A customer can inform his supplier which annual volumes he is planning to purchase. The customer sends this information as attached text and PDF files in an e-mail from the Print Annual Volume procedure in the Inventory module. Then the supplier imports the text file in the Import Annual Budget / Annual Volume procedure in the Inventory module. The PDF file can be used for printout by the supplier.
A supplier can inform his customer of actual prices for different parts. The supplier sends his price list (price, lead time, supplier's part number) as an attached text file in an e-mail from the Price List - Sales procedure, list type Order simulated price - external. Then the customer imports the text file in the Price Import procedure in the Purchase module.
This information is sent at different intervals between both parties to maintain and match the basic data in their respective MONITOR system.