Managing Your Supply Chain

Managing Your Supply Chain


01/ Adding organizations to your supply chain 

  1. Click Network on the left navigation. 

  1. Click Supply Chain. 
     

  1. Click   to add a supplier to your supply chain. 
    Note: Only downstream organizations that supply your company should be added here.  
     Your customer connections will appear in the "Connections" tab.  
     

  1. Select to add a single supplier or to upload multiple suppliers. 



a) Adding a supplier 

  1. Click  . 

  1. Fill out the required field. 
    Note: Required field is marked with an asterisk (*). 
     

  1. Click SAVE. 
    Note: The Supplier status is Not Active ( ) in your supply chain until matched. 
    Proceed to section 02/Matching a supplier to learn about how to match. 
     

b) Uploading multiple suppliers 

  1. Click 

  1. Click  to download the bulk upload template. 

  1. Fill out the required fields. 
    Note: Required fields are marked with an asterisk (*). 

  1. Upload the template. 

  1. Click Upload. 
     

02/ Matching a supplier  

a) Matching to an existing supplier 

This step allows you to match a supplier that is already registered in CleanChain. If the supplier you are trying to add does not exist in CleanChain, you will need to create a new record of this supplier which will be discussed in the next section b) Matching to a new supplier.

  1. Click  under the ACTIONS column to match a supplier. 

  1. Click the organization that matches the supplier. 

  1. Click Confirm Match. 
     

  1. Click Save. 
     
    Note: The status changes to Ready to be invited (  ) to connect and share data with you. You can stop on this step, or proceed to the next step and request data sharing access from this supplier. Note that each accepted data sharing access will be counted as a "connection" for you. Your number of connections may be limited based on the subscription you have. 

b) Matching to a new supplier  

  1. Click  under the ACTIONS column to match a supplier. 

  1. Click the organization that matches the supplier. 

  1. Click Create New. 
     

  1. Click Save. 
     
    Note: The status changes to Ready to be invited (  ). 

  1. Click  to edit the email invitation template. 
     

  1. Click Send. 
    Note: The system will issue an invitation to this supplier asking them to register in CleanChain. 

     Note: The supplier invitation status changes to "Invite Sent/Pending". 
    You may inform the supplier that an invitation is now pending acceptance. 
    Note: When the invitation is accepted, the status changes to Invite accepted/connected ( ). 

03/ Assigning a supplier code  

  1. Hover to the SUPPLIER CODE column of the Supplier. 

  1. Click Assign Code. 
     

  1. Type a code in the field.  

  1. Click Assign. 
    Note: As the Supply chain owner, you can write any unique code that is not similar across the Supply chain. 
     

04/ Removing an organization from your supply chain 

  1. Click Network on the left navigation. 

  1. Click Supply Chain. 
     

  1. Click  under the Actions column to delete a supplier. 
     

  1. Click Yes. 
     

05/ Setting up tiers in your supply chain 

  1. Click Network. 

  1. Click Supply Chain. 
     

  1. Click  to rebuild the supply chain. 
       

  1. Drag the four-headed arrow to position the supplier's tier. 
    Note: You can only position Suppliers that were matched and Suppliers that accepted your invitation. 
     

  1. Click Save at the bottom of the page. 
      

For assistance, you may contact appsupport@adec-innovations.com. 


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