VendorLink can automatically create Audits based on checklist items for which the end date is about to expire. Read how to set this up in this article and use it.
Settings in Admin
In Admin - Vendor Rating - Audit Default Settings there are a number of settings that affect the automatic creation of an audit.
Create audit automatically
When this option is checked, VendorLink will check every day which checklist items have an end date that expires (based on a safety period (see below)) and if so, create an audit, provided there is not already an audit created for the supplier.
When multiple checklist items from a supplier expire, one audit is created for the relevant supplier containing all expired checklist items.
Send audit automatically
When an audit is automatically created, the audit basically gets the status To be sent. A user with the Audit Moderator role must then still check and send the audit. This process can also be fully automated by checking the option Send audit automatically. Then the created audit is automatically sent to the supplier.
Tip: If you start with the automatic creation, it is recommended not to activate this checkbox yet. This way you can see what happened and whether everything is set up correctly.
Use default settings
The trigger for the automatic creation of the audit is an expired checklist item and in principle VendorLink creates an audit with only the question to the supplier to refresh the checklist item.
If you now also want to ask other things, you can check this option. VendorLink will then create an audit with the data recorded at the Audit Institutions.
Signal User
Here you can select a signal user that will be used for the automatic creation of the Audit. This user also receives the email from VendorLink that Audits have been created.
You can choose from users with the role Audit Moderator.
Period number - Checklist item due date check,Period - Checklist item due date check
Enter here the period that VendorLink must apply as a safety period to request the documentation.
Example: when the end date of a checklist is 31 December 2019 and here, for example, 2 months is entered, VendorLink will create the audit on 31 October 2019.
If nothing is entered here, VendorLink will default to 1 month as a safety period.
Automatically Create Button in Vendor Rating Audits
The Automatic Creation button in Vendor Rating - Audits creates audits based on the above settings, except that the audits are never automatically sent here but only created.