vendor-review

Automate a vendor risk assessment by loading vendor data to evaluate plan-fit, price reasonableness, risk, and switching costs. The review checks contract terms, pricing, and data handling to output a keep, renegotiate, switch, or cancel recommendation with full rationale.

A vendor review is a structured single-vendor assessment used during quarterly governance, annual renewals, or data processor evaluations. It cross-checks contract terms and pricing against the vendor register to mitigate proliferated risk and cost.

Conduct a cost analysis by cross-checking invoices and contract terms against the vendor register. This assesses price reasonableness and switching costs, culminating in a formal decision and a clear switching plan if replacement is necessary.

No, this process is designed for single-vendor focus to evaluate one vendor per review. It documents justification for individual assessments applied to quarterly or annual procurement cycles rather than batch evaluations.

Document vendor switching plans by emitting a structured review to the operations vault. The output generates a formal decision with rationale and stores the review document under the vendor reviews directory for governance tracking.

Load vendor data from the vendor register and invoices before running a contract review. This prerequisite data enables cross-checking contract terms, pricing, and data handling to assess plan-fit and price reasonableness.