e-Auctions
A reverse auction only moves one way, and only by the declared decrement — the rule lives in the database, so no bid gets in by another door.
Where to find it
- Module: Supply Chain
- Group: Sourcing
- Section: Strategic Sourcing
- Screen: e-Auctions
Address in the console: /scm/auctions
List · 11 columns · 10 fields on its form · 2 of them required · 3 actions
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Auction | Code | auction_no |
| Title | Text | title |
| Type | Status | auction_type |
| Start | Amount | starting_price |
| Min step | Amount | min_decrement |
| Reserve | Amount | reserve_price |
| Bids | Number | bid_count |
| Best | Amount | best_bid |
| Leader | Text | best_supplier_name |
| Ends | Date and time | ends_at |
| Status | Status | status |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Title required | Text | ||
| From sourcing event | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Type | Choice | reverse, forward, dutch, japanese | |
| Currency | Text | ||
| Starting price required | Number | ||
| Reserve price | Number | ||
| Minimum improvement | Number | A bid that does not beat the standing best by this much is not a bid. | |
| Starts | Date and time | ||
| Ends | Date and time | ||
| Extension (minutes) | Number | A bid in the closing minutes extends the clock. |
What you can do here
Open primary
Asks for confirmation: Open this auction for bidding?
Place a bid
Place a bid
Asks for: Supplier* Amount*
Close
Close and report the outcome
* required
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.