The Suppliers page is your brand's supplier directory — every supplier you source from, with their master data in one table. Open it from your profile menu in the top-right corner and choose Suppliers.
The supplier table
One row per supplier. New supplier opens a short dialog for the supplier's name and country; once it's created you fill in the rest of its detail in the row. Tick one or more rows and use Edit to change several suppliers at once. The Filter bar narrows the list by different filter options. Use the gear to configure what options you want visible in the filter bar.
Work with the columns the same way as the other tables in the PLM:
Reorder — grab the dots on a header and drag it into place.
Right-click a header to Hide the column, Pin / Unpin it so it stays in view as you scroll sideways, or Reset columns to default. The name column is pinned by default.
What the columns hold
The cells are editable straight in the row.
The columns, left to right as they appear in the table:
Name — the supplier's name; free text.
Status — where the supplier sits in your workflow; pick from a list configured in Admin.
Country — the supplier's country or countries; pick from the country list.
Default COO — the default country of origin carried onto the supplier's products; pick from the country list.
MOT — the default mode of transport; pick from a list configured in Admin.
Payment terms — Pick from a list configured in Admin.
Incoterms — the delivery terms; pick from a list configured in Admin.
Lead time — the supplier's production lead time, in days.
Default currency — the currency carried onto the supplier's prices and orders; pick from a list that reflects the currencies set up for your brand in Admin.
Contact email — the main contact's email; free text. These addresses carry into a sample request when this supplier is selected. You can enter several, separated with a semicolon (;).
Supplier number — your own reference for the supplier; free text.
Address — the postal address; free text.
Manufacturer ID (MID code) — the manufacturer identification code; free text.
OSH ID — a unique reference number allocated to a specific manufacturing site; free text.
Internal comment — an internal note on the supplier; free text.
Production Units — if a supplier has different production units, add them here; they're picked from your supplier directory.
Certifications — the supplier's certifications, each added with an attached file, a summary and an expiry date. The certification types configures in Admin.
Compliances — the supplier's compliances, each added with an attached file, a summary, a test result and a date for the conducted test. The compliances configures in Admin.
Custom fields
If there's something you need to hold on a supplier that the standard columns don't cover, add a custom field for it. Custom fields can take the form that fits the information — a text field, a list to pick from, multi-select, a checkbox, and more — so you can keep exactly the data your brand needs on each supplier. They appear as their own columns at the end of the table and are set up in Admin.
Import and export
You can move supplier data in and out in bulk from the options menu (the three dots next to New supplier).
Export — downloads your suppliers as an Excel file. Export them all, or tick the rows you want to export.
Import — upload a filled-in file to create and update suppliers in bulk.
The export doubles as your import template.
How suppliers connect
A supplier recorded here is referenced across the PLM, so its details follow wherever it's used when you pick a supplier on a product or article, on an order, and when a sample round is sent to a supplier.