COMPLETE A DEAL

Step 1 of Completing a deal is to click the Complete Deal control link.

Step 2 of Completing a deal is to click YES to the Warning if you intended to complete the deal sheet and NO if not.

Step 3 of Completing a deal is when the system has moved the deal to the status of Submitted for Buyer Approval and returned to the Menu page.

DETAILS

WHAT DOES "COMPLETE DEAL" REALLY MEAN?

The purpose of the Complete Deal function is to indicate that the Vendor has reviewed the deal, has made any required changes for accuracy or completeness, and has no further updates to make to the deal. The deal is then ready for action and approval by the associated buyer without concern for additional changes being made by the Vendor while the Buyer is working on the deal.

The Vendor needs to be certain that all aspects of the Deal Sheet in its current state are correct before marking the deal Complete. Once the Deal Sheet is marked as Complete, the Vendor cannot take any direct change or update actions on the Deal Sheet without the approval of and some action by the associated Buyer.

The associated Buyer must be aware of a need to change or update the Deal Sheet since those changes may have an impact on the actions the Buyer will take with the Deal Sheet when the Vendor is done. Basically, the Vendor must contact the associated Buyer to request that a specific Deal Sheet be reopened by the Buyer for a change action. The Buyer will reopen only those deals associated with the requestors Logon identifier. Once the deal has been re-opened by the Buyer, the deal sheet will be available in the list of deals presented when the DEAL MAINTENANCE menu option is clicked as demonstrated below.

Why Is This Important

Deal Sheets need to be marked as Complete in a timely manner. The initial time fence is the negotiation meeting the Vendor has with the associated Buyer or the Group Buy Team where the individual Deal Sheets are discussed and agreed upon. 

The final time fence is the date on which all Deal Sheets must be completed by all of the Vendors. Deal Sheets not marked as complete on the day after the Final Completion Date will be deleted from the system. This date appears on all deal entry and maintenance pages. This hard time fence exists to allow time to get all Deals ready for Printing the Price Books for distribution to the Retailers. This process remains unchanged in the overall Group Buy Program.

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