Objective
Suppliers are not added to a buyer tenant in the same manner as other data objects. Instead, suppliers are responsible for creating their own tenants and are connected to buyer tenants after being invited and onboarded.
The Supplier section of the admin menu, then, does not allow you to create supplier records. It is, instead, where you would go to view and edit supplier records.
| 1 | To view the list of the suppliers that are associated to the tenant, select Supplier from the Supplier section of the admin menu. |
Each Supplier associated to a Buyer’s SAP Fieldglass tenant has its own profile.
This page also provides an at-a-glance view of the services that each listed supplier provides.
| 2 | The Average Score column indicates the rating of the supplier if the supplier has been evaluated. Suppliers are rated from 1 to 4 based on a short questionnaire that can be launched from within the supplier record. |
| 3 | The Workers column indicates the number of workers who are currently engaged by the company. The number listed in the column is selectable and will open a page listing the specific workers. |
| 4 | The Services Provided column indicates the services the supplier can provide. It contains colored icons corresponding to a specific service type. |
| 5 | The Services Provided Legend at the bottom of the page indicates what the color coded icons mean. |
| 6 | The Allowed to Add to Workforce column indicates whether the supplier can add workers to the Workforce list, which allows buyers to browse a list of specific workers that can be procured from the supplier. |
| 7 | To view the details of a supplier record, select an appropriate link in the Name column. |
Within the supplier profile, a Buyer can:
Most fields in this section are managed on the supplier side.
| 8 | The Supplier controls a large portion of the information contained on this page. However, some details can be edited by the buyer. If supplier information needs to be edited, you would select the Edit button. |
| 9 | Supplier Types are applicable only if using direct hire functionality in SAP Fieldglass. These flags indicate what type of payroll services a supplier can provide if a buyer is working with direct sourced workers. This information is defined by the buyer. |
| 10 | Service Provided indicates what type of services this supplier can provide depending on the supplier’s business contract - Temp, Direct, Profile Worker or Services. If using profile workers, it defines whether the supplier can submit them. Additionally, if MSP fee is applicable, it is defined as supplier or buyer funded. This is managed on the buyer side. |
| 11 | For Accounting, remittance type and consolidated invoicing are defined by the buyer, auto invoicing is dependent on buyer config. |
| 12 | A supplier’s Diversity status is managed by the supplier. |
| 13 | Total staff Size and revenue details are managed by the supplier. |
| 14 | If SAP Fieldglass has processed any name changes for the supplier, the Name Change History information is included here. |
A large portion of the information on the Supplier page is controlled by the Supplier.
Buyers are limited to editing only certain details, such as how the Supplier will invoice the Buyer, the services the Supplier provides, and who will pay the MSP fees.
| 1 | Supplier Types flags indicate the type of payroll services the supplier can provide.
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| 2 | An organization may use either of the Parent ID and Vendor ID fields to align their supplier data from SAP Fieldglass to their other enterprise programs through reports or integrations. |
| 3 | Consolidated Invoices determines whether consolidated invoices can be sent to the supplier. |
| 4 | MSP Service Fee impacts how the MSP Fee is calculated when a work order or SOW is created with this Supplier engaged. Supplier-funded means that the Supplier will pay the MSP. With Buyer-funded, the Buyer pays the MSP. |
| 5 | If the Profile Worker module is enabled for the organization’s tenant in SAP Fieldglass, the Supplier can create Profile Workers flag would impact whether this supplier has the permissions to create Profile Worker records in the tenant. |
| 6 | Remittance Types indicates the remittance type that applies to this supplier. Possible values are Direct Pay and Indirect Pay.
For a non-MSP buyer, the only available value is Direct Pay. |
Buyers may have the need to inactivate a Supplier if the supplier is no longer servicing their company or if their vendor contact is out of office and does not want to receive new postings while away.
By using the Inactivate a Supplier function vendors will stop receiving new job postings for a designated amount of time.
Suppliers can be inactivated indefinitely or on a temporary basis.
WorkingNet Networking Inc., a global manufacturer of data networking equipment, no longer works with the supplier Resource Group, so it would like to inactivate that supplier in its SAP Fieldglass tenant.
As the SAP Fieldglass administrator for WorkingNet, you must inactivate Resource Group so that it no longer receives Work Items relating to Job Postings or SOWs.
Suppliers in SAP Fieldglass establish their own tenants and are connected to buyer tenants after an invitation and onboarding process. Buyers cannot create supplier records but can view and edit them within the Supplier section of the admin menu.
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