Supplier Solicitation: Business Process

The Supplier Solicitation process helps companies in collecting details from suppliers prior to import of any goods.

Here are the three main business processes:

• Collecting the classification details for partner items.
  You may need the classification information for any goods imported for customs or qualification purposes. Since the goods could be sourced from many partners and sites, the campaign provides a solution to collect classification details from partners.
• Collecting the country of origin details for partner items.
  You might need the country of origin details for any goods imported for customs purposes. Since the goods could be sourced from many partners and partner sites, the campaign provides an easy-to-use solution to collect origin details from partners.
• Asking the partner to qualify an item origin against a trade agreement.
  You may be able to achieve some duty and tax benefits on importing goods if the government of the importing country has a trade agreement with the government of the country of origin of the goods. To determine if a preferential rate is available, you can perform tariff eligibility screening on items to identify whether there are any such trade agreements between the governments. If so, you can request partners, using campaign management, for the qualification details of the goods with respect to the trade agreement.

GTM is configurable so that you can decide which data to solicit for and when. For example, you can solicit for only the country of origin details or solicit for classification information, country of origin information, and qualification information at one time.

Here are the high-level steps involved in supplier solicitation:

1. Create data such as Party, Party Site, Trading Partner Item and Item details for the goods purchased from your partners or suppliers. These details can be sourced from an external system. 
   1. If you are performing trade agreement qualification, you can run the Tariff Eligibility Screening action on an item for any origin to look for preferential trade programs and take advantage of tax benefits. If the Item is eligible for a trade program, you can request the qualification details and supporting documents from a partner or supplier. 
2. When ready, you can create a campaign to request details and supporting documents from a partner or supplier. A campaign can have one to many campaign lines, each specific to a supplier.

Note: Running the Tariff Eligibility Screening action on an item is optional and not required to create a campaign.