Life Cycle of Sourcing Items

The PE application has Sourcing Life Cycles for Manufacturer, Part AML, and Vendor. Each Sourcing Life Cycle is based on the same Life Cycle Map and can be configured by an Administrator as needed.

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When created, each Sourcing Item starts in the Preliminary state. To indicate their approval status, Items can be promoted to the Approved state. From the Approved state, the Item can further be promoted to the Preferred state. To deactivate an approved item that is no longer used, the item can be promoted to the Inactive state.