The Supply Network is a directory of the organizations and individuals who produce, process, and handle your coffee.

Each contact has a type, such as:

• Field
• Farm
• Association
• Cooperative
• Community
• Wet mill
• Dry mill

Creating suppliers 

1. Log in to the online platform C-sar.
2. Navigate to More on the main menu bar and select Supply network.
3. Use the Customize dropdown menu to select which columns and details appear on your Supply Network overview.
4. Click +Add member.
   
5. Enter the following details:
   * indicates mandatory fields
   • General information
   • Address
6. Click on Create member to submit.

Creating Permissions

1. Log in to the online platform C-sar.
2. Click on the Gear icon and select Origin settings.
3. Navigate to Permissions on the left side of the page. 
4. Click +Add permission.
   

   

5. Select a Mill by typing the name into the empty field. 
6. Enter a prefix. It must be 2-3 uppercase characters only. 
7. Select a Manager from the Users list.
8. Click on Save to submit.

Assigning Permissions

When adding a new user, assign them the Mill manager role so they can enter data for their assigned mill.

Deleting Permissions
 

1. Log in to the online platform C-sar.
2. Click on the Gear icon and select Origin settings.
3. Navigate to Permissions on the left side of the page. 
4. Select the user(s) and click on theDelete icon next to their names. 
5. A warning will pop up. Click Delete to confirm.

Cropster Origin Settings 

Configuring Origin Settings allows you to set default values to match the workflow for your producing and exporting business

General Settings 

The General Settings apply to the Origin application:

• Crop year: Enter the year(s) for the current harvest season. This information will be attached to each batch of coffee when it's registered. We recommend updating this value every year. 
• Weight units: These are the default units you use to record the weight of your coffee. (e.g., kg, lb, quintal, 60kg bag, etc.)
  • Received weight unit: The unit you use to record coffee delivered by your suppliers, this is before processing. 
  • Stored weight unit: The unit you use to record coffee entered into your warehouse, this is after processing and before dry-milling
  • Green weight unit: The unit you use to prepare your coffee for export, this is after dry-milling.

Processing

Reception information

You can establish the default settings for receiving coffee as follows:

• Received state: The state of coffee delivered by your suppliers before processing.
• Currency: This is the monetary unit you use to pay your suppliers.

Coffee separation

Do you separate the coffee you receive into parts based on quality? (i.e., unripe, ripe, over-ripe, dry) Select one from the following answers:

• No separation: When receiving coffee, I only record 1 weight
• Separation by weight: I will weigh and record each part separately.
• Separation by percentage: I will sample the coffee to estimate the percentage of each part.
• Separation by supplier: Each supplier brings me coffee already separated by quality, and I will weigh each part.

Quality format

The Quality format controls which options show up under the dropdown at the Part field in the Define Parts section. 
 

Define the parts

Define a default number of parts for each batch. For each part, you can also pre-set:

• Process
• Project
• Piling status
   

Yield factor

Select how the relationship between coffee states should be displayed:

• Ratio
• Percentage

Error tolerance

Define the tolerance between actual amounts and estimates. Highlight actual amounts if the deviation from the estimate is bigger or smaller than this value. The highlights are visible on the Batch list and Batch details pages. 

If you have further questions, feedback, or concerns, please submit a support ticket directly from support.cropster.com.