Supply chain collaboration requires partners to see inventory related to their business, but it does not necessarily require disclosing all inventory, customer orders and costs. The sharing scope should be defined according to the purpose of cooperation, and internal inventory pages cannot be directly opened to external accounts.

How to arrange records and operations

The shareable quantity, update time and applicable materials are configured separately. If necessary, the committed supply is displayed instead of the full book quantity. External query limits the scope of organization and cooperation, and attachments and export follow the same rules. The authorization will expire immediately upon expiration or termination of cooperation, and query and authorization records will be retained.

Shared inventory needs to distinguish between the book balance, the quantity that can be committed, and the quantity that has been locked for other needs. Partners can publish portions that allow sharing, and internal costs and full locations do not have to be exposed along with the quantity. Each update is accompanied by a time and source. After the agreed time limit is exceeded, it will prompt for confirmation and cannot continue to be displayed as real-time inventory. Companies still need to obtain supply confirmation when generating demand based on this. Cross-enterprise quantity units, batches, and specifications must be compared, otherwise seemingly identical materials may not be directly interchangeable.

Specific scenarios that need to be checked

For example, the supplier needs to know the replenishment requirements, but does not need to check the quotations of other suppliers. Test whether search, paging and interface parameter modification can exceed the scope. The synchronization delay should clearly show that partners cannot regard old snapshots as real-time commitments, and formal orders are still executed according to the process confirmed by both parties.