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Distributor notice on the Anheuser-Busch BeatBox acquisition: update BeatBox item codes to A-B PDCNs in Encompass Product Manager and report to VIP SRS and BudNET from Feb 28, 2026. Requires…

Anheuser-Busch BeatBox Acquisition

Distributor notice on the Anheuser-Busch BeatBox acquisition: switch BeatBox item codes to A-B PDCNs and report to VIP SRS and BudNET from Feb 28, 2026; points to SOPs by RAS…

Anheuser-Busch BeatBox Aquisition

Video only: supplier overview of dsdlink Supplier Home, with links to inviting supplier users, supplier reporting, user management, the Global Ad Catalog, PIM product sending, brands and Product Manager. Requires…

dsdlink Supplier Home

Link list (no steps) for the supplier learning path: dsdlink Supplier Home, inviting supplier users, PIM brands and products, Global Products, supplier families, sending products to distributors, supplier reporting. Requires…

Learning Path - Suppliers

Explains the Brand Strength Index in Encompass: the weighted weekly-recalculated score for comparing brands, with its formula using potential buyers, 13-week buyers, placements, sales and growth metrics. Requires v25.01+.

Brand Strength Index

Link list (no steps) for supplier-related training: inviting supplier users to dsdlink, PIM brands and products, Global Products, Global Ad Catalog, supplier reporting and supplier user management. Requires v25.01+.

Role Based Learning - Suppliers

Distributor steps for linking Sell Sheets to a brand in Brand Manager (Brands table): upload a local sell sheet or select the supplier's dsdLink one, then view it from Product…

Linking Sell Sheets to a Brand

Supplier steps for building reports in dsdlink Reporting: new or canned reports, filters, Parent/Child/Detail groupings, saving and exporting, Unmapped Product Behavior and Verified Sales. Requires v25.01+.

Supplier Reporting Basics

Distributor steps to invite a supplier's users to dsdlink for distributor reporting: confirm Global Supplier ID and Supplier Vendors, add a Supplier-role user, link Suppliers Users and send the invite.…

Invite Suppliers Users to dsdlink

Video and FAQ for suppliers using the Distributors tab in Encompass to link distributor products to global PIM products so reporting and branding map correctly, using New Link or Edit…

Tutorial and Frequently Asked Questions of Distributors Tab

Distributor guide to auto-linking Encompass products to dsdlink global products by Supplier Product Number or Carrier UPC, and fixing products that don't link. Requires v24.01+.

Auto Linking Products in Encompass

Distributor setup for receiving Molson Coors Drive ASN and Drive Shipment files in Encompass via OpenText: mailboxes, exchange configurations, and supplier reports. Requires v25.01+.

Setting up Molson Coors Drive ASNs

Distributor workflow for CONA Blockchain purchase orders in Encompass: vendor setup, sending POs, automated updates, receiving, and fixing common Exchange Task warnings. Requires v24.09+.

CONA Blockchain Workflow

Video only: producer overview of managing hemp-based products in Encompass Global Products (PIM), with links to brand setup and sending products to distributors. Requires v24.12+.

Skills Kickstart: Managing Hemp-Based Products

Distributor question about which products report to Anheuser-Busch Budnet from Encompass. Article currently has no written content.

What products report to Budnet?

Distributor documentation for the Molson Coors OSKU data feed from Encompass. Article currently has no written content.

Molson Coors OSKU Data Feed Documentation

Placeholder (no content yet): distributor topic on including the PO number (PONum) in BudNet INV inventory files sent from Encompass to AB.

Including the PONum in a BudNet INV file

Distributor decision tree for managing Encompass product records: duplicate products, items no longer available from the supplier, or with no inventory. Decision tree is an image. Requires v21.01+.

Products Table Management

Distributor steps in Encompass to add a new global brand and product to the dsdlink database with Product Manager and link the local product. Needs an existing global supplier and…

Add a New Global Brand & Product

Distributor reference for how BudNet files move between Encompass and AB: outbound TO_BUDNET file renaming and sending, and inbound ASN/PLN file routing to mailboxes. Must report to BudNet; v23.05+.

BudNet Transmission Paths

Distributor steps for re-sending BudNet WID and INV files to AB from the BudNet dashboard in Encompass, plus BudNet file type definitions. Needs Budnet supplier reports and exchange configs, v24.04+.

How to send data to Budnet

Distributor steps in Encompass for sending purchase orders and returns to Coca-Cola through CONA Blockchain and receiving updates back. Needs a CONA Blockchain connection and v24.04+.

How to send and receive purchases to CONA Blockchain

Distributor guide to the recommended brand hierarchy in Encompass: supplier family, supplier, vendor, brand family, brand and product, with examples and tips for VIP/SRS reporting. v22.01+.

Brand Hierarchy

Supplier steps on DSDLink for inviting and managing users, assigning Unrestricted, Restricted or PIM Only roles and limiting suppliers or locations. Requires the Suppliers Unrestricted role and v23.01+.

User Management for Suppliers in DSDLink

Distributor steps for sending supplier data to Lilypad from Encompass: install the Lilypad app from the App Library, then add a Suppliers Reports record per location. Requires v22.01+.

Lilypad Integration

Video and link list for distributors on new product setup in Encompass (manual, copy, dsdlink Global Products, seasonal) and customer setup: add, copy, on hold and AR override codes. Requires…

Product and Customer Management

Distributor steps for making SRS-requested config changes in Encompass: update the Supplier Report Code on Brand Families or Distributor Number on Suppliers Vendors, and restructure brands. Requires v24.01+.

SRS Configuration Changes

Distributor steps for setting up daily Red Bull MSA sales reporting in Encompass: Suppliers Reports per location, an outbound Exchange Configuration, and settings 18 and 229. Requires v24.01+.

Red Bull MSA Reporting

Supplier steps for uploading an ad to the Global Ad Catalog: add the image, dates, colors and products so distributors selling those products can schedule it for their retailers. v23.01+.

Uploading Advertisements to the Global Ad Catalog (Suppliers)

Distributor setup for the CONA Blockchain purchase order integration in Encompass for Coca-Cola bottlers: system settings, vendor and plant codes, location translations, scheduled tasks, UPCs. Requires v24.04+.

Setting up the CONA Blockchain Integration

Distributor guide to how Encompass expects the brand hierarchy set up: supplier family, supplier, vendor, brand family, brand and product, with examples and VIP/SRS reporting considerations. v22.01+.

Encompass Brand Hierarchy

Distributor steps for manually creating a new product in the Encompass Products table: required fields like package and product type, then the setup checklist. Global Products is preferred. v22.01+.

New Product Setup - Manual Creation

Placeholder (no written content yet) for distributor setup of VIP DRS route files in Encompass, used to exchange route data with VIP.

VIP DRS (Route Files) Setup

Distributor steps for linking a local brand to a global dsdlink brand with Brand Manager in Encompass, comparing side by side and pushing or pulling values. Needs ProductEdit permission and…

Brand Manager

Supplier steps for sending a new product from PIM to distributors in the network, with an optional FOB price, so they can import it from Add From Global Products. Requires…

Sending Products to Distributors from PIM

Distributor checklist for why a product is or isn't reporting to SRS from Encompass: Brand Family SupplierReportCode, SuppliersVendors data access and DistributorNumber. Requires v23.01+.

What products report to SRS?

Supplier steps for creating a brand and product in PIM and sending it with a Product Cost Plan (FOB price) to network distributors, who import it via Add From Global…

Creating a New Product and Sending a Product Cost Plan

Distributor steps for inviting a supplier to PIM/dsdlink from Encompass: create Supplier User and Suppliers Vendors records, then send an Orchestra Connect invite. Brand Family must be linked; v23.01+.

How Distributors can onboard Suppliers to use PIM

Distributor steps for linking a local product to a global dsdlink product with Product Manager in Encompass. Product must be sold (IncludeInSalesReportByDefault). Needs ProductEdit permission and v23.01+.

Product Manager

Supplier steps for creating a variety pack brand in PIM and adding the child brands it contains. Brand Category 1 must be Variety Pack; requires v25.01+.

Adding Variety Pack Brands via PIM

Supplier steps for creating a brand family in PIM from dsdlink Connect (Supplier Home) using New Identity. User must be active on dsdlink and linked to a supplier via Suppliers…

Adding Brand Families via PIM

Supplier steps for adding a new brand (flavor/liquid) in PIM with brand family, ABV, segment, style, description and logo. Needs an existing brand family; v22.01+.

Adding Brands via PIM

Distributor steps for adding and managing brands and brand families in Encompass, including adding products and assets to a brand and opening Brand Manager. Suppliers must exist; v23.07+.

Brands and Brand Families

Distributor steps for creating suppliers in Encompass, setting status, and linking users, vendors and distribution-area restrictions via Supplier subtables; explains supplier families. v24.01+.

Suppliers and Supplier Families

Distributor steps for importing several products at once into Encompass from Add From dsdlink Global Products: queue them, then map product type, package and required fields before saving. v23.01+.

Add multiple products from dsdlink Global Products

Distributor steps for importing one product into Encompass from Add From dsdlink Global Products, then mapping product type, package, dimensions and required fields before saving. v22.01+.

Add a single product from dsdlink Global Products

Video only: Connect Summit 2022 session for distributors on managing brands and setting up Global Products (PIM) product data in Encompass, with best practices. No written steps.

Global Products (PIM) - Brand Management & Setup Best Practices

Supplier FAQ for the Distributors tab in dsdlink: linking distributor products to global PIM products with New Link or Manage Link, and getting help fixing a wrong link. Requires v22.01+.

Frequently Asked Questions Distributors Tab

Supplier FAQ for Connect Distributor Reporting (CDR) in dsdlink: fixing Products Not Mapped, filters vs columns, export format issues, saving reports and setting custom date ranges. Requires v22.01+.

Frequently Asked Questions Connect Distributor Reporting

Supplier FAQ for PIM (Product Information Management) in dsdlink: where existing brands and products came from, brand family vs brand vs product, merging duplicates, and which images to use. Requires…

Frequently Asked Questions PIM

Supplier steps for building a report in Connect Distributor Reporting on dsdlink: pick a report, change filters and Parent/Child/Detail columns, save it, and export to Excel. Requires v22.01+.

Connect Distributor Reporting Report Basics

Supplier FAQ for Connect Distributor Reporting in dsdlink: why data shows as Products Not Mapped, using filters and columns, Excel vs CSV exports, saving reports and custom date ranges. Requires…

Frequently Asked Questions Reporting

Distributor steps for inviting supplier users to Connect Distributor Reporting in dsdlink: check the Global Supplier ID and Supplier Vendors, add a Supplier user, and send the invite. Requires v22.01+.

Invite Suppliers Users to Connect Distributor Reporting

Supplier steps for uploading an ad to the Global Ad Catalog from the Ads tab: image, colors, dates and products, so distributors selling those products can schedule it. Requires v23.01+.

Uploading Advertisements to the Global Ad Catalog

Distributor topic on reviewing, creating or updating Product Links that match your distributor products to Global Products in Encompass. Article has no written steps yet.

Review, create, or update Product Links between Distributor and Global Products

No written content yet: placeholder for an explanation of what mapped and unmapped products mean in Encompass.

What are Mapped/Unmapped Products?

Distributor reference for VIP DRS route files in Encompass, the route data sent to VIP for supplier reporting. Article has no written steps yet.

VIP DRS (Route Files)

Distributor steps for creating a new product in Encompass by copying an existing product and its sub tables, then changing name, package and product type. Requires v22.01+.

New Product Setup - Copy Products

Distributor checklist for finishing a new product in Encompass: pick type, product group, inventory, pricing promotions, GL accounts, cost plans, allocations and authorizations. Requires v22.01+.

New Product Setup - Distributor Checklist

Distributor setup for the Lilypad integration in Encompass: add a Lilypad Suppliers Reports record per location, then install the Lilypad API from the Install API dashboard. Requires v22.01+.

Lilypad API Integration

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