Supplier statuses

The status of a supplier provides information on their position in the review and approval workflow.

Table 1. Basic statuses

Status	Description
Candidate	The business partner has been imported to the system.
Confirmed	The business partner has confirmed the invitation to join your company's network.

Table 2. Statuses in the supplier approval workflow

Status	Description
Created	The supplier proposal has been created, but it has not been sent to review yet.
Review pending	The supplier proposal has been sent to review.
In review	The review process of the supplier proposal is ongoing.
Reviewed	The supplier proposal has been reviewed.
Needs update	The supplier proposal has been rejected in the review phase and sent back to the initiator of the proposal for more information.
Approval pending	The supplier proposal has been reviewed, and it is waiting for the approval process.
In approval	The approval process of the supplier proposal is ongoing.
Rejected	The supplier proposal has been rejected in the approval phase.
Approved	The supplier proposal has been approved.