customers with a comprehensive overview of the new features, changes, deprecations, and important upgrade information for Supplier Lifecycle Operations (SLO) when upgrading from the Zurich to the Australia release family. It assists customers in preparing for the upgrade by summarizing enhancements across multiple Supplier Lifecycle Operations product families within the Source-to-Pay workflow. Show full answer Show less ## Key Features Introduced in Australia Release * **Smart Assessments:** Supplier managers can create bulk smart assessments using segmentation rules and templates, offering an enhanced survey-like UI for internal and external users, powered by the Smart Assessment Engine. * **Emails View in Source-to-Pay Workspace:** Supplier managers can access and manage emails directly within case, task, and supplier detail pages. Suppliers and internal stakeholders can perform tasks via email without portal login. * **Automated KPI Data Collection:** Enables automated KPI data gathering, template modifications, and performance calculations at supplier and contract levels integrated with action plans. * **Multiple Internal Stakeholder Mapping:** Enhances supplier governance by associating multiple internal stakeholders (legal, business, technical, risk teams) to suppliers for improved visibility and management. * **Universal Request:** Supplier contacts can create generic help requests via the Supplier Collaboration Portal when uncertain about the appropriate contact, improving case triage and routing efficiency. * **Overall Supplier Dashboard:** Provides detailed insights on supplier scores, active supplier counts, spend, risk ratings, supplier insights, and action plans. * **Supplier Operations:** Supports advanced case management for key lifecycle events with structured resolution via Playbooks. * **Supplier Payment Optimization:** Enables identification and prioritization of suppliers likely to accept credit card payments, initiation of credit card enablement cases, and cost savings estimation. * **Relish Integration:** Facilitates sanction screening, validation of banking and location change requests, and tax information verification directly within supplier cases. * **FedEx Dataworks Integration:** Integrates proprietary data and analytics for supplier validation, risk assessment, and performance benchmarking during onboarding, accessible from supplier workspace. * **AI L1 SLO Service Desk Specialist:** Provides autonomous resolution of supplier inquiries leveraging knowledge bases and enterprise knowledge graphs without manual intervention. * **Knowledge Article Generation:** Enables creation, review, and publishing of knowledge articles from single or multiple closed supplier cases using ServiceNow Otto AI. * **AI-Driven Supplier Onboarding:** Automates data validation, duplicate checks, task generation, and communication including extraction of banking info from documents and AI-based supplier scorecards. * **Automated Supplier Case Creation from Emails:** Converts supplier emails into cases automatically, assigning them appropriately to supplier relationship managers or as universal requests. * **Supplier Performance Summarization:** Generates comprehensive performance insights and trend analysis within the Source-to-Pay workspace using AI skills. * **Sentiment Analysis and Email Response Generation:** Applies AI to analyze supplier case sentiment and generate professional email responses using historical data and knowledge articles. ## Key Changes and Enhancements * **Coral Theme:** Coral is now the default theme for new portals and experiences, with a dark mode option to improve accessibility and reduce eye strain. * **Bank Account Ownership Verification:** Enhanced bank validation via Relish now includes account number and ownership verification when enabled. * **Bulk Sanction Screening:** Allows supplier managers to perform sanction screenings on multiple suppliers simultaneously using Relish. * **AI-Driven Onboarding Enhancements:** Incorporates web search results and integrations with Craft and Relish to generate detailed supplier scorecards and risk assessments. * **Plugin Renaming and Installation Requirements:** The Supplier Lifecycle Operations plugin has been renamed to Supplier Case Management. The Supplier Operations plugin must be installed post-upgrade for full functionality. * **ServiceNow Otto AI Platform:** The Now Assist AI platform is now branded as ServiceNow Otto, offering conversational and agentic AI capabilities across channels and workflows. ## Deprecations and Removals No Supplier Lifecycle Operations features were removed or deprecated between Zurich and Australia releases besides the introduction of the new Now LLM Service models with updated AI offerings. Older AI models will still function for existing configurations but are not available for new developments. ## Upgrade and Activation Information * SLO must be installed or requested via the ServiceNow Store. * Post-upgrade, the Supplier Operations (com.snc.snso) plugin must be installed. * The Supplier Lifecycle Operations plugin is now referred to as Supplier Case Management. ## Additional Notes * No changes to browser requirements, localization, or accessibility compliance beyond the introduction of the dark mode in the Coral theme. * Early availability features include enhanced smart assessment management, improved email interactions, Gantt chart visualizations Consolidated page of all release notes for Supplier Lifecycle Operations from Zurich to Australia. ## How to use this page To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Supplier Lifecycle Operations release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Zurich to Australia. Tip: If there were no updates for a release notes section in a certain family release, we included a short note for your reference. For example, if a product did not have any updates in Tokyo, the row says "No updates for this release." ## Important information for upgrading Supplier Lifecycle Operations to Australia Before you upgrade to Australia, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed. {#dfrn3-supplierlifecycleoperations-summary__entry__2} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## New features Between your current release family and Australia, new features were introduced for Supplier Lifecycle Operations. {#dfrn3-supplierlifecycleoperations-summary__entry__8} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | [Smart Assessments](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=slo-campaign-mgmt&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Supplier managers can use the segmentation rules and assessment templates to create smart assessments in bulk for users. Smart assessments provide a survey-like experience with enhanced UI capabilities for both internal and external users. This feature utilizes the capabilities of the Smart Assessment Engine application. [Emails view for supplier managers](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=enabling-emails-view-for-contacts&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Supplier managers can access their emails within the Source-to-Pay Workspace from the Emails tab in the case, task, and supplier details pages respectively. Email actions are reflected, incomplete email errors are handled, and email-related activities can be summarized from the workspace. Supplier contacts receive the emails and they can perform the assigned tasks directly via email without logging in to the Supplier Collaboration Portal. [Automated KPI data collection](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=create-auto-kpi-template&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : This feature enables automated data collection, KPI template modifications, and calculation at supplier and contract levels. The automated KPI system integrated into action plans can be used for comprehensive performance monitoring. [Mapping multiple internal stakeholders to a supplier](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=manage-internal-stakeholders&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : This feature enhances supplier governance in SLO by enabling the mapping of multiple internal stakeholders such as legal, business, technical, and risk teams to suppliers, improving visibility and management of supplier relationships. [Universal Request](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=universal-request&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Supplier contacts can create generic cases by selecting Request Help in the Supplier Collaboration Portal, if they can't find the relevant search results or are unsure of which department to contact for help. These cases are triaged and routed internally to appropriate case types. Universal requests remove ambiguity and improve efficiency for both suppliers and internal operations. [Overall supplier dashboard](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=overall-supplier-db&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : The overall supplier performance dashboard provides detailed information about overall supplier scores, count of all active suppliers, their all-time spend, and overall risk ratings. It also includes the Supplier Insights section and the Action plans section showing relevant details. [Supplier Operations](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=supplier-operations&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Supplier Operations ​ provides support for advanced case management capabilities to handle key supplier lifecycle events such as onboarding, offboarding, and ongoing operations. It includes the ability to resolve cases via Playbooks for a structured and consistent approach. [Supplier Payment Optimization](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=supplier-pmnt-opt&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Supplier managers can identify, prioritize, and track suppliers with high potential for accepting credit card payments. * Supplier Managers can initiate credit card enablement cases, enabling suppliers to use credit card payments as their preferred payment method. * They can initiate credit card enablement journey for new or existing suppliers after checking their propensity scores (currently requires manual updates). * They can view the saving estimates associated with the card for a given supplier using the Savings calculator tool. They can also view the calculation details of the savings estimator formulas. [Relish Integration](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=relish-slo-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Supplier managers can conduct sanction screening, validate banking details change requests, and supplier location change requests via Relish integration. | | Australia | [FedEx Dataworks Integration](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=fedex-dataworks-overview&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : FedEx Dataworks combines unmatched, proprietary real-world data signals with advanced analytics to power ServiceNow's Source-to-Pay workflows. Relationship managers can use these signals during supplier onboarding to validate suppliers, evaluate risk, and benchmark supplier performance --- without leaving the supplier workspace. The FedEx Dataworks integration includes the following features: * Supplier validation in supplier onboarding Registration stage: Verifies a supplier's details against FedEx Dataworks records to establish a FedEx Dataworks Supplier ID. This step is part of the supplier onboarding playbook and is required before risk assessment or performance benchmarking data can be retrieved. * FedEx Dataworks risk assessment in supplier onboarding Qualification stage: Returns risk factor ratings for a matched supplier, covering customs risk, restricted country screening, and dangerous goods risk. Risk assessment is available in the supplier onboarding playbook after a successful supplier match. * Supplier performance benchmarking: Retrieves FedEx Dataworks logistics performance metrics for a matched supplier, displayed in a dedicated section on the supplier profile page. [AI L1 SLO Service Desk Specialist](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=ai-l1-slo-service-desk-specialist&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : The AI L1 SLO Service Desk Specialist is a fully autonomous help desk automation solution that resolves supplier inquiries without manual intervention from a fulfiller. For general inquiry cases, the AI L1 SLO Service Desk Specialist retrieves relevant information from published knowledge base articles and the FSC Common KG Tags added under the Enterprise knowledge graph to investigate the issue. [Generate a knowledge article from a closed supplier case](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=generate-article-case&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Generate, review, and publish knowledge articles from closed supplier cases using ServiceNow Otto for SLO. [Generate a knowledge article from multiple closed cases](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=generate-article-multiple-cases&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Generate, review, and publish a knowledge article from multiple closed supplier cases using ServiceNow Otto for SLO. [Verify tax information change request using Relish](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=validate-tax-information&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Relish is a third-party supplier intelligence platform that validates supplier data while working on supplier cases. When a tax information change request is assigned to a supplier manager and they start working on it, they can verify the tax details using Relish. [View supplier sanction status using Relish](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=view-supplier-sanction-status&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Supplier managers can view the sanction status and last sanction check date for suppliers from the Manage Suppliers list. These fields in the supplier list are available regardless of whether Relish is installed or not, but are updated only when Relish is integrated. If Relish is not integrated, users can edit the field manually if they want. [Smart Assessments](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=slo-campaign-mgmt&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Supplier managers can use the segmentation rules and assessment templates to create smart assessments in bulk for users. Smart assessments provide a survey-like experience with enhanced UI capabilities for both internal and external users. This feature utilizes the capabilities of the Smart Assessment Engine application. [Emails view for supplier managers in the Source-to-Pay Workspace](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=enabling-emails-view-for-contacts&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Supplier managers can access their emails within the Source-to-Pay Workspace from the Emails tab in the case, task, and supplier details pages respectively. Email actions are reflected and incomplete email errors are handled. Email-summarization is available from the workspace for tasks and cases only. Supplier contacts receive the emails and they can perform the assigned tasks directly via email without logging in to the Supplier Collaboration Portal. Internal stakeholders receive the emails and they can perform the assigned tasks directly via email without logging in to the Source-to-Pay Workspace. [AI driven supplier onboarding](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=supplier-onboarding-agentic-workflow&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Use theAI driven supplier onboarding workflow to automate data validation, duplicate checking, task generation, and supplier communication. Key enhancements include: * Extract banking information from uploaded documents to reduce information mismatch. * Use the document strategy generator AI agent to generate a customized onboarding task list using all published knowledge base articles. * View a list of AI-suggested suppliers while reviewing supplier onboarding requests initiated through sourcing requests. * Supplier relationship managers can manually approve or reject supplier onboarding requests. * Resolve duplicate supplier onboarding requests from the Now Assist panel by updating the supplier legal name, contact email, or both. [Automate supplier case creation from emails](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=automated-supplier-case-creation-from-emails&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Convert supplier emails into cases automatically when registered supplier contacts send emails to a supplier inbox. Supplier cases are created for all SLO related queries and assigned to the supplier relationship manager. For queries unrelated to SLO, a universal request is created for resolution. [Summarize supplier performance in Source-to-Pay Workspace](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=summarize-supp-perf&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Generate comprehensive supplier performance summaries, including performance data, trends, and actionable insights, using the supplier performance summarization skill. [Analyze sentiments in supplier cases](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=slo-analyze-sentiments&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Use the sentiment analysis skill to analyze supplier case fields and determine the tone or sentiment of the fulfiller. [Generate an email response for supplier cases](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=generate-email-response-for-supplier-case&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Use the email response skill to analyze the supplier case details and generate professional email response regardless of the record type using past email responses, KB articles, and related tasks. | [ ] ## Changes Between your current release family and Australia, some changes were made to existing Supplier Lifecycle Operations features. {#dfrn3-supplierlifecycleoperations-summary__entry__14} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | Coral theme : Coral is now the default theme for new portal, web, and mobile experiences with Next Experience or Core UI enabled. This theme provides a fresh look and feel, featuring brand-neutral illustrations to enhance your user experience. A dark theme option is available for web and mobile experiences. | | Australia | [Verify bank account ownership using Relish](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=verify-banking-information&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : When a banking details change request is assigned to a supplier manager and they start working on it, they can verify the details using Relish. By default, bank validation checks only the bank routing number and address details. Relish also verifies the bank account number and account ownership information when bank account ownership validation is enabled. [Conduct bulk sanction screening using Relish](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=perform-bulk-sanction-screening&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : When a sanction screening request for compliance verification is assigned to a supplier manager and they start working on it, they can verify the details using Relish. Supplier managers can conduct sanction screening for multiple suppliers simultaneously using the bulk sanction screening feature. [AI driven supplier onboarding](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=supplier-onboarding-agentic-workflow&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : * Leverages Web search results to generate a supplier scorecard highlighting key strengths, positive indicators, and potential risk signals. * If Craft is configured, the workflow leverages the Craft integration to generate a comprehensive, normalized supplier scorecard and risk assessment. It provides a structured evaluation of the supplier's overall profile and associated risk factors. * If Relish is integrated, the supplier's banking information is further validated and synchronized with Relish. | [ ] ## Removed Between your current release family and Australia, some Supplier Lifecycle Operations features or functionality were removed. {#dfrn3-supplierlifecycleoperations-summary__entry__20} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Deprecations Between your current release family and Australia, some Supplier Lifecycle Operations features or functionality were deprecated. {#dfrn3-supplierlifecycleoperations-summary__entry__26} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | Now LLM Service : Starting with the September 2026 release, Gemma 4 joins our growing portfolio of open-weight models available through Now LLM Service. We're committed to bringing you the latest industry advancements while maintaining sovereignty-focused options, all hosted and governed by ServiceNow with the infrastructure and data protections you rely on today. Older models will remain available for existing published AI skills, agents, and agentic workflows, but will no longer be available for new development or configuration. For details, see the [KB3066214: ServiceNow Otto Model Upgrades](https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB3066214) article in the Now Support Knowledge Base. | [ ] ## Activation information Review information on how to activate Supplier Lifecycle Operations. {#dfrn3-supplierlifecycleoperations-summary__entry__32} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | Activation information : Install Supplier Lifecycle Operations by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the [ServiceNow Store](https://store.servicenow.com/sn_appstore_store.do#!/store/home) website to view all the available apps and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the [ServiceNow Store version history release notes](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=sn-store-release-notes&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US). Important: Supplier Lifecycle Operations is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes. | | Australia | Activation information : Install Supplier Lifecycle Operations by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Important: * The plugin Supplier Operations (com.snc.sn_so) must be installed after upgrading to Supplier Lifecycle Operations Australia release. For more information, see [Install Supplier Operations](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=install-supplier-ops&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US). * The Supplier Lifecycle Operations plugin (com.snc.sn_supplier_mgmt) is renamed to Supplier Case Management. For more information, see [Supplier Case Management](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=supplier-case-management&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US). * Supplier Lifecycle Operations is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes. | [ ] ## Additional requirements If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Supplier Lifecycle Operations we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-supplierlifecycleoperations-summary__entry__38} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Browser requirements If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Supplier Lifecycle Operations we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-supplierlifecycleoperations-summary__entry__44} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Accessibility information Review details on accessibility information for Supplier Lifecycle Operations, such as specific requirements or compliance levels. {#dfrn3-supplierlifecycleoperations-summary__entry__50} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | Accessibility information : Dark theme : The new Coral theme includes a dark theme option for web and mobile experiences. This option is commonly used to alleviate eye strain and improve readability. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Localization information If there are specific localization considerations for Supplier Lifecycle Operations we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-supplierlifecycleoperations-summary__entry__56} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Highlight information If there are specific highlight considerations for Supplier Lifecycle Operations we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-supplierlifecycleoperations-summary__entry__62} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | Now Assist introduced AI on the platform. As that experience has evolved, there's a new name for the experience. ServiceNow Otto® is the conversational AI platform integrated into ServiceNow workflows. It provides agentic capabilities, supports multimodal interactions across web, mobile, and messaging channels, and enables autonomous orchestration for cross-system workflows. * The plugin Supplier Operations (com.snc.sn_so) must be installed after upgrading to Supplier Lifecycle Operations Zurich release. For more information, see [Install Supplier Operations](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=install-supplier-ops&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US). * The Supplier Lifecycle Operations plugin (com.snc.sn_supplier_mgmt) is renamed to Supplier Case Management. For more information, see [Supplier Case Management](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=supplier-case-management&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US). See [Supplier Lifecycle Management](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=supp-mgmt-landing-page&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | | Australia | Now Assist introduced AI on the platform. As that experience has evolved, there's a new name for the experience. ServiceNow Otto® is the conversational AI platform integrated into ServiceNow workflows. It provides agentic capabilities, supports multimodal interactions across web, mobile, and messaging channels, and enables autonomous orchestration for cross-system workflows. [ServiceNow product tiers](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=ai-native-sku-overview&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : The ServiceNow AI Platform now brings you a new AI experience with three licensing tiers available: * Foundation: AI basics to deliver insights * Advanced: AI to boost productivity across relevant use cases * Prime: Act autonomously with all AI assets, and create your own Depending on your license, you will have access to certain application features, generative AI skills, agentic workflows, and AI agents. Australia Early Availability * Enable supplier managers and admins to create and manage smart assessments in bulk for internal and external users. * Enhance email interactions for supplier managers by creating a centralized email view displaying all emails within the Source-to-Pay workspace at case, task, and supplier levels. * Improved action plans with Gantt chart visualizations, email notifications, messaging, and activity streams. * Automate the monitoring and follow-up of the expiring supplier documents. As documents approach expiration, supplier tasks are automatically generated in the supplier portal or workspace, requesting the document owner to submit updated documentation. After document expiry also, automatic tasks are created in place of follow-ups via email reminders and supplier cases. * Enable supplier contacts to upload documents from the portal even if the supplier document configuration isn't done. Note: This facility is already enabled for supplier managers in the previous releases. They can upload documents from the workspace even if the supplier document configuration isn't done. | [ ]