The packing process starts after both the buyer and the supplier have signed and finalized an agreement. As a supplier, it is your responsibility to deliver the items to the buyer, as per the conditions mentioned in the final agreement. Before starting the actual delivery, you should plan how to deliver the required items in an optimal manner. For that, you create preliminary packing lists (PPL) and preliminary packages, which are estimates for the actual delivery. After you create the PPLs, you submit them for approval from the buyer.
The buyer sends you the packing lists, which may or may not match exactly with the PPLs you sent. The packing lists contain specific delivery details (like the delivery location, delivery date, and so on) for a group of item shipments. After receiving the packing lists, you create packages and assign the line items to the packages. After all the items in a packing list are assigned to packages, you must submit the packages' details for the approval from the buyer. After the buyer approves the packages, you can start the process for actual delivery of the packages.
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The Packing tab is visible only if packing information is available. That happens when the buyer invites a supplier to start preliminary packing or approves a packing list.
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In 10.1 only few screens have been released for packing. The next release of Smart Materials Web Portal will include all the remaining screens.
Allows you to view all the agreements and the associated requisitions for which you
have access. The dashboard also provides a quick view of the status of the release
notes and PPLs for each agreement. You can sort the information on the dashboard by
clicking the appropriate column header. You can also filter the information by clicking
on any of the columns header and selecting the filter criteria.
Project - Displays the project name for an agreement.
Agreement Number - Displays the agreement number that uniquely identifies each agreement. Click an agreement number to start working with packages or preliminary packages.
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When you click an agreement number, all PPLs and packing lists for that agreement appear. You can view the status of each PPL and packing list, as well as additional details for each PPL and packing list.
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You can click View Agreement Summary to get a quick snapshot of key information for the agreement.
Description - Displays the project description.
Engineering Requisition - Displays the requisition number associated with an agreement.
Supplement - Displays the supplement number for the agreement.
Release Notes / Preliminary Packing Lists - Displays the status of the release notes and PPLs for each agreement. It shows how many of the release notes or PPLs are In Progress and how many are Submitted.
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For some of the agreements the Preliminary Packing Lists option might not be available. It means the buyer has not invited you for preliminary packing for those agreements.