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Following is a description of each activity in the process, listed by the activity's display name.

Supplier: Receive External Order (Node 1)

This event activity receives the B2B Purchase Order event message that is sent to the Supplier: Top Level Order process by the Event Manager when the event is received from the buyer.

Supplier: Receive iStore Order (Node 2)

This event activity receives a purchase order event message that is sent when an order is placed through the supplier's iStore application. Currently this event is not defined. The activity represents a point in the process where you can integrate the reception of purchase orders from another source.

Supplier: Get Order Details (Node 3)

This activity is a subprocess that retrieves the agent details for the intended outbound and inbound agents to send responses to the buyer, as well as retrieving the item number and item description of the ordered item.

To view the subprocess, double-click on Supplier: Get Order Details under the Processes branch in the navigator tree. See: Summary of the Supplier: Get Order Details Subprocess.

Supplier: Credit Check (Node 4)

This activity is a subprocess that performs a credit check if the total cost of the order is greater than $2000.

To view the subprocess, double-click on Supplier: Credit Check under the Processes branch in the navigator tree. See: Summary of the Supplier: Credit Check Subprocess.

Supplier: Stock Check (Node 5)

This activity is a subprocess that performs a stock check to determine if the ordered item is in stock.

To view the subprocess, double-click on Supplier: Stock Check under the Processes branch in the navigator tree. See: Summary of the Supplier: Stock Check Subprocess.

And (Node 6)

This Standard function activity merges two or more parallel branches in the flow only when the activities in all of those branches complete.

Supplier: Send Order Acknowledgement (Node 7)

This event activity sends the B2B Purchase Order Acknowledgement event message to the buyer, using the outbound agent on the Supplier system and the inbound agent on the Buyer system identified by the Get Agent Details activity in the Supplier: Get Order Details subprocess.

Supplier: Advanced Shipment Notice (Node 8)

This activity is a subprocess that checks the shipping details for the order and then sends an advanced shipment notice to the buyer.

To view the subprocess, double-click on Supplier: Advanced Shipment Notice under the Processes branch in the navigator tree. See: Summary of the Supplier: Advanced Shipment Notice Subprocess.

Supplier: Send Supplier Invoice (Node 9)

This activity is a subprocess that creates an invoice for the purchase order and sends the invoice to the buyer.

To view the subprocess, double-click on Supplier: Send Supplier Invoice under the Processes branch in the navigator tree. See: Summary of the Supplier: Send Supplier Invoice Subprocess.

End (Node 10)

This Standard function activity marks the end of the process.

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