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

Now every supplier is by default created active. This means that all your information is updated in real-time according to its expiration date, from tax database records, restrictive lists to certificates.

In active suppliers, as the information is automatically updated according to its validity, you can only enforce a manual update of the information in cases where information is pending or does not have a next update date.

You can only deactivate a supplier if it has been approved or disapproved.

If a supplier is inactive and you decide to activate it, all its expired information will be automatically updated at that moment.

You can also set a supplier to be automatically deactivated upon approval in that category within the category's own settings.

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 choose to sign using the e-CNPJ, we will automatically validate the document, provided the CNPJ being homologated is the same as the CNPJ of the signature.

By filling out the form data, the supplier will receive an email to sign their supply agreement or code of conduct on ZapSign.

Once the signature is completed, we will automatically validate it if signed with the e-CNPJ, or we will bring the signature data for you to validate the signed document at the review stage.

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

Other improvements we made:

• Update date of the Federal Revenue base: Linkana reflects the public base that the federal revenue makes available monthly. Now we have inserted the reference cutoff date of this last update within the supplier profile, in the "Universal Profile" tab. To better understand how these dates work, you can read this article.

• Automatic deactivation upon disapproval: Now upon disapproving a supplier, it is suggested in the interface that you deactivate the supplier in the same disapproval action. After that, the supplier will no longer have its data updated.

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