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This article summarises the updates planned for release in Week 4, April 2022 on the Authenticate platform.

1. Assessment

• Emails sent when an assessment is forwarded for supplier review now only notify the selected recipients, not the user who completed the assessment.
• The question details page now loads faster thanks to the right‑hand question menu being collapsed by default.

2. Supplier Manager

2.1. New guided list‑building process

• A new stepper guides users through creating supplier lists.

• The Add Suppliers step now allows searching from both the directory and the supply chain.
• This replaces the old search box previously shown when adding suppliers to an existing list.

2.2. Validation and confirmation improvements

• A validation alert now prompts users to confirm if no contact is selected for any site.
• A new confirmation step displays added details and prompts next actions.
• Future updates will allow direct navigation to associated areas immediately after list creation.

2.3. Navigation and usability updates

• Pagination added to all supplier list pages, replacing infinite scroll and improving navigation.
• Map view has been moved into its own tab.
• List ordering updated to sort by company name, then site name.
• Sub‑navigation options now only appear on relevant tabs.
• Add Supplier has been removed from list editing; suppliers are now added via the dedicated “Add Suppliers” action.
• New list types added (work in progress) to support ESG and approval information based on membership plan.

3. Supply Chain Mapping

• Users can now manage supplier site status/risk directly from the chain of custody list.
• Supply chain flow updated to show declared suppliers and the movement of self‑declared products.
• Labels updated when requesting product specifications and toggling visibility of Supply Chain Origins to improve clarity.

4. Certification

• Enterprise members can now receive scheduled email alerts about certificate issues for supplier sites in their supply chain.
• Alerts can be configured for daily or weekly updates.
• Notifications include sites with certificates that are:
  • Suspended
  • Withdrawn
  • Expired (last 7 days)
  • Expiring (next 14 days)

5. Fixes and improvements

5.1. Supplier list

• Inputs now span the full width when entering category/function details.

5.2. Specification

• Updated validation to allow the “<” character for sub‑ingredient values.
• Fixed duplicate user list values when mapping a product and requesting a specification.
• Fixed dataset JSON saving to support comparison when applying product variations with partial data.

5.3. Documents

• Fixed issues with document requests not updating correctly when creating new versions.
• Fixed document type changing incorrectly when editing a “read” type document.
• Updated validation to enable the save button when creating a new request after selecting a template.

5.4. Users

• Removed legacy user notification configuration options to simplify email alert settings.

5.5. Dashboards

• Added a new membership feature enabling access to additional reporting dashboards.