Supply Chain › Collaboration
Supplier Collaboration
The conversation, against the document it is about. Whose turn it is follows from who spoke last.
Where to find it
- Module: Supply Chain
- Group: Sourcing
- Section: Collaboration
- Screen: Supplier Collaboration
Address in the console: /scm/collab-threads
List · 10 columns · 9 fields on its form · 1 of them required · 1 action
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Thread | Code | thread_no |
| Subject | Text | subject |
| Supplier | Text | supplier_name |
| Topic | Status | topic |
| About | Code | reference_no |
| Priority | Status | priority |
| Messages | Number | message_count |
| Owner | Text | owner_name |
| Due | Date | due_date |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject required | Text | ||
| Supplier | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Topic | Choice | Configuration list | |
| About what | Choice | purchase_order, invoice, delivery, contract, rfx, forecast, other | |
| Document number | Text | ||
| Priority | Choice | low, normal, high, urgent | |
| Owner | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Due | Date | ||
| Status | Choice | open, awaiting_supplier, awaiting_buyer, resolved, closed |
What you can do here
Post a message primary
Asks for: Message* From Name Attachment reference
* 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.