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If you have ProjectLink, you could create a Project for each supplier, and share all the parts they supply to that project. This ensures that they can't modify the shared data and send it back into PDM. It also is another layer of protection from letting them accidently have access to the rest of your PDM system.
Additionally you can collaborate with them on proposed changes and save other types of documents in the Project related to their parts. Quotes for example.
-marc
In Reply to Dax Williams:
We would like to grant our suppliers read access to PDMLink and grant them access only to those parts they supply. We would also like them to see the describing documentation associated with these parts. What's the best approach you have found to handle this?
Thanks in advance for your advice,
Dax Williams
Business Administrator, Windchill
Lifetime Products, Inc.
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While there are many mechanisms that can be used depending on your specific business requirements, it is generally a good starting point to create WTOrg objects for your different suppliers, and insure that supplier users are assigned to the proper organization. This allows you to create access policy rules (as well as use ad hoc rules if needed) that apply to the WTOrganization object, automatically applying to all users associated with an org. This isn't the full solution, but is generally a foundational part of any solution to what you are needing.
Russ