Manage Replenishment Requests

As a supplier, you can create replenishment requests using the Manage Inventory page. You can create a single request for a given replenishment item or upload multiple requests using spreadsheets.

Create a Replenishment Request

On the Manage Inventory page, you can search for an item by entering the search parameters and opening the Create Replenishment Request dialog to create a replenishment request.

To create a replenishment request:

1. In the Supplier Portal work area, click Manage Inventory in the Tasks panel.

2. On the Manage Inventory page, search for the item.

3. Select an item in the search results and click Actions > Create Replenishment Request.

4. On the Create Replenishment Request dialog box, values for Item, Organization, Subinventory is pre-populated using the context of the item selected.

5. Select Supplier Site. This is optional.

   Note: The supplier will only be able to select supplier sites they have access to view. If not selected, the supplier site will be defined by the enterprise purchase order process.

6. Enter Quantity

7. Adjust the Delivery Date if current date isn't preferred

8. Enter Notes. This is optional. If you enter notes, it will appear as a note to buyer on the purchase requisition

9. Click Submit.

   A confirmation will appear letting you know that the request was successfully submitted.

10. Click OK

11. Click View > Refresh. The Replenishment Quantity column will include the additional quantity. Select this quantity to open the Manage Replenishment Requests page that displays only the replenishment requests that are pending request approval.

    Note: The replenishment requests can only be created by suppliers when inventory planning owner of the replenishment item is supplier.

Upload Replenishment Requests

On the Manage Inventory page, you can upload replenishment requests using spreadsheets.

To upload replenishment requests:

1. In the Supplier Portal work area, click Manage Inventory in the Tasks panel.

2. On the Manage Inventory page, click Actions > Upload Replenishment Requests.

3. On the Upload Replenishment Requests page, click Actions > Download Template.

4. On the Download Template dialog box, select Seed Data and click OK.

   Note: You can choose to download a blank template or pre-populate your template. You can include all records or filter the predefined data by Organization, Subinventory, Ship-to Location, Item, or Item Category.

   A .csv file is downloaded with the selected predefined data.

5. Open the .csv file in a spreadsheet editor.

6. Update the values in the Quantity, Delivery Date and Notes columns. Notes are optional.

7. Save and close the .csv file.

8. On the Upload Replenishment Requests page, click Actions > Upload.

9. On the File Upload dialog, click Choose File to search for the .csv file that you updated.

10. Click Submit.

11. Click Done to go back to the Manage Inventory page.

12. Click View > Refresh. The Replenishment Quantity column will include the additional quantity. Select this quantity to open the Manage Replenishment Requests page that displays only the replenishment requests that are pending request approval.

The Upload Replenishment Request page allows suppliers to view the status of the upload and review error messages, if any. The uploaded file will be available for 30 days.