Connect with your supply chain

What is the TradeAware Commercial Network?

The commercial network is a free way for buyers to request plot data from their suppliers.

It allows for companies to connect with each other for ongoing data sharing to simplify the process of ongoing due diligence and to prevent re-entry of plot information for each new buyer request.

It allows suppliers to request and anonymously share data from their sub-suppliers so that don’t have to worry about sharing commercially sensitive data.

Adding Suppliers as a Buyer

To open the suppliers view, press the Suppliers icon on the left panel. If you don’t have suppliers, you will see a “Start by Inviting Suppliers” message.

If you click on “Invite”, you will see the option to invite a supplier by email.

Once you added an email, you can click “Invite” to send the invitation.

If the Supplier declines the request, it will no longer show in the notifications centre.

If the Supplier accepts the request, they will become visible in the Suppliers table.

Selecting a Supplier will show their details and any plots they or their sub-suppliers have added as well as their risk statuses.

You will also see the Supplier on any plots in the Plots table and can select this to navigate to the Supplier’s details.

Connecting with Buyers as a Supplier

After sending an invitation to connect to a Supplier, they receive an email to accept the connection.

Clicking accept navigates the user to the login page where they can log in to their account or create a new one. Once you login, you will be able to see the request in the notification centre.

In Received you will see the requests sent and can either Decline or Accept the request to access plot data.

If you accept the invitation, you will see a confirmation and can navigate to the Buyer’s information.

This will show the Buyer’s details.