Portal for Vendors

Eugene Kuchynski — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 11:46:49 GMT

Current Revision posted to Wiki by Eugene Kuchynski on 4/23/2021 11:46:49 AM

Portal for vendors serves as a place for communicating data with vendors. It allows vendors to:

View, accept and decline job offers
View assigned jobs along with instructions and downloadable files
Partially or fully deliver jobs
View job history
Invoice delivered jobs
Track invoice payment status
View vendor performance reports

Actually, vendor portal uses the same UI as main application, but security system hides and restricts access to any non-related data. In addition, list and edit views has different layouts to provide only information needed for vendors. For example, in the list of assignments a number of columns were deleted, while assignment editing form was reworked not only to hide few sensitive fields, but also to change layout: tabs are removed and groups of fields are stacked vertically. So, translator would not miss instructions or attached files, as it does not require to switch to another tab.

When vendor logs in into web portal, the following screen appears:

That's a dashboard, which shows all recent information about jobs, invoices and performance. Top widget called Offered jobs allows vendor to view available jobs, accept them and decline, or propose to change some terms by clicking Counter offer button.

Top navigation bar is almost empty, and includes only the following links:

Translation assignments
Incoming invoices
Reports
Language selector
Link to edit Personal data
Link to access personal account

Click on items above to read detailed information about parts of the portal for vendors.

Tags: vendor portal, Web

Portal for Vendors

Eugene Kuchynski — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 12:02:16 GMT

Revision 3 posted to Wiki by Eugene Kuchynski on 4/22/2021 12:02:16 PM

Portal for vendors serves as a place for communicating data with vendors. It allows vendors to:

View, accept and decline job offers
View assigned jobs along with instructions and downloadable files
Partially or fully deliver jobs
View job history
Invoice delivered jobs
Track invoice payment status
View vendor performance reports

When vendor logs in into web portal, the following screen appears:

Top navigation bar is almost empty, and includes only the following links:

Dashboard
Translation assignments
Incoming invoices
Language selector
Link to edit Personal data
Link to access personal account

Click on items above to read detailed information about parts of the portal for vendors.

Tags: vendor portal, Web

Portal for Vendors

Eugene Kuchynski — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 11:19:59 GMT

Revision 2 posted to Wiki by Eugene Kuchynski on 12/6/2019 11:19:59 AM

Portal for vendors serves as a place for communicating data with vendors. It allows vendors to:

View, accept and decline job offers
View assigned jobs along with instructions and downloadable files
Partially or fully deliver jobs
View job history
Invoice delivered jobs
Track invoice payment status
View vendor performance reports

When vendor logs in into web portal, the following screen appears:

Top navigation bar is almost empty, and includes only the following links:

Dashboard
Translation assignments
Incoming invoices
Language selector
Link to edit personal data
Link to access personal account

Click on items above to read detailed information about parts of the portal for vendors.

Tags: vendor portal, Web

Portal for Vendors

Eugene Kuchynski — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 10:44:40 GMT

Revision 1 posted to Wiki by Eugene Kuchynski on 7/17/2019 10:44:40 AM

Actually, there is no "special", or separate, portal for vendors. When a vendor logs in, the same application is loaded, as used by administrator. But all functionality becomes unavailable based on access rights set by security system.

The only difference is in composition of Translation assignment list and Translation assignment editing form. Internally, special (limited) variants of these forms are created. In the list of assignments a number of columns were deleted, while assignment editing form was reworked not only to hide few sensitive fields, but also to change layout: tabs are removed and groups of fields are stacked vertically. So, translator would not miss instructions or attached files, as it does not require to switch to another tab.

Example of initial screen:

Navigation tree is almost empty, and a number of buttons above the table is also limited. Each row contains buttons for partial or full delivery of an assignment (which are available only if an assignment is undelivered).

Selecting on any assignment allows to open its editing form.

Translator can view assignment details here and download files. Translator can view and edit own details.

To do this:

Click Edit my info button, and contractor editing form will be opened.
In this form, contractor can, among all, edit own rates. By default (based on Vendor role), it is prohibited to create, edit and delete existing rates. It is assumed that only administrator is allowed to edit contractor's rates after personal request from a contractor. However, you can adjust default Vendor role to allow contractors to edit, delete or create new prices.

When a contractor edits own profile, a notification will be sent to administrator. Audit trail system allows to view changes made by a contractor.

In addition, vendors can view Vendor performance report, which is available from navigation tree or using Reports button in the assignment list.

Tags: vendor portal, Web