Procurement Playbook

    Vendor onboarding Playbook

    Invite to activated supplier, with KYB (know your business) checks, contracting, and ERP setup handled end to end.

    The WorkStream

    Each stage below is a step the WorkStream Playbook Engine runs. Stages marked as agent work are completed by stage-scoped agents. Stages marked as human are held for a person before the run continues.

    01

    Invite

    Agent

    Supplier invited to the portal

    02

    Submission

    Agent

    Tax, banking, and company documents collected

    03

    KYB and risk

    Agent

    Identity, sanctions, and financial health checks scored

    04

    Contract

    Human

    MSA (master service agreement) issued, redlines tracked to signature

    05

    Activation

    Agent

    Supplier record written back to the ERP

    Agents scoped to this Playbook

    Onboarding AgentCompliance AgentContract AgentVendor Agent

    Versions

    v3

    Baseline verification set

    Vendor onboarding. Edited by the procurement lead.

    • Documents before review: Tax and banking documents must be on file before any review starts
    • Sanctions screening: Every supplier is screened against sanctions lists at submission
    v4

    Risk score gates contracting

    Vendor onboarding. Edited by the compliance owner.

    • Gate on the risk score: A supplier scored high risk cannot advance to contracting without a compliance owner sign-off
    • Score kept with the record: The score and the evidence behind it are recorded with the supplier record
    v5

    Banking changes verified out of bandCurrent

    Vendor onboarding. Edited by the controller.

    • Out-of-band confirmation: A change to supplier banking details requires confirmation on a separately held contact
    • No agent-only activation: Activation in the ERP after a banking change requires a human approval

    Ruleset in force at v5

    Rules accumulate. A run that starts on v5 finishes on v5, bound to the ruleset below and recorded against it in the Execution Ledger.

    Documents before review

    Tax and banking documents must be on file before any review starts

    Sanctions screening

    Every supplier is screened against sanctions lists at submission

    Gate on the risk score

    A supplier scored high risk cannot advance to contracting without a compliance owner sign-off

    Score kept with the record

    The score and the evidence behind it are recorded with the supplier record

    Out-of-band confirmation

    A change to supplier banking details requires confirmation on a separately held contact

    No agent-only activation

    Activation in the ERP after a banking change requires a human approval

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