Supplier Groups

Before inviting your supply chain into your community, you need to determine how you want to organize them based on requirements for the group. When you invite a supplier to join, you will assign them to a Supplier Group. Suppliers do not see the supplier groups they are assigned to. Supplier Groups is the combination of Location and Product groups. You no longer need to make a product and location group pairing to make a supplier group.

Supplier Groups are defined in the Admin area. They are displayed in a table format. It will also show you the number of suppliers for each requirement. You can create a new Supplier Group with the ‘Create Supplier Group’ button in the top right corner. You can edit and delete a supplier group by clicking on the supplier group in the list view and editing the name or using the trashcan button in the top right corner of the supplier group details page.

To access this table:

1. Click on the cog wheel icon.

2. Select Admin.

3. Click on Communities.

4. Select Supplier Groups.

Here are some naming convention examples of how Supplier Groups are used/named:

• By Region (Northern, Southern)

• Geography (US, Canada)

• Vendor type (Broker, Direct Supplier, Distributor)

• Priority (High, Medium, Low)

• By category/food groups (Produce, Meat, Packaging)

Here are some common names:

• High Risk Dairy

• Low Risk Dairy

• International Cheese

• Domestic Poultry

• US Meat

• Canada Meat

• US Brokers

• International Distributors

Some other things to consider, apart from these groups dictating your community requirements, these groups are also used as filters for reporting in other areas of the platform. If there is a particular way you like to view data, you can click on each column header to organize each column alphabetically.