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Approve / Decline Supplier Objectives

Distributor steps for approving or declining supplier objectives in Encompass on the Supplier Objectives dashboard and setting up auto-approvals. Role needs access to that dashboard; v22.06+.

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Written by Bailey Naas-Thornton

Minimum Version Required: 22.06

Pre-Conditions

User role must be listed under the Dashboard Roles for Dashboard ID 193769 Supplier Objectives

Steps

How to Use the Supplier Objectives Dashboard

  1. Using Universal Search, navigate to the Supplier Objectives dashboard
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  2. Starting on the To be processed tab, review the available Objectives
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  3. Objectives may be grouped by Sales Manager, Sales Rep, Location, or Chain using the Sort By drop-down
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  4. To filter Objectives, select one or more items from the applicable Customer, Product, and/or Objective field(s) and click Search

How to Approve a Supplier Objective

  1. To approve an individual Objective:
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    a. Click Approve in the individual Objective
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    b. Review the confirmation message displayed showing that a task has been created for the approved Objective. Click OK to close
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    c. View the task on the Approved tasks tab
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  2. To approve all Objectives displayed on the dashboard:
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    a. Click Approve All at the top of the dashboard
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    b. Review the confirmation message displayed showing that tasks have been created equal to the number of the approved Objectives. Click OK to close
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    c. View the tasks created for the approved Objectives on the Approved tasks tab
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How to Decline a Supplier Objective
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  1. To decline a supplier objective, click Decline
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  2. The Decline objective pop-up will display. Select the appropriate reason code from the drop-down menu, then click Decline
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  3. The declined objective will now be visible on the Declined tasks tab

Setup Auto-Approvals

  1. Naviagate to the 'Setup auto-approvals' tab.

  2. Configure the toggles for 'Auto Approve All Tasks' and 'Add all products to next available invoice' for each Objective and Location.
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Fields And Definitions

  • Objective: defined behavior of the task; action item to be completed
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  • Objective Types: different categories of common objectives. Objective types include surveys, placements, supplier committments, etc.
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  • Supplier Objective: objective assigned by a supplier for execution by a distributor at designated retailer locations, generally to fulfill an agreement made between the supplier and that retailer
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  • Task: where we store objective information

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