Approve Supplier Catalog
Explanation
A hosted supplier catalog is used to enable employees to purchase products
and services from a suppliers assortment without having to create all part number
and pricing information in the system. The supplier catalog is normally uploaded
from a file, either by the procurement department or directly by the supplier,
but can also be entered manually.
Use this activity to approve a catalog for use in the self-service
procurement solution.
Prerequisites
- You must have a supplier catalog revision in status Planned
with at least one active product line.
System Effects
- The status of the catalog revision will be set to Approved,
which means that the catalogs can be used in the self-service solution.
Only products from suppliers catalogs in status Approved
are available in the self-service procurement portal.
- Any previously approved revision for the same catalog will be set to
status Obsolete and will be replaced by the new
approved
revision. Only one revision of the catalog can be in status
Approved at a time.