01 — Quick Reference
Statuses
| Record | Status flow |
|---|---|
| Supplier | prospective → active / restricted → suspended → inactive |
| Capability | proposed → approved / restricted → suspended / expired |
| Approval | pending → approved / conditional → suspended / expired (or rejected) |
| Supplier item | active / restricted → superseded / inactive |
| Supplier issue | open → investigating → action_required → resolved → closed |
Statuses show as coloured badges in the lists: green approved / active, red suspended / rejected / critical, amber restricted / conditional / in progress, blue new.
The approval rule
A supplier is only ever treated as approved while the supplier itself is active or restricted and an approval covering the request is current (approved or conditional, within its dates). A suspended or inactive supplier is not approved whatever its old approvals or supplier items still say — that is how SUP-0070 is shown to other applications. Conditions on a conditional approval are passed on with the answer.
Numbers
| Record | Number | How |
|---|---|---|
| Supplier | SUP-0071, … |
Assigned on save when left blank; continues the existing series and skips numbers already used. Read-only once issued. |
| Supplier issue | SI-0003, … |
Same rule. |
| Corrective action | CA-… |
Entered by the user. |
What the network does here
| Message from | What happens |
|---|---|
| Purchasing places an order | it is counted in the supplier's performance for that month |
| Purchasing reports a delivery missed | one late delivery is counted and a delivery issue opened for the order (once per order; an at risk warning is only noted) |
| Inventory rejects a receipt | the rejection is counted and a quality issue opened naming the receipt and order (once per receipt) |
Each new issue is published (supplier.issue_opened).
References to other applications
Lists show readable references (CAT-793-TRANSMISSION, DRIVETRAIN, PO-004410,
GR-5001); the network ids (…_cid) are in the detail panel's Identifiers &
integration section. Catalogue items link ↗ to Catalogue, purchase orders to
Purchasing, goods receipts to Inventory.
Choosing a catalogue item: on a Supplier Item form, type part of the item code or description in the Catalogue Item box and pick from the list.
Everyday tasks
| To… | Do this |
|---|---|
| Find who can supply a part | Supplier Items, filter by catalogue item (preferred and approved first). |
| Check an approval | Capability & Approval → Supplier Approval. |
| Follow up a problem | Performance & Issues → Supplier Issue, then its Corrective Actions. |
| See identifiers or every column | Column-set switcher on a list → All fields. |
Running it
python server/run.py supplier # alone, http://localhost:5092
python networks/work_supply/network.py start # with the whole Work & Supply network