This article explains how to manage the population and approval of your pre - agreed stone setting charges with your suppliers.
Step 1: In Sourcing > Go to Labour and click ADD NEW to create your first labour setting grid:
Step 2: Select required attributes from the drop down list to create the grid:
Step 3: Now you will see your first grid.
Step 4: Click ADD SIZE and select your required options:
💡 Helpful Tip:
Use Setting Reference field for any special setting instruction / workmanship level you require.
Step 5: Once you have added one row, you can easily duplicate it to rapidly add more sizes and setting types in various combinations inside each grid.
❗ Caution
In order to ensure you can automate and standardise all your stone setting costs, you must ensure you have a setting row to cover every stone you buy. If a setting charge cannot be indexed against your grid for any given stone then your pre-agreed setting charges cannot be applied.
Step 6: After you have created all your required Setting grids, you can instruct your suppliers to quote using our group chat Conversations.
Step 7: Once your suppliers have submitted their quotes, filter by supplier to view and approve at individual supplier level. Alternatively, you can use the master grid view to apply a single approved cost to all your suppliers.
⚠️ Warning
If you do not filter by individual supplier when approving setting charges, your changes will be applied to ALL suppliers and override any approved quotes entered previously.
💡 Top Tip
Once you suppliers start quoting you will be able to view powerful analytics; minimum, average, maximum setting charges quoted for every row. This analytics in combination with your guide price provide all the context to approve the setting charged for a specific supplier without leaving the grid.