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Supplier Uploads Different Catalog After Quote
Catalog changes after quote should be checked against product spec, model code, and order promise.
What to check in the order file
For catalog changed after quote, that document is usually near old catalog, new catalog, quotation, product spec, model code, sample photo, certificate, and supplier explanation.
A supplier may upload a new catalog after the quote, making the ordered model look slightly different from the original file.
Catalog changes after quote should be checked against product spec, model code, and order promise. Another member of the team should be able to verify the answer from the file before supplier approval or production release. Name this point in the supplier uploads quote closeout rather than leaving it in chat.
Open the business record, legal and trade names, PO, invoice issuer, factory address, and payment beneficiary together. Mark the first changed field and save the earlier version beside the file the purchasing team plans to use. The comparison should show who supplied the revision, when it arrived, and which order step depends on it. The quotation file should show how this point was resolved.
Familiar commercial explanations can hide a real mismatch. Ask which company, file, quantity, model, payment, or shipment the answer covers, and record when the answer applies only to this order. Carry the result into the product spec instruction used by the next team.
Assign the file to sourcing, finance, and the person maintaining the approved-vendor file. The owner does not need every chat message, but does need the final file, vendor answer, order owner decision, and next checkpoint. Put that result in the supplier catalog note for the current PO.
The unresolved risk is that the purchasing team may rely on one company while another company sells, produces, signs, or receives payment. State whether the exception covers one shipment, one payment, one model, or the wider counterparty relationship. A one-order decision should not silently become standing decision. State the remaining limit in the supplier uploads quote note before the file is closed.
Make the decision before the next handoff
Use the checklist as a closing test: save old catalog, compare model details, ask what changed, and tie quote to catalog version. Record who completed each step and save the evidence beside the record it supports instead of leaving a general note that the vendor was checked. The product spec file should show how this point was resolved.
Give the exception an end point, such as receipt of a corrected record, payment confirmation, inspection, broker acceptance, warehouse receipt, or claim settlement. Put that result in the supplier catalog note for the current PO.
Public guidance can frame the vendor catalog check, but it cannot establish the facts of this order. The order owner's PO, invoice, beneficiary record, packing list, product evidence, broker reply, and shipment file remain the deciding records. Record the outcome with the quotation evidence before handoff.
If the issue returns, begin with the prior note. It should show which document to request first and which assumption caused the earlier delay. Keep the supporting file beside the supplier uploads quote entry in the order folder.
Keep the revision path visible. The folder should show which version was rejected, which version controls, and whether anyone outside sourcing still holds an obsolete copy. Make this result visible in the supplier catalog decision record.
Record one of three outcomes: approve, approve with a stated condition, or hold. Name the evidence supporting that outcome and the event that would force the purchasing team to reconsider it. The next reviewer should find the answer under quotation without reopening the whole case.
Close the record for the next order
Send the controlling record to every team that will act on it. Approval is incomplete when finance, logistics, the warehouse, or the broker continues from an older version. Carry the result into the product spec instruction used by the next team.
When the same exception affects several orders, add the field to the vendor baseline. Repeated problems belong in onboarding, PO wording, inspection scope, payment sign-off, or broker instructions. Use the supplier uploads quote record to show who accepted the result and on what date.
Preserve evidence in the format closest to the original event: source PDF, email, photo, receipt, broker reply, or warehouse record. A summary should point back to those files rather than becoming the only record left in the folder. Link the answer to the quotation checkpoint for this order.
The closeout needs both completion and limits. Completion means the controlling file is stored and the next owner has it; the limit states what the buyer did not verify or approve. Make this result visible in the product spec decision record.
On the next order, read this note before a payment or shipment repeats the same condition. A clean record should shorten the review without hiding the original exception. The supplier catalog file should show how this point was resolved.
Keep old catalog. Test the vendor catalog answer against the PO, invoice, packing list, payment record, or shipment file that will actually be used. For vendor uploads quote, a statement that matches none of those records remains an open point. Record the outcome with the supplier uploads quote evidence before handoff.
Working checklist
- Keep old catalog.
- Compare model details.
- Ask what changed.
- Tie quote to catalog version.
- Store sample proof.