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Users needing to learn about the latest platform updates and new features.

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This article provides a clear overview of the latest updates released for the Supply Chain platform.

1. Company profile

• License, registration, and relationship details have been moved into the About tab on company and site profiles.
• Sedex information has been moved into its own dedicated tab, displaying ZC and ZS numbers.

2. Sedex site audit integration

• Companies with access to Sedex audit‑level data can now integrate this data into the platform.
• Once configured, users can view and click through to individual Sedex site audits and their associated findings.
• Please contact your client services manager if your company has access to this data and would like to enable the integration.

3. Assessment renewal

• Continuous assessments that have been completed now display their renewal status for improved visibility.

Renewal statuses include:

• Upcoming – shows the renewal date and includes a link to manage renewal dates.
• Successfully renewed – shows the date the renewal occurred.
• Renewal failed – shows the date and reason for the failure.

• When setting renewal dates, the re‑issue date cannot be earlier than the due date of the original assessment.

4. Specifications – packaging

• When selecting a packaging type of Other, users now see an additional free‑text field to enter further details.
• These details appear on specification review and compare pages, and in the API when viewing specification version data.

5. Supply Chain mapping search

• Users can now search for suppliers by name, supplier codes, or license and registration numbers when adding suppliers from the supply chain page.

Search options include:

• Name – company or site name.
• Supplier code – codes added by your company to suppliers or sites.
• License and registration – approved license numbers such as CPH, Health Mark, or DUNS.

• Search results display all matching companies or sites for selection when mapping or declaring suppliers.

6. ESG assessment reminders

• A workflow has been created to send reminder emails for outstanding ESG assessment completion requests.
• Reminders are sent at 14, 28, 56, 84, 122, and 140 days after the initial request.
• If a company has multiple requests from different customers, a single email is sent listing all requesting customers.

7. Fixes and improvements

7.1. Assessments

• Fixed an issue exporting assessments with many images to PDF.

7.2. ESG assessment

• Fixed an issue where the task to share ESG assessment results was created for the requesting company instead of the supplier.
• An email notification has been added for users who receive a request to share ESG assessment results.

7.3. Homepage

• Added links to manage license and registration requests directly from tasks.

7.4. Non‑conformances

• An email notification has been added for assignees when a non‑conformance is submitted back for review.

7.5. Product quality records

• A new Quality Record Admin role has been added for companies using the raw material records feature.
• Quality Record Admins can now edit any existing quality records created by their company.

7.6. Specifications

• Validation updated to avoid requiring packaging dimension fields that are not relevant for the selected shape.
• Validation updated to avoid requiring both an image and a non‑image file when both are marked as required in the template.

7.7. Supply Chain

• Company and site supplier codes are now displayed when viewing supplier details on a product supply chain.

7.8. Supplier lists – ESG

• Stored the “sent to” email address in email tracking.
• Added the ability to view request history for ESG completion and access tasks.
• Added the ability to send a reminder for an existing ESG request from the request history.
• Updated ESG score display to show results for assessments that are in review.
• Updated the sub‑navigation to consolidate edit and delete list links.
• Added an email notification when a request to share ESG results is sent.

7.9. User

• The Qualified Person role has been renamed to Supplier Approval.

If you spot any issues or need additional information, please contact your dedicated account manager, email platform-support@authenticateis.com or call +44(0)1423 548583 for assistance.