When registering as an alternative supplier for a product in NOBB, the process and validations differ slightly from when you are the product owner.
In this case, you need to know the NOBB number of the product owner's item for which you want to become an alternative supplier. Unlike when you are the product owner, there are limited fields that you can edit as an alternative supplier. This also means that other fields, which may be mandatory for the product owner, are not required here.
It is important that the product in feed® is marked as an "Alternative Supplier" product, in addition to being a "NOBB product."
On the item itself, the following values can be edited:
Expiry date (expiryDate)
Suppliers freight group (freightGroup)
Product description for digital channels (digitalChannelText)
Suppliers item number (internalid)
In addition, you can:
- Register your own price: Set a specific price for the item along with a date (`fromDate`) when this price becomes applicable.
- Upload your own images: Add your own product images to the item.
Packaging for Items as an Alternative Supplier
As an alternative supplier, you cannot create your own packaging for the product. However, you can register your own values for the following fields on the packaging created by the product owner:
- Deliverable
- Stocked
Once the product is updated with the desired values and exported to NOBB, it will appear in the "Ready for Approval" selection. You must then submit the product for approval in the same manner as products for which you are the owner.