Needs

Needs Summary
Business Manager can register all your company's daily or special needs, and organize them by stage or close date. With all related info easily acceded and linked with the suppliers to contact. Name the need and define its stage (analysis, negotiation, etc.). Set the expected close date, insert a description and decide which suppliers to contact. Upload all useful documents and follow all the needs developments intuitively.

• How do I create a Need?
Click the New Need button from the menu on the top of the page, next to the Business Manager logo. Enter the details about that Need in the specific fields. We suggest you choose the actual stage of the need and keep updating it when it changes so that the stage bar can be of assistance. This stage bar will prove to be very helpful as time goes by, since it allows a faster interpretation of all your company's needs, focusing you and your buying team on the company's top priorities. You may associate the new need with previously created suppliers/potential suppliers, in the Select Supplier section, at the bottom of the page.

• How can I quickly create a Need?
Click the Needs button or the Home button on your Business Manager toolbar. On the right, you will find a Create quick need area where you can create the needs you want with just three steps. If you want to create a more detailed need, follow the create a full need link or click the new need button next to the Business Manager logo and enter the details you have about that need in the specific fields available. All needs can be edited and have further details aggregated at any given time.

• How do I associate my Needs to Suppliers/Potential Suppliers?
Once you have your supplier's account created, you may associate any needs you want to his account. You can do it when creating or editing an existing need: start typing the name of the supplier(s) that you believe might be interesting to that given need in the Suppliers to contact field. The Business Manager will start showing you relevant options from your suppliers list according to the information you are typing. You may add as much suppliers as you wish in the list.
If/when you know which specific supplier is the right one to fulfill the need, you can associate him with the need by selecting his name from the Select Supplier scroll menu in the editing or creating need menus.