Understanding The Comprehensive Supplier Portal

PeopleSoft provides its users with the ability to interact with their suppliers using the Comprehensive Supplier Portal - a centralized location containing multiple pagelets used to assist Suppliers with their daily jobs, organized in two separate homepages.

The first homepage, which can be configured to display a selected set of pagelets, is generic in nature and not related to any specific suppliers. Your organization can configure the system such that regular login is bypassed and external users can access this page through a guest user account without a manual login. The homepage may include the following pagelets:

Supplier Login
Welcome
Contact Us
Upcoming Events
Announcements
FAQs
My Buy Events
My Sell Events

For a detailed understanding of Homepages and Dashboard pages, see the product documentation for PeopleTools: Portal Technology, “Administering Homepages and Dashboard Pages,” Understanding Homepages and Dashboard Pages.

The second homepage is based on a WorkCenter and is for use by an organization’s existing Suppliers that have their own login configured to access PeopleSoft applications. The following link sections may be available in the menu section of this workcenter homepage, depending on what the administrator has selected to display, and based on the security access granted by the administrator to the supplier user:

My Alerts
- POs with Overdue Shipments
- Unacknowledged POs
Pending Review
- Documents Waiting Review
- Documents Waiting Signatures
My Shortcuts
My Profile Information
- Review Supplier Details
- Review Agreement Details
- Review User Profiles
- Maintain My User Contact
- My Bidder Profile
- My Categorizations
- My IM Settings
- Manage Service Providers
- Maintain Provider Contacts
- View Terms and Conditions
My Bidding Events
- Bidding Homepage
- View Events and Place Bids
- Submit Service Bids
- Maintain Service Bids
- View Sourcing Activity
- Discussion Forums
My Quotes - Respond to Quote
My Catalogs - Catalog Workbench
My Contracts and Agreements
- View Contract Documents
- View Contract Deliverables
My Orders
- View Purchase Orders
- View Purchase Order Summary
- View Services Work Orders
My Acknowledgements - Create PO Acknowledgments
My Advanced Shipping Notices
- Create ASNs
- View ASN History
- View Receipts
My Time and Expenses (For Services Procurement product)
- Manage Time Sheets
- Manage Time Sheets as Proxy
- Manage Progress Log
- Manage Expenses
- Manage Expenses as Proxy
My Invoices and Payments
- Self-Service Invoice
- Receivables Aging Balance
- Manage Bills
- Review Payment Installments
- Review Payments
- Approve Service Invoices
My Discounts - Create Proposals

Pagelet Name	Usage	Supplier	Product
Welcome page	Displays a welcome note.	Supplier	Common
Contact Us	Displays the information for contacting your organization.	Supplier	Common
Upcoming Events	Displays a list of upcoming events.	Supplier	Common
Announcements	Displays a list of announcements for the supplier.	Supplier	Common
FAQs	Displays a list of FAQs	Supplier	Common
Supplier Home	Displays a link to access the Supplier Homepage WorkCenter	Supplier	Common
Supplier Banner	Displays the Supplier Name, User Name, and a Welcome message, along with the Supplier’s Logo (if available).	Supplier	Common
Documents Pending Review Page See Using Document-Related Pagelets	Displays a list of documents that are pending your review for collaboration or signature.	Supplier	Supplier Contract Management
On-Time Performance Pagelet	Displays the percentage and actual number of shipments that are on time, early, and late for all items within the period.	Supplier	PeopleSoft eSupplier Connection
Quantity Performance Pagelet	Displays the percentage and actual number of supplier shipments with correct quantities, over-shipment quantities, and under-shipment quantities by period.	Supplier	PeopleSoft eSupplier Connection
Quality Performance Pagelet	Displays the percentage and actual number of supplier shipment quantities inspected, accepted, rejected, and returned by period.	Supplier	PeopleSoft eSupplier Connection
PO/Receipt Quantity Performance Pagelet	Displays the percentage and actual number of supplier shipment quantities inspected, accepted, rejected, and returned by period.	Supplier	PeopleSoft eSupplier Connection
Recently Dispatched POs Pagelet	Displays recent purchase orders, dates, status, and acknowledgement status.	Supplier	PeopleSoft eSupplier Connection
Remaining Quantity Balances Pagelet	Displays the remaining quantities (and percentages) available, the quantity supplier-owned, and reorder point for consigned items.	Supplier	PeopleSoft Collaborative Supply Management, Inventory, and Purchasing
Recently Dispatched RFQs Pagelet	Displays recently dispatched RFQs. RFQs must be created in PeopleSoft Purchasing and assigned to the supplier using the Dispatch Supplier List or the Item Supply Supplier List.	Supplier	PeopleSoft eSupplier Connection
Recent ASNs Pagelet	Displays shipment IDs from supplier-entered advance shipping notifications, shipping dates, and receipt lines.	Supplier	PeopleSoft eSupplier Connection
My Buy Events pagelet See Using PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing Pagelets	Displays a list of items and services to sell to an individual or organization.	Supplier	PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing
My Sell Events pagelet See Using PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing Pagelets	Displays a list of events to which the supplier has been specifically invited to bid, or which are open to all bidders.	Supplier	PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing
My Event Discussions pagelet See Using PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing Pagelets	Displays a list of discussion threads for events.	Supplier	PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing
Recent Invoices Pagelet	Displays the recent invoices.	Supplier	PeopleSoft eSettlements
Recent Payments Pagelet	Displays the recent invoices for which payments are made.	Supplier	PeopleSoft eSettlements
Proposals Offered Pagelet	Displays the list of proposals.	Supplier	PeopleSoft eSettlements
Invoice Disputes Pagelet	Displays the invoices in disputes notified by the buyers.	Supplier	PeopleSoft eSettlements
Discounts Lost/Taken Pagelet	Displays all the payment discounts lost and taken for a particular period and Supplier ID.	Supplier	PeopleSoft eSettlements

See the product documentation for

PeopleTools: Applications User's Guide, “Personalizing Your Homepage,” Setting User Preferences.

The information that is displayed on each page or pagelet is specific for the supplier associated with the user logged on. When a user logs into the system via the Supplier Login pagelet, the first page displayed will be the Supplier Homepage, with the pagelets defined by the administrator displayed to them. The information displayed on each pagelet will pertain only to the transactions applicable to the specific supplier.

Portal pagelets reduce the number of clicks that it takes a user to complete major tasks. These pagelets are user-friendly and enable users to gain quick access to relevant data from the transaction or analysis system.

For a detailed understanding of pagelets, their configuration, and setup information, see the product documentation for PeopleTools: Portal Technology, “Developing and Registering Pagelets,” Understanding Pagelets.