Terminology

These terms are used throughout the Oracle Supplier Qualification Management playbook.

Term	Definition
Qualification	A business object that's used to evaluate suppliers according to a particular function, capability, or aspect of a supplier.
Assessment	A business object that's used to evaluate suppliers through a comprehensive set of criteria.
Initiative	The main tool to create, manage and track qualifications and assessments via the questionnaires sent to supplier and internal responders for their responses.
Questionnaire	A business object that's used to gather supplier information, which consists of questions.
Questionnaire Response	The response the responder provided after responding to the questionnaire.
Question	A reusable business object that's created to ask about or know about a supplier to qualify them.
Qualification Area	The container for questions. You use a qualification area and its questions to evaluate a particular aspect of a supplier known as a qualification.
Qualification Model	The container for qualification areas. You use a qualification model and its qualification areas to perform a comprehensive evaluation of a supplier, which is known as an assessment.
Rule Set	A set of conditions and qualification areas. Conditions are used to include different qualification areas in the generated questionnaire that's sent to a supplier at various points in the supplier's life cycle.
Supplier Eligibility	The assessment required for the supplier to meet the criteria and standards for participation in sourcing.