Suppliers

Suppliers is the supplier-data area of Grinea. Internal users manage supplier records in Supplier Management. Supplier users work in the supplier portal when they need to maintain company data, respond to RFQs, submit quotations, or view orders.

Supplier data affects sourcing. RFQ recommendations, supplier invitations, portal access, and order communication all depend on the supplier record being usable.

Basic Concepts

Supplier Record is the internal company record.

Business Information holds company identifiers and profile data.

Items Offered tells Grinea what materials or services the supplier can provide. RFQ recommendations depend on this data.

Supplier Users are the people who can log in to the supplier portal.

Supplier Status describes whether the supplier can be used for procurement work.

Supplier Management

Supplier records use tabs for details, users, items offered, profile history, and order history.

Supplier Management is where internal users keep supplier records ready for RFQ and order work. The supplier detail page groups the record into business information, documents, items offered, users, profile history, and order history.

Status is part of procurement control:

Status	Meaning
Registered	The supplier exists but has not completed review.
Under Review	Internal review is in progress.
Accredited	The supplier passed review and can be synced with ERP data.
Onboarded	The supplier can be used for normal RFQ work.
On Probation	The supplier remains visible but needs attention.
Closed	The supplier should no longer be used.

Items Offered is one of the most important tabs for sourcing. If it is stale, RFQ recommendations can be incomplete or misleading.

Supplier Users

Buyer-side supplier user controls are used before the supplier can work in the portal.

Supplier users connect the company record to the supplier portal. A supplier can exist in Supplier Management but still be unable to respond if the right contact does not have portal access.

When a supplier says they cannot see an RFQ, check the supplier contact, portal access, and whether the RFQ has actually been published.

Supplier Portal

Supplier users work from their portal lists: RFQs, quotations, company profile, and orders.

The supplier portal is record-list driven. Supplier users start from their RFQ or Orders list, then open the specific record they need to work on.

RFQ and order detail pages depend on the selected record. There is no useful generic link for those pages because the context is the RFQ or PO itself.