Vendor Management Workspace landing page

  • Release version: Zurich
  • Updated July 31, 2025
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    Summary of Vendor Management Workspace landing page

    The Vendor Management Workspace landing page in the Zurich release provides vendor managers with a centralized view to monitor key vendor metrics and contract statuses in real time. It enables tracking of vendor performance, contract lifecycle events, and improvement initiatives, helping organizations to manage vendor relationships effectively.

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    Key Features

    • Real-time vendor metrics: View the number of new contracts created in the last 30 days, contracts ending within the next 90 days, and currently active improvement initiatives.
    • Vendor success characteristics: Identify and compare vendor performance indicators and satisfaction ratings to understand factors contributing to vendor success.
    • Vendor breakdowns: Analyze vendors grouped by KPI categories and drill down into detailed visualizations to gain insights on vendor performance.
    • Customization: Clone and tailor the landing page using the Next Experience UI Builder to suit specific organizational needs.

    Access and Roles

    Access to the landing page requires the Vendor Manager role [snvlm.vendormanager]. Additionally, to view reports on catalog items ordered, the screqitem access control list (ACL) must be enabled.

    Data Visualizations and Indicators

    • Vendors by KPI group: Donut chart from the Company [corecompany] table showing vendor distribution by KPI groups.
    • New contracts: Single score from Contract [astcontract] table indicating contracts created in the last 30 days.
    • Contracts ending: Single score from Contract [astcontract] table showing contracts ending within the next 90 days.
    • Improvement initiatives: Single score from Improvement Initiative [sncimregister] table showing active continual improvement efforts with vendors.

    Benefits for ServiceNow Customers

    This workspace empowers vendor managers to proactively track vendor health and contract statuses, enabling timely decision-making to optimize vendor performance and relationships. The ability to customize the landing page ensures alignment with unique business processes and reporting needs.

    Monitor vendor metrics, the number of recently created contracts, the ones that are ending soon and the number of active improvement initiatives at any given time. See which characteristics contribute to the success of your vendors. View how your vendors are ranked against those characteristics in comparison to other vendors.

    You can clone an existing landing page and customize it using the Next Experience UI Builder. For more information, see Customize a Vendor Management Workpace page using the Next Experience UI Builder.

    Vendor Manager Workspace Landing Page

    Required Vendor Manager Workspace roles

    If you have the Vendor Manager [sn_vlm.vendor_manager] role, you can access the Vendor Management Workspace landing page.

    Use cases

    End user and goal Required role
    As a vendor manager, you can analyze real-time details such as:
    • Breakdown of vendors by KPI groups.
    • How many new contracts were created in the last 30 days.
    • How many contracts are ending in the next 90 days.
    • Number of continual improvement initiatives that are currently open.
    • The top five vendor success indicators.

    Vendor Manager [sn_vlm.vendor_manager]

    To view reports on catalog items ordered, the sc_req_item access control list (ACL) must be enabled.

    Indicators

    Vendor score
    Vendor performance of all vendors in your organization that's based on their vendor score for the last 90 days.
    Vendor satisfaction
    Satisfaction of stakeholders who collaborate with your vendors.

    Breakdowns

    The indicators breakdown is by vendors.

    Data visualizations

    Select a visualization to drill down and analyze further details.
    Title Type Source table Description
    Vendors by KPI group DonutDonut Company [core_company] Breakdown of vendors KPI groups.
    New contracts Single scoreSingle score report Contract [ast_contract] Number of contracts created in the last 30 days.
    Contracts ending Single scoreSingle score report Contract [ast_contract] Number of contracts ending the next 90 days.
    Improvement initiatives Single scoreSingle score report Improvement Initiative [sn_cim_register] Number of active improvement initiatives.