Only current schedule requirements are
displayed within the Inbox. As
new documents are received, older, read documents are automatically moved
to the history folder. Designated
individuals receive an email notification that the Document arrived in
the Supplier Connection Inbox, according to the email address
set in the user preferences.
View the Inbox from either of two tabs;
Doc The ‘doc’ view displays a quick snapshot
of Inbox contents by document type.
and Part The ‘part’ view lists individual part requirements
records for each ship-from / ship-to relationship. .
View a schedule The schedule report communicates whether the part requirements are planning
or firm based on the forecast type. If the forecast type is planning these
are the quantities the supplier should plan on shipping the week specified
in the date field. If the forecast type is firm these are the quantities
that the supplier must ship the week specified in the date field.
by clicking Inbox from the View
menu. A
list of your outbound planning and shipping documents are displayed. This
is the information pulled from the flat file, presented in a readable
PDF format.
Where is the Inbox?
Click the doc
tab.
Details
About The Inbox Screen
New documents appear in bold font. Once
read, the font is no longer bold.
The checkbox is only enabled after a document
has been read.
Warning icon - indicates
that the release has not been read by the supplier. The icon will disappear
after the supplier reads the release.
Error icon - indicates a trading partner
setup error - this is for your information only. You
cannot resolve this error, and it will be handled between the buyer and
the help desk.
Printer icon - view/print the
document in PDF format. (You
must be a Company Administrator to print from the Inbox).
Printer icon with green checkmark
- only Metaldyne suppliers will see this icon. It
is displayed after a user views or downloads a document within the inbox,
and Supplier Connection sends a functional acknowledgement message to
Metaldyne.
Truck icon - hover mouse over
this truck icon to view the sender of the document
disk icon - download
/ save the document as csv file. (Any
information contained in the note section of the report will not be displayed
in the downloaded document.)
Filter your view
of the data by selecting a document type and / or a trading partner from
the drop down menus.
Click go.
Results
are displayed.
View the schedule by clicking (the print icon) in the options
column. The
schedule is displayed in a new window in PDF format.
You must have the Adobe Reader installed
on your computer in order to read the file.
(the print icon) in the 
to print the schedule
to save the schedule to your computer.