Completing the Approval of the Site

When one site or multiple sites are set to Active, the Site Status Change dialog box appears.

Figure 2-13 Site Status Change

This figure shows the Site Status Change dialog box.

Table 2-3 describes the fields in the Site Status Change dialog box.

Table 2-3 Site Status Change Fields

Field Description

Sites

When multiple sites are selected, the supplier and site codes are listed in ascending order by the site code.

Comment

Enter a comment describing the status change. Mandatory field.

Schedule Audit

Used to select whether the initial audit is to be scheduled for each of the sites being approved.

Template

Select the type of audit from the drop-down list.

Announced

Select whether the audit is announced. The default is set based on the selected type of audit in the Template field. If Optional or no value was selected for Template, the user must select Yes or No.

Audit Date

Due date of the audit calculated based on the default of the selected audit template.

Lead Business Category

If the audit type requires a business category, Lead Business Category must be selected. Mandatory field.

Business Categories

If the audit type requires a business category, Business Categories must be selected. Mandatory field.

After making all the selections, select Ok:

  • The selected sites are set to Active.

  • The entered comments are appended to the site's comments field.

  • The Change History log is updated.

  • If the option to schedule an audit was selected, an audit is created for the selected type against the site with the announced/unannounced flag and due date set as appropriate. The Lead Technologist and Business Category are carried through to the Audit record.

  • When the first site of a potential supplier is approved, the Order record is updated to set the status to Unprocessed. For potential suppliers, this is done as part of the approval process rather than when the supplier completes the registration process.