Creating a response divides into four components:
- General information
- Attachments
- Terms and conditions
- Products
To create a response to an RFQ, do the following:
- Open the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator.
- From the Sales menu, click RFQs. A list of RFQ requests displays. If you do not see this menu, then your logon ID does not have the appropriate authority to perform this task. Contact your Site Administrator.
- Find the RFQ you want to create a response to on
the RFQ Request list page. Select the check box for that request and click
Respond. The General form displays. Or, to determine if any previous
responses to this request exist before creating a new one, click
Responses. The RFQ Response page displays any existing responses for the
selected request. Click New to create a new response. The General form
displays.
- Type the name for the response into the Name field. In order to avoid the possibility of duplicating an existing response name and the associated error message, your response name must be unique within the e-commerce site. For example, you could use a combination of unique personal information, date, time and sequence number when creating the name.
- Type any remarks you wish to make into the Remarks text box.
- Select the fulfillment center to be used from the list.
- Determine if all products must be accepted when the response is accepted by selecting yes or no. Details for performing the following actions are provided in the tasks listed in the Related Tasks section below.
- Click Next. The Attachments page displays. After making any necessary responses to the attachments, click Next. The Terms and Conditions page displays.
- After making any necessary responses to the terms and conditions, click Next. The Products page displays.
- After making any necessary responses to the product price, quantity, units, specifications or comments, click OK. The Products page displays. When making a response, you also have the option of substituting a product. See Substituting a product in an RFQ response.
- When all product related responses have been made, click Finish to transmit your response to the buyer. It will be submitted directly to the buyer if approval has not been enabled. If approval has been enabled, the response will be submitted to the approver for review.
- You may also modify, retract, or cancel the response at this time.