The Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) Guide explores how organizations can transform supplier management from an administrative task into a connected, data-driven partnership model. It demonstrates how clean supplier data, seamless collaboration, and continuous performance insights lay the foundation for more resilient, transparent, and sustainable supplier ecosystems. 

The guide brings together market analysis, proven best practices, and real-world use cases to illustrate how modern SRM creates value beyond compliance by connecting people, processes, and data across the entire supplier lifecycle. Readers will learn how the osapiens HUB for SRM empowers teams to move faster, make confident decisions, and turn supplier relationships into a strategic advantage.

What Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) Is – and Why It Matters 

SRM is the discipline of building, maintaining, and improving collaboration with suppliers across every stage of the partnership: from onboarding to performance optimization. In today’s complex, global supply chains, this collaboration is what separates reactive organizations from proactive ones.

An SRM solution brings supplier information, documents, and communication into one central platform. It integrates onboarding, data enrichment, and performance tracking, replacing manual processes with a transparent, standardized, and auditable workflow. When all stakeholders within the supplier network operate from the same accurate data, relationships become more efficient, reliable, and future-ready, driving measurable impact in speed, quality, and compliance.