In Macaos Convergence, a supplier is an organization which manufactures or supplies products to a seller. There are primarily two transaction types between supplier and seller:
- Quotations—where a supplier responds to a seller’s request for quotation (RFQ)
- Work orders (WOs)—where a supplier manufactures/ships a product ordered by a seller
Macaos Convergence acts as a central archive for the documentation and communication about each RFQ and WO. Macaos Convergence also synchronizes with the seller’s order database, so that their customers can access shipment tracking info and conformance documentation.
RFQs and Quotations:
- Receive RFQs from sellers
- Examine and download product data for incoming RFQs
- Respond to each RFQ either by entering prices or by uploading a quotation document
Work orders (WOs):
- Receive WOs from sellers
- Accept, and optionally upload an order confirmation for each WO
- Sign off for each milepost toward fulfillment of the WO
- Examine each product for conformance before signing the QA milepost
- Generate packing documentation for each shipment
- Specify the shipment’s tracking (or waybill) number before signing the Pack/Ship milepost
- Upload conformance documentation to the WO
- Upload an invoice for the WO
Views
Macaos Convergence displays this information in four views. Each view can be accessed by clicking on one of the colored tabs near the top of the application window.
For all views, the Refresh button loads the latest data from the server. The remaining top-row controls may be used to hide rows or columns which do not match specific parameters.
- RFQs (pink) lists each RFQ, color-coded by its status. Click on a product number to view product and quotation details. Click on a timestamp to view the RFQ or Quotation document. Right-click on an RFQ for additional operations.
- Work Orders (yellow) lists each work order. Click on a product number to view product details. Click on any other hyperlink to view the associated document. Right-click on a WO for additional operations.
- Status (white) lists each WO and the status of its mileposts toward fulfillment. Finished mileposts are green. The next milepost to be signed (by the supplier) is yellow. Click on a milepost to view details or to sign it. Click on a product number to view product details. Right-click on a WO for additional operations.
- Outgoing shipments (brown) lists all shipments in a specified date range, by customer. The Status column is colored according to the production status of the product to ship. Click on a product number to view product details. Click on a WO number to open the next milepost or view shipment details. Click on the tracking number to view tracking info.
