# MEDS demo manual: a supplier submits a proposal **URL:** \ **Category:** feature\ **Created:** [June 24, 2020, 6:16am UTC](https://www.virtocommerce.org/t/meds-demo-manual-a-supplier-submits-a-proposal/239 "2020-06-24T06:16:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/www.virtocommerce.org/nick/32/1514_2.png) [@Nick](https://www.virtocommerce.org/u/Nick)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 6:16am UTC](https://www.virtocommerce.org/t/meds-demo-manual-a-supplier-submits-a-proposal/239/1 "2020-06-24T06:16:23Z")
**Article proposal** : this document is proposed to demonstrate the main scenarios for MEDS portal. ## WHAT IS MEDS MEDS is a sample that is built on top of Virto Commerce to demonstrate how a simple marketplace can be built on top of Virto Commerce native platform within two sprints. **Marketplace for Emergency Distribution of Supplies (MEDS)** by Virto Commerce for municipal, government and non-commercial organizations gives you a framework where your suppliers and recipients can register, submit requests working in a useable e-commerce-like interface and monitor requests statuses in real-time. Government or non-profit employees get a system where all suppliers and recipients are registered with all related information like contact data, verification status, order history. All orders are created in a unified way. And finally, all this information can be managed both from the portal admin user interface or from Excel Online - the most well known and the simplest interface ever existed. More about business context: [here](https://www.virtocommerce.org/t/soultion-description-marketplace-for-emergency-distribution-of-supplies-meds/238) **[Request a demo to know more](https://virtocommerce.com/industry/meds)** ## Full scenario of making a supply proposal ### A supplier submits a proposal The verified supplier can make post a proposal in MEDS. You get to the supplier portal ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/virtocommerce/original/1X/e1bfa2d4983aaf6f9a36c0bed36525a814e9aaee.png) Add a product by clicking the Plus icon: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/virtocommerce/original/1X/210dbe20a5b862b42c95b84d54c6f4c021c95a97.png) The pop-up will be opened where the supplier registers: - unit price - quantity - initial ship date - comment Click “Add to proposal” when done: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/virtocommerce/original/1X/58ff9c1ae4b574f4ca79702144e854d57a61abf2.png) The product is added to the proposal. Click the “Edit” icon if you would like to update the position: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/virtocommerce/original/1X/1650da971ba40b6d952d634aaa9a7718f655c2d2.png) Submit the proposal when finished: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/virtocommerce/original/1X/dec2e3dcc3be1cd44c268ccaf7f788629b9fa748.png) Confirm the submission: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/virtocommerce/original/1X/e12dc4987a5b5703cdcfcb2838b4643683f2a30f.png) Now the order is available in the “Proposal” section with the status “New”: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/virtocommerce/original/1X/4f8ef452d8ec712c99f703352988334bf9f3c0dd.png) Click the order ID to see order details. Now the proposal is booked in the MEDS and available for marketplace managers in admin control panel or in the excel online. ### Admin control panel Login to the admin control panel. When log in go to Orders section: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/virtocommerce/original/1X/28dc62d07cc9a9deb03c2b7edca6ecc055c81485.png) Find the order in the list and open its details. It is possible to browse order details and change the order status: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/virtocommerce/original/1X/1c746a716e650533413a309b37eba55c7a2e0de3.png) When the status in admin panel is changed, the supplier will see it immediately in his cabinet: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/virtocommerce/original/1X/d66e96731a7a8a3cd03910551a1cc2cdb5c11a4b.png) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/virtocommerce/original/1X/eb22d59d512b1876ecc55dd226aab8b7d0e78892.png) #### Manage statuses from online excel MEDS gives an opportunity to process supplier requests through Excel Online without logging to the admin panel and learning the interface. A special Excel online file should be connected to the installation. Check the SupplierOrder tab. Find the order by Order Number and update the status to “Approved” (copy and paste). ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/virtocommerce/original/1X/f5d51cd8843626ffd89e40ceb77a10840a84d757.png) In some time (less than 15 minutes) the status will be automatically updated in admin panel and become visible to the supplier in the cabinet: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/virtocommerce/original/1X/8d2cfe594b507e5a56801b9bf7a2d6923b4a306a.png) (!) \*According to current settings statuses are updated automatically every 15 minutes (!) _Remember that according to current settings Excel Online always overrule statuses made in admin panel_ To make work with proposals and supplies more efficient it would be reasonable to open the Excel file in a desktop application. Here you can work normally with all records and changes will be transmitted to VC and to the supplier cabinets, therefore. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/virtocommerce/original/1X/b15ab8e10221137e41691068e45819ab17023f6a.png) It is possible to use native Excel functions for data analysis and redistribution calculation. Non-profit employees will work in a well-known interface with the highest comfort and performance.