Requests sent to non-system partners

A non-system partner or supplier is a partner who has no access to the application. You can send requests to these partners and create request records in the application. Since these partners cannot update these requests, you can update requests for cost or sample with cost sent to non-system partners when these partners reply with quotations.

When you send a request to a non-system partner, you create the request in the application. However, several fields are disabled. These fields become enabled when you set the status to Sent to Non-System Supplier.

See this workflow:

Action	Request Status	Sample Evaluation Page	Costing	Costing Elements fields
1. User creates request	In Process	In Process	In Process	Fields are disabled - you cannot specify cost element values
2. User sends request	Sent to Non-System Supplier	In Process	In Process	Fields are enabled - you can specify cost element values
3. User specifies in the application the quotation that Non-System Suppliers sent through email	Sent to Non-System Supplier	In Process	In Process	Fields are enabled - you can specify cost element values
4. User clicks on Send or Save and Send to acknowledge the values of costing elements	For evaluation	Received	Received	Fields are disabled - you cannot specify cost element values
5. User is done evaluating the request	Manually set the status to Approved or Rejected or Cancelled	Manually set the status to Approved or Rejected or Cancelled	Manually set the status to Approved or Rejected or Cancelled	Fields are disabled - you cannot specify cost element values
6. User re-sends the request	Re-Sent to Non-System Supplier	In Process	In Process	Fields are enabled - you can specify cost element values