---
title: "Vendors and manufacturers’ qualification status"
slug: "vendors-and-manufacturers-qualification-status"
description: "Manage vendor and manufacturer qualification statuses, update reason codes, and apply changes across legal entities with STAEDEAN Life Sciences."
tags: ["Life Sciences", "Quality Control and Assurance"]
updated: 2026-06-25T10:24:07Z
published: 2026-06-25T10:24:07Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/vendors-and-manufacturers-qualification-status"
---

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# Vendors and manufacturers’ qualification status

STAEDEAN Life Sciences allow for the definition of the qualification status of a vendor/[manufacturer](/life-sciences/docs/manufacturers). In the **Qualification statuses** form (**Life Sciences Quality Control & Assurance > Setup > Quality control > Qualification statuses**), users can define the list of status values for vendors and manufacturers.

In the vendor master (**Accounts payable > Vendors > All vendors**), the **Qualification details** FastTab is available with the following information:

- **Qualification status**:
  - When a new vendor/manufacturer is created, the default qualification status is assigned according to the **Default status** defined in the [**Vendor type**](/life-sciences/docs/manufacturers). For example, the default qualification status is **Under qualification** for the **GMP Manufacturer** vendor type.
  - Users can manually update the qualification status of the vendor/manufacturer by using the **Qualification** button in the **Vendor** tab.
- **Reason code**: when the qualification status is updated, it is possible to choose a reason code among the ones defined in the **Qualification reason codes** form (**Life Sciences Quality Control & Assurance > Setup > Quality control > Qualification reason codes**).
- **From date/To date**: when the qualification status is updated, users can enter the start date and end date of the period in which the qualification status applies (for example, the vendor is qualified, and the qualification lasts two years).

If the **All vendors** table is shared among legal entities (that is, **VendTable** is enabled in cross company data sharing), the **Apply status to all legal entities** parameter is enabled when updating the qualification status. The modification is applied to the vendor in all legal entities.

## Related

- [Manufacturers](/manufacturers.md)
- [Quality control setup](/quality-control-setup.md)
- [Life Sciences Quality Control & Assurance](/life-sciences-quality-control-assurance.md)
- [Vendor statuses](/vendor-statuses.md)