SKU & Supplier Requests
Move material and supplier proposals forward with context.
Propose a new raw material or component, a replacement or an alternate for an item you use, or a new supplier. Each request carries the item and the products it affects, and SNL’s questions and your replies stay together.
Participating customers Available to participating SNL customers. Ask your SNL contact about access.
What you can do
- Request a new purchased raw material or component.
- Propose a replacement or an alternate for an existing item, chosen from your own items and the items in your products.
- See which of your finished goods use that item.
- Propose a new supplier, on its own or linked to an item request, and follow status, SNL’s questions and your replies.
Why it matters
- Supply chain and procurement propose changes with the item and affected products already identified.
- Everyone involved sees SNL’s questions and the answers in one thread, not a scattered email chain.
- Managers see which requests are waiting on your team.
How it works
- Submit. Choose the request type, identify the item or supplier and explain what you need.
- SNL review. SNL reviews the request and may ask for more information. It is then Waiting on you until you reply.
- Outcome. SNL records its intake decision, such as accepted, declined or duplicate, and any further work continues in SNL’s own processes.
Relationship context
- Tolling
- Propose the materials, replacements and suppliers you work with, and see the products each change touches.
- Turnkey
- Raise a material or supplier idea for a product SNL sources, with the context SNL needs.
- Hybrid
- One place for material and supplier proposals, whoever sources the item.
Availability and expectations
- Currently available to participating SNL customers.
- An item request does not create an item in SNL’s systems or change a BOM.
- A supplier request starts SNL’s review; it does not qualify or approve a supplier.
- Attaching documents to a request is not available yet.
Next step
Participating customers submit and follow requests in the customer portal. To take part, talk to your SNL contact or call 904-456-0959.