The benefits of using the SQS include:

• Supplier information is accessible in real time.
• Information can be accessed from multiple sites by multiple users provided they have access to an Internet connection.
• Managing the electronic qualification of potential, new and existing suppliers.
• The SQS groups supply data into specific categories to assist in the Purchasers assessment and decision making process.
• It is designed to reduce the time taken by Purchasers to evaluate tenders by enabling an earlier assessment of supply data at a separate qualification phase.
• It is designed to cater for small, large or multiple projects managed by the Purchaser from multiple locations.
• It allows for the easy retrieval of valuable supplier data which assists the Purchaser in making commercially astute buying decisions.
• It assists the Purchaser in sourcing Goods and Services in the open market and comparing Tenderers/Suppliers lists.
• It allows for project specific commodity lists (Goods and Services) to be populated by the Purchaser within the SQS Supply Manager.
• It maintains a grading (or regrading) for each qualified Supplier based on their performance.
• The Licensed Version of the SQS (Application and Supply Manager modules) can accommodate the Purchasers company details and forms specific to their project on a dedicated SQS database.
• The Purchaser can quickly assign Procurement Work Packages to their project with the SQS.