We have completed the creation of the concept of active suppliers at Linkana.

Now, every supplier is active by default. This means that all of their information is updated in real-time according to its expiration date, including data from the tax registry, restrictive lists, and certificates.

For active suppliers, as information is automatically updated according to their validity, you can only manually force the update of information in cases of pending information or information that does not have a next update date.

You can only deactivate a supplier if they have been approved or rejected.

If a supplier is inactive and you proceed to activate them, all their expired information will be automatically updated at that moment.

You can also configure a supplier to be automatically deactivated upon approval in that category within the settings of the category itself.

Automatic signature collection via ZapSign

We created a native integration with ZapSign that allows you to collect the signature via digital certificate (e-CNPJ or e-CPF) from a supplier.

If they opted to sign via e-CNPJ, we will automatically validate the document, provided that the CNPJ being validated is the same CNPJ as the signature.

Upon filling out the form data, the supplier will receive an email to sign their supply term or code of conduct in ZapSign.

As soon as the signature is made, we will perform the automatic validation; if they signed with e-CNPJ, or we will bring the signature data for you to validate the signed document during the review stage.

Note: To activate this integration, you will need to contact your account manager so they can release this new functionality for you!

Other improvements we made:

• Update date from the Federal Revenue base: Linkana reflects the public database that the federal revenue provides monthly. Now we have inserted the reference cutoff date of this last update within the supplier's profile, in the "Universal profile" tab. To understand a bit more about how these dates work, you can read this article.

• Automatic deactivation upon rejection: Now, when you reject a supplier, it is already suggested in the interface that you deactivate the supplier in the same action as the rejection. After that, the supplier will no longer have their data updated.

• New event - Supplier has been notified: Now, when you notify a supplier due to a rejected form, a new event is created in this supplier's timeline, allowing you to track how many times and on which days this supplier has already been notified during the form review process.