Overview

A Project (also called Workflow) represents the core workflow container in Supplier Data Manager (SDM). It serves as the main organizational unit for managing supplier data and coordinating work between retailers, brands, or distributors and their suppliers.

Key characteristics

• Organization: the organization to which the project belongs.
• Name
• Description
• Workflow state:
  • Live: Active production projects
  • Test: Projects used for testing and validation
  • Onboarding: New projects being set up (default state for new projects)
• Billing status:
  • Billed: Standard billable projects
  • Not Billed: Projects excluded from billing
• Fields, Groups, Display Groups & Available Locales
• Steps: Projects are organized into sequential steps that form a workflow. Each step represents a specific processing operation (module); see the modules' overview.
• Destinations: the destination(s) to which Supplier Data Manager with export to. You can set 0 to n destination per project. Each destination is composed of a name (name of the product) and its type (PIM, ERP, CMS, Marketplace, PLM, OMS, MDM, Pricing or Homegrown).
• Supplier Access
• Output formats