What is the difference between a notification and a discussion?
In the "News" area you find the dicussions and notifications.
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Discussions show the conversation between customer and supplier. You can also use messages to communicate to the colleagues in your company.
You can submit comments on the following topics:
- Requests for quotations and projects from SupplyOn Sourcing
- Complaints from SupplyOn Problem Solver
- Supplier evaluations from the SupplyOn Performance Monitor
Notifications are automatically created by SupplyOn for every event for which an e‑mail notification was submitted by SupplyOn services:
SupplyOn Business Directory
SupplyOn Document Management
SupplyOn Performance Monitor
SupplyOn Problem Solver
SupplyOn Sourcing
User management and suppliers' rollout