In Macaos Convergence, a seller is an organization which receives orders from customers, and processes them to be manufactured by a supplier. There are primarily two transaction types:
- RFQs—where a seller requests a quotation from a supplier
- Work orders (WOs)—where a seller purchases a product from a supplier
Both of these transactions will normally be initiated by an incoming order from a customer.
Macaos Convergence acts as a central archive for the documentation and communication about each RFQ and WO, and also synchronizes with the seller’s order database, so that customers can access shipment tracking info and conformance documentation.
Incoming orders:
- Create RFQs and Work orders
- Change the supplier for an order
RFQs and Quotations:
- Create RFQs to suppliers from incoming orders or a product number
- Review quotations from suppliers
Work orders (WOs):
- Create WOs to suppliers from incoming orders, RFQs, or a product number
- Approve the order confirmation for each WO
- Review shipment, conformance, and invoice documents
Views
Macaos Convergence displays this information in five 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.
- Incoming orders (gray) lists unfulfilled orders from the past two years, color-coded by its status. Click on a product number to view product details. Right-click on an order for additional operations.
- 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.
