The Supplier's Guide is an online portal for exchange of specifications in the food industry. The online portal replaces paper correspondence and standardizes procedures for higher data quality and traceability.
There are two parties involved:
•Issuer: The one sending an inquiry.
•Vendor: The counterpart handling these inquiries.
Data is collected using forms containing a range of various criteria. Each issuer can set up an individual set of criteria resulting in a wide variety of forms.
Each form has a status that indicates the stage of its completion. From the issuer's perspective, there is an approval process, giving the issuer the opportunity to send the specification back to the vendor in case they are not satisfied with its content. Once the cycle is completed, a digitally signed PDF specification is generated.
The issuers who use SpecPDM can download data to this system for further processing.
The work-flow is demonstrated in the following diagram:
This user manual will demonstrate which options are available to you in the Supplier's Guide. The document is divided into three main sections:
•Supplier's Guide: Contains general information about the portal.
•The Portal from the Issuer's Perspective: Contains information for issuers.
•The Portal from the Vendor's Perspective: Contains information for vendors.