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title: Supplier support areas
description: The supplier support services in the Core Business Suite help you set up a simplified supplier journey for your organization.
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# Supplier support areas

The supplier support services in the Core Business Suite help you set up a simplified supplier journey for your organization.

## Get started

Choose one of the following tiles to learn more about the different applications and application suites supported in Core Business Suite.

**Note:** Only general supplier request and invoice request are supported on CBS from the following product suites.

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[Supplier Lifecycle Operations\[Omitted image "bus-meetings.svg"\] Alt text:Learn more about Supplier Lifecycle Operations to create collaboration with suppliers, mitigate risks, and monitor compliance and performance.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/source-to-pay-operations/supp-mgmt-landing-page.md)

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[Accounts Payable Operations\[Omitted image "bus-compliance.svg"\] Alt text:Learn more about Accounts Payable Operations to manage invoices, invoice exceptions, approvals, and supplier inquiries.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/source-to-pay-operations/acc-pay-mgmt-landing-page.md)

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>Find a breakdown of the supported features in CBS within the mentioned applications.

## Supplier lifecycle requests

\[Omitted image "slo-form-dec.png"\] Alt text: Image displays General inquiry form template in SLO.

Ask a general category question, using the supplier catalog. For more information, [Raise a general supplier request](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/core-business-suite/request-slo.md).

## Accounts Payable requests

\[Omitted image "apo-form-dec.png"\] Alt text: Invoice inquiry form displayed for Accounts Payable team.

As a supplier, use the Supplier Collaboration Portal to create an inquiry related to an invoice and submit it to the Accounts Payable Operations team to evaluate and resolve the inquiry.

For more information, see [Raise an invoice request](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/core-business-suite/request-apo.md).

## Workflows and applications

[Finance and Supply Chain](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/source-to-pay-operations/finance-supply-chain-landing.md)