Hello and welcome to The Chain. This video demonstrates how

you can create product lifecycle entries for your dedicated products.

Once you are logged into The Chain, on the left

sidebar menu, click on Supply Chain. Then against your factory

This will take you to the supply chain edit page.

From here, choose your dedicated type such as garments, accessories,

and footwear. Each of these types has tier 2, tier

3, and tier 4 mill details. You can add fabric

mills, trim suppliers, packaging suppliers, other sites, and certified subcontractors.

You can choose fabric or material type for each of

the mills, enter the mill name and the rest of

the details to add it. To add multiple mills under

the same category, just click on the add more button

Please note that Tier 2 is mandatory for now and

Tier 3 and Tier 4 are optional. But due to

the changing regulations, these will be required in the near

future. Once you are done with the data, just click

on update. And this will create entries in the supply

chain module for you. Please note that you do not

have to create it each and every time you create

a product lifecycle entry. This is a one-time option unless

you have a new mill belonging to a new product.

enter it once. Then all of the rest of the

items will be managed in the product lifecycle module.

To create a product lifecycle entry, click on products from

the sidebar menu. Click on PLC, and then click on

add data. Choose your product and this will load a

product supply chain builder for you. You have different tabs

such as fabric mills, trim mills, and packaging mills. Choose

your dedicated tab and click on the add mill button.

Choose the mill that is associated with the product to

add it. To add tier 3, click on add processing

unit. To add another tier 2, click on add fabric

are incomplete. These are optional at the moment, you just

have to add tier 2. Once done, you can navigate

between the tabs such as trim mills and packaging mills

to add relevant data. Once done, you can check other

sites if available, certified contractors, and warehouses. Once done with

the supply chain, click on add data. This will create

To verify the supply chain, click on the show button.

Navigate to the supply chain module and you will see

the entered supply chain data. If there are multiple products

with the same supply chain data and there is one

entry already created with the same information, just click on

duplicate and select the relevant products. Once done, click on

duplicate and it will create those entries with the same

supply chain data. To verify, click on show and supply

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