Navigate to Data > Supplier-related data > Suppliers to add your suppliers. The supplier view provides a list of all supplier organizations and a graphical visualization of the sites.
The visualization shows both the suppliers' locations and your own sites. Additionally, connections between sites are shown if supply relations already exist between two organizations.
Create your first supplier by adding an organization in the left grid. Both delivery capacity limits and KPI thresholds are used in the reports. Suppliers are initially created with the connection status local. This means that no data is exchanged with a business partner. In local status, your supplier will not be informed about their involvement. This allows your organization to upload this data for planning and simulation purposes.
Technically, the supplier grid is identical to the customer grid. They are the central point from which you can request a business relation with your suppliers or customers. To exchange data with your suppliers, you must explicitly request the business relation. The confirmation of the request as well as the corresponding site assignments are performed in the same menu. The status changes accordingly to connected. Now data, such as transaction data, will be automatically exchanged and synchronized between both organizations.
Continue by adding sites of your supplier, from which your supplier supplies you. In the next step you can continue with Create supply relations. For details, see Connection and mapping.