Delivered Workflows for PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing

This section discusses PeopleSoft Strategic Sourcing workflow. The workflows are listed alphabetically by workflow name.

The section discusses the Analysis Collaboration workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

Notifies collaborators that an event is ready for them to enter their input on the analysis pages.

Action Description

Notifies collaborators that they have been invited to provide analysis input.

Notification Method

Email and Worklist

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Collaborator

Template

Sourcing Analysis Collab

This section discusses the Approval Notification Updates sourcing plan notification.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

Notifies selected users when a plan is approved or denied.

Action Description

A plan is approved or denied.

Notification Method

Email

This section discusses the Approval Notification Updates sourcing plan notification.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

Notifies selected users when a plan is approved or denied.

Action Description

A plan is approved or denied.

Notification Method

Email

This section discusses the Approval Required sourcing plan notification.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

Notifies approver that a plan requires approval.

Action Description

Sourcing plan is routed for approval.

Notification Method

Email and worklist

The section discusses the Approver Notice workflow for bidder registration approval.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

A bidder registers and registration approval is activated.

Action Description

Notifies bidder registration approver to review and approve a bidder's registration application.

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Bidder registration approver

Template

Sourcing Approval

This section discusses the Auction Bid Price Alert notification.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

Bidder has a proxy bid and is the winning bidder, but the bidder's current bid price changes due to another bid that was posted on the line.

Action Description

Indicates that the bidder's current price has changed.

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Bidder

Template

Sourcing Proxy Outbid

The section discusses the Bid Cancellation workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

Bidder cancels bid.

Action Description

Confirms to a bidder that he has canceled his bid.

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Bidder

Template

Bid Cancellation

The section discusses the Bid Notification workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

A bidder creates an event response and submits the bid.

Action Description

Notifies a bidder that he has successfully posted a bid.

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Bidder

Template

Bid Notification

The section discusses the Bid Rejection workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

The event creator changes the Award Status to rejected on the Analyze pages.

Action Description

Notifies a bidder that his bid is no longer being considered for award.

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Bidder

Template

Bid Rejection

This section discusses the Cancellation of Plan sourcing plan notification.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

Notifies selected users when a sourcing plan is canceled.

Action Description

User selects to cancel a sourcing plan.

Notification Method

Email

This section discusses the Change of Overall Plan Status sourcing plan notification.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

The overall event status changes for the sourcing plan, for example, from On Track to At Risk.

Action Description

The event creator changes the overall event status for the sourcing plan.

Notification Method

Email

This section discusses the Change of Overall Step Status sourcing plan notification.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

The overall step status changes.

Action Description

The event creator changes the overall step status for the sourcing plan.

Notification Method

Email

This section discusses the Collaboration Completion workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

The collaboration due date passes or all invited collaborators have provided their input.

Action Description

Notifies the event creator that the collaboration has ended either because the collaboration due date has passed or all invited collaborators have provided the necessary input.

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Event Creator

Template

Collaboration Completion

This section discusses the Collaboration Notice workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

Collaborators are added to an event and the event is routed.

Action Description

Notifies collaborators that they have been invited to collaborate on an event

Notification Method

Email and worklist

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Collaborator

Template

Collaboration Notice

This section discusses the Collaboration Removal workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

A collaborator is removed from the Invite Collaborators page.

Action Description

Notifies a collaborator that his participation in the collaboration is no longer required.

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Collaborator

Template

Collaborator Removal

This section discusses the Disallowed Bid Email workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

On the Invite Bidders page, select Delete to remove a bidder from an event.

Action Description

Notifies a bidder that his bid was disallowed and therefore is canceled.

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Bidder

Template

Bid Disallow

This section discusses the Duplicate Entity Contact Info workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

A registrant enters the same information as an existing company, and requests a summary of the individual company and its duplicate information.

Action Description

Notification email sent to registrants who enter information that coincides with an existing company. The email contains company name, duplicate information, and company contact information.

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Bidder

Template

Sourcing Duplicate Information

This section discusses the Event Analysis Export Email workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

In the Analyze Events component, select Analyze Export from the Go To menu. Click the Create Analysis Export button after filling out the email address.

Action Description

Sends an XML version of the bid analysis to selected users.

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Bidder

Template

Event Analysis Export

This section discusses the Event Approval workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

The event status on the Approval page changes to Posted if the event is approved,

Action Description

Depending on the configured rules, the workflow sends an email and worklist entry to the role defined in the Approval Rules Setup component.

Notification Method

Email and worklist

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Configurable

Template

Sourcing Event Approval

This section discusses the Event Cancellation workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

The event creator cancels a posted event.

Action Description

Notifies invited bidders that a posted event has been canceled.

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Bidder

Template

Event Cancellation

This section discusses the Event Edited workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

The event creator creates a new version of a posted event.

Action Description

Notifies bidders that a previously posted event has been edited.

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Bidder

Template

Event Edited

This section discusses the Event Extension workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

The event creator extends the end date on an event.

Action Description

Notifies invited bidders that the event end date has been extended

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Bidder

Template

Event Extension

This section discusses the Event Interest Invitation workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

Bidders indicate the types of public events to which they'd like to be invited, and the event creator creates a public event

Action Description

Notifies noninvited bidders that a public event was posted in which they may be interested based on their self-categorization preferences.

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Bidder

Template

Event Interest

This section discusses the Event Invitation workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

The event creator posts an event and invites bidders.

Action Description

Notifies invited bidders that they have been invited to participate in a sourcing event.

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Bidder

Template

Event Invitation

This section discusses the Event Lot Update workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

The event creator updates event lot dates.

Action Description

Notifies bidders that associated event lot dates have been updated.

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Bidder

Template

Event Lot Update

This section discusses the MCF Agent Creation Notification workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

An event queue has been created for an event, and the event creator has been created as a MultiChannel Framework agent.

Action Description

Notifies the event creator that he has been created as a MultiChannel Framework agent, which enables internal users to chat real-time with bidders using the MultiChannel Framework.

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Event Creator

Template

MCF Agent Creation

This section discusses the New Contact Added workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

A bidder adds a new contact in the Maintain Bidder pages.

Action Description

Confirms to the bidder that a new contact has been added.

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Bidder

Template

Sourcing New Contact

This section discusses the Non-Winning Bidder workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

The event creator changes the Award Status for the bidder to rejected on the Analyze pages.

Action Description

Notifies nonawarded bidders that they were not selected for award.

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Bidder

Template

Sourcing New Contact

This section discusses the Outbid Notice workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

A bidder submits a better bid than other bidders.

Action Description

Notifies a bidder that he has been outbid on one or more sourcing event lines.

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Bidder

Template

Outbid Notice

This section discusses the Pause Notification workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

The event creator pauses a posted event.

Action Description

Notifies invited bidders that an auction event has been paused.

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Bidder

Template

Pause Notification

This section discusses the Predecessor Task Completion sourcing plan notification.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

A predecessor task is completed.

Action Description

Notifies selected users that all predecessor tasks associated with a sourcing plan have been completed.

Notification Method

Email

This section discusses the Reassignment of Tasks (previously assigned to) sourcing plan notification.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

Previously assigned tasks are reassigned.

Action Description

Notifies previously assigned to users that their tasks have been reassigned.

Notification Method

Email

This section discusses the Reassignment of Tasks (newly assigned to) sourcing plan notification.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

Previously assigned tasks are reassigned to different users.

Action Description

Notifies selected users that previously assigned tasks have been reassigned.

Notification Method

Email

This section discusses the Registration Approval workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

The registration approver approves a bidder.

Action Description

Notifies the bidder that their registration request was approved, or notifies the registration approver that a bidder registration has been submitted for review.

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Bidder

Template

Sourcing Approved

This section discusses the Registration Denial workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

The registration approver denies a bidder.

Action Description

Notifies the bidder that their registration request was denied.

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Bidder

Template

Sourcing Denied

This section discusses the Resume Notification workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

The event creator resumes a paused posted event.

Action Description

Notifies invited bidders that a paused auction event has been resumed.

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Bidder

Template

Resume Notification

This section discusses the RFI Event Invitation - Edited workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

The event creator creates a new version of a posted RFI event.

Action Description

Notifies bidders that a posted RFI event has been edited.

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Bidder

Template

RFI Event Edited

This section discusses the RFI Invitation workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

The event creator posts an RFI event and invites bidders.

Action Description

Notifies bidders that they have been invited to a Request for Information (RFI) event.

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Bidder

Template

RFI Invitation

This section discusses the Task Assignment sourcing plan notification.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

A sourcing plan is posted.

Action Description

Notifies specific users that they have assigned tasks associated with sourcing plans.

Notification Method

Email

This section discusses the Winning Bidder workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

The event creator changes the Award Status to Awarded on the Analyze pages.

Action Description

Notifies awarded bidders that they were selected for award.

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Bidder

Template

Winning Bidder

This section discusses the Winning Bid Update workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

Notifies a bidder that a bid is canceled (disallowed), and as a result they are now once again the winning bidder.

Action Description

Indicates that the bidder's is now again the winning bidder because a winning bid was canceled.

Notification Method

Email.

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Bidder

Template

Sourcing New Winner

This section discusses the Withdrawal Notification workflow.

Description

Information Type

Description

Event Description

The event creator counters an offer, and the bidder withdraws his bid.

Action Description

Confirms to a bidder that he has withdrawn from one or more event lines on a countered offer.

Notification Method

Email

Workflow Objects

Information Type

Description

Role

Bidder

Template

Withdrawal Notification

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