Defining BOM, ECR, and ECO Access by Supplier
To define access privileges for any supplier if you want them to view BOMs, ECRs, and ECOs, use the BOM Access by Supplier component. Use the EN_IC_BOM_PRIV_CI component interface to load data into the tables for this component.
You must define access privileges for any supplier if you want the supplier to view BOMs, ECRs, and ECOs. After you define the access privileges, associate these privileges with specific business unit items.
Note: You must have PeopleSoft Engineering installed to use this functionality.
For both the BOM inquiry and the ECR, you must use the BOM Access by Supplier page to enable the supplier to access information.
For ECOs, this page is optional. If a supplier is an approver on a change order, then that change order is automatically made available to that supplier. Suppliers can also view any ECO or ECR if the supplier has been granted access to view at least one of its items affected by the ECO.
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Page Name |
Definition Name |
Usage |
|---|---|---|
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EN_IC_BOM_PRIV |
Define privileges to view BOMs and ECOs and, in the case of ECRs, to add information. In addition, use this page to associate business unit items with suppliers. This enables you to grant suppliers item access by SetID and supplier code. |
Use the BOM Access by Supplier page (EN_IC_BOM_PRIV) to define privileges to view BOMs and ECOs and, in the case of ECRs, to add information.
In addition, use this page to associate business unit items with suppliers. This enables you to grant suppliers item access by SetID and supplier code.
Navigation:
Note: You need to define access only for the top-level assembly item, not for each component item row.
Field or Control |
Description |
|---|---|
Update ECR |
Select to grant the supplier the privilege of viewing and creating ECRs. This privilege is associated with the supplier, rather than with a specific item. By default, the check box is deselected. The supplier does not see Add, Upload, Save, and Delete buttons when viewing ECRs. Note: Suppliers can change only the ECRs that they have created. |
Add ECR Attachment and Add ECO Attachment |
Select to define whether the supplier can upload documents into ECRs and ECOs. Selecting these check boxes also enables suppliers to delete ECR and ECO attachments. Although they can delete ECR attachments that they own during any session, they can delete ECO attachments only during the session in which they added them (and only before saving the page). |
Item ID |
Select all items that you want to be visible to the specified supplier. |
This table outlines what the supplier can access, based on the settings you define with this page:
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Check Box |
Supplier Capability |
Default |
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View MBOM |
View the item MBOM for the specified BOM type and BOM code. |
Selected |
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View EBOM |
View the item EBOM for the specified BOM type and BOM code. |
Selected |
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View ECR |
View the ECRs associated with the item, including those not specifically entered by the supplier. You can use the Not Accessible by Suppliers check box on the ECR Header page to override this setting and block a supplier's access to a specific ECR. |
Not Selected |
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View ECO |
View the ECOs associated with the item, including those not specifically entered by the supplier. You can use the Not Accessible by Suppliers check box on the ECO Header page to override this setting and block a supplier's access to a specific ECO. |
Not Selected |
For example, if supplier V1 has access to business unit item MT2000, and only View BOM is selected, then supplier V1 can inquire only on the BOM for MT2000 and cannot access any other information. When the supplier signs on, only the Bill of Material Inquiry navigation selection is available.
If you've granted the supplier access to view ECRs and ECOs, the navigation selection Engineering Change Order and Engineering Change Request is accessible to the supplier when the supplier signs on. The ECR and ECO maintenance headers contain a Not Accessible by Suppliers check box. If selected, that option blocks access to the specified ECRs and ECOs. Therefore, even if you have granted suppliers access by using the BOM Access by Supplier page, you can deny them access to specific ECOs or ECRs.