Each form contains one of the following processing statuses:
You sent the form to a vendor, but the vendor has not seen/opened/edited the form yet.
The vendor started to fill the form.
The vendor had filled the form and sent it back to you. You can either accept or reject the form.
You accepted the form that had been sent to you by the vendor. The workflow with the vendor is completed and the form can be downloaded to SpecPDM (applies only to customers who use the application).
You have sent the form to a vendor, but you decided that for some reason this was an erroneous action and you want to reverse the process. You open the form and click on Withdraw. The form has been withdrawn, i.e. the vendor will no longer see it in inbox. You can also achieve this status by selecting Don't send when forwarding a form.
The form has been deleted.
The form has been archived.
Note: For customers with SpecPDM a special behavior can be enabled. Whenever a Master data object is archived in SpecPDM, the underlying specification, no matter what processing status it has, is automatically archived also in the Supplier's Guide upon the next run of the interface and an email notifying about this change is sent. This feature requires updating the interface, SpecPDM version 12.1 or newer and activation by SpecPage.