Suppliers

In the Suppliers tab, the suppliers who are to be invited to participate are assigned.

Via the button
Publish
an invitation to participate is sent to the suppliers.

After the auction has started and the suppliers have placed a bid, both a graphical and a tabular overview of the bids placed is available in the Bid Overview tab.

If an auction is running, it can be stopped by clicking the Stop button. Suppliers will be notified by email of the stopped auction.

If an auction has been paused, the Continue Auction button can be used to enable bidding again. Furthermore there is the possibility to cancel or archive the auction.

Analogous to inquiries and orders, the process flow for auctions is displayed in the form of a workflow.

VÖ = Release

TB = Confirmation of participation

GA = Bidding

VG = Award

Running auctions are additionally marked with a hammer symbol.

Paused auctions receive the Paused icon.