I have been doing business with you for many years. Why am I being asked to provide this information now?

We are in the process of automating the maintenance of important information about suppliers and service providers. Part of the process includes secure Internet based systems such as this one as a means to collect and organize your information. The system is often used by buyers in the sourcing process and also makes communications and collaboration with Suppliers easier. The system should also reduce or eliminate the need for you to make redundant submissions of information to different departments/areas in our organization.