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Can I outsource a job to more than one supplier?
Can I outsource a job to more than one supplier?

You can outsource a job to as many suppliers as you wish in LSP.expert.

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Written by Caroline Bries
Updated over a week ago

➡️ If you're using LSP.expert V1, click here.

Once the job is created, click on the Outsourcing tab and then on 'Outsource the job'.

In the popup that opens, adapt the quantity of the job to reflect what the first supplier will handle (how many words they will translate for example), and click on 'Search for suppliers'.

The system displays a list of suppliers providing the service concerned. Click on 'Outsource' next to the person you would like to choose.

Then, in the Outsourcing tab of the job (where you can now see your first outsourcing for this job), click again on 'Outsource the job'. Again, change the quantity to reflect what this second supplier will handle, search the supplier in the list and click on Outsource.

And so on with all the other suppliers that will work on this job.

About the Quantity field, please note that the system doesn't automatically calculate the remaining quantity based on the quantity you defined for the other suppliers for this job. You have to indicate yourself how many words (or lines or hours, etc.) each supplier will handle, as the system will always mention the whole quantity again.

You can add as many suppliers as you want for each job.

In the list of jobs, you can see little icons on the right indicating that the job has been outsourced to suppliers. You can see the details when you hover the mouse over these icons.

To know how to use the LSP.expert supplier portal, see this article: http://help.lsp.expert/en/articles/3340222-getting-started-with-the-supplier-portal 


If you're using LSP.expert V1

Once the job is created, you have to click on the Outsourcing tab on the left.

The system displays the list of suppliers providing the service concerned. You click on the button to assign the job to one of them.

Then, once you're in the outsourcing details of the job for this supplier, you click on Edit > Job and you change the number of words (or lines or another unit) to reflect the quantity this supplier will handle. And you click on Save.

In the Outsourcing tab of the job, click on "Outsource to another supplier" to add a second supplier for this job.

Then, you simply repeat the steps mentioned above. About the Quantity field, please note that the system doesn't automatically calculate the remaining quantity based on the quantity you defined for the other suppliers for this job. You have to indicate yourself how many words (or lines or hours, etc.) each supplier will handle, as the system will always mention the whole quantity again.

You can add as many suppliers as you want for each job.

When you already have more than one supplier for the job, you have two options to add another supplier: use the same "Outsource to another supplier" link in the details of one of the outsourcings for the job, or use the "Outsource the job" button on top of your list of suppliers for the job:

In the list of jobs, you can see little icons on the right indicating that the job has been outsourced to suppliers. You can see the details when you hover the mouse over these icons.

To know how to use the LSP.expert supplier portal, see this article: http://help.lsp.expert/en/articles/3340222-getting-started-with-the-supplier-portal

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