The Pursuit Supplier section in MeRLIN is designed to manage suppliers who are new to the system and are being considered for sourcing activities. Pursuit Suppliers are suppliers who are just added to the RFQ. In this section, users can view detailed information about these newly added suppliers, initiate an onboarding request to start their formal onboarding process or archive the supplier if they are no longer under consideration.
Menu Path: Sourcing Event Management >> Pursuit Suppliers
Initiate Supplier Requisition
Here are the steps to initiate a Supplier Requisition
- Under Actions choose: Initiate Supplier Requisition
- Provide the expected closing date.
- Choose the categories associated with the supplier.
- Add one or more documents to the requisition request.
- Click Submit to Initiate the requisition.
Archive Suppliers
Archive the supplier if they are no longer under consideration for onboarding. Provide the reason and comments and submit.
Such Archived Suppliers can be found after switching to the Archived Pursuit Suppliers page as as shown.
Once Archived you can always bring them back to the Pursuit Suppliers page by choosing the restore Pursuit Supplier action and then initiate onboarding request as required.
