Brands can now onboard facilities used by their agents in Facility Master Data, where an Agent uses a facility that is not owned by them. 

Brand-created facilities can now be linked to multiple suppliers. Each facility has:

• Supplier – The supplier who owns the facility.
• Associated Suppliers – Agents that use the same facility.

This capability applies only to brand-created facilities. Supplier-created facilities continue to support a single supplier relationship. Every facility must always have at least one linked supplier, either as the Supplier or an Associated Supplier.

For suppliers, the facility list and facility details now clearly indicate whether they are the Owner or an Associated Supplier against each facility.

• Owner Suppliers retain full visibility and existing actions for the facility.
• Associated Suppliers can view only the facility information provided by the brand, including the facility name, and location. They cannot view information contributed by the Owner Supplier or other Associated Suppliers, nor can they modify the facility.

Note: This capability is available on request. Contact the TrusTrace Support team to determine whether it is suitable for your sourcing model and to enable it for your account.

Key Benefits for Brands

• Single Facility Record: Maintain one facility record that can be shared across multiple supplier relationships, eliminating duplicate facility records.
• Complete Relationship Visibility: View all Owner and Associated Supplier relationships for a facility in a single place.
• Flexible Relationship Management: Add, remove, or update supplier relationships through the UI, Excel templates, or APIs.
• Independent Relationship Management: Archive an Associated Supplier relationship without affecting the Owner Supplier or other linked suppliers.

Key Benefits for Suppliers

• Clear Relationship Visibility: Easily identify whether you are the Owner or an Associated Supplier for each facility.
• Appropriate Data Access: Associated Suppliers can view brand-provided facility information while remaining isolated from information contributed by other suppliers.

This enhancement introduces support for Agent sourcing models by allowing multiple supplier relationships to be managed against a single brand-owned facility while maintaining clear ownership, controlled access, and a single source of facility data.

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