Supplier categories are a management tool used for grouping together certain supplier profiles under a shared or common classification. Once categorized, suppliers can be filtered based on the categories that have been established and assigned to each supplier on the system.

In the case of supplier categories, a category can also be created as a subcategory to another supplier category, referred to as the “parent category” upon assignment.

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Supplier categories can be useful for several types of transactions. For purchase orders, when choosing a supplier, results can be filtered by a supplier category to make it easier to find a particular supplier.

This can be particularly useful for requests when sending out a tender or RFQ/RFP.

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