OCTOBER 11, 2018 

Corporate 

Vendor 

Administrator ‐ 

Roles and 

Responsibilities 

AMS WBSCM Support Team 

WBSCMAMSHelpDesk@ams.usda.gov
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The role of Corporate Vendor Administrator (CVA) is critical for the success of a vendor to 

participate in USDA purchase programs. These instructions will outline the responsibilities and 

procedures for the various functions that the CVA needs to perform in the Web Based Supply 

Chain Management (WBSCM) System. The instructions are broken down into four areas.

1. Adding Users/New User Registration Process

2. Adding Plants/Shipping Points

3. Assigning users to Plants/Shipping Points

4. Reports

New Vendor ‐ Process
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Corporate Vendor Responsibility
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Adding Users and New User Registration Procedures:

Once the CVA has completed their registration process and can successfully log into WBSCM, 

then they must set‐up other users who will need to have access to WBSCM. Due to security 

reasons, no users should be sharing the same login ID to access WBSCM. The CVA should assign 

the appropriate roles to the user that allows them to perform the functions in WBSCM that is 

required of them. The table below shows the various roles available for assignment and if they

are applicable to AMS procurement.

Role Description Applicable to AMS 

Procurement

ASN Dispatcher‐CVN Allows user to create the required Advance 

Ship Notices

Yes

Commodity & Service All 

Activities‐CVN

Allows users to perform activities 

associated with commodity purchases, 

except for Administrative activities such as 

creating users or adding plants/shipping 

points.

Yes

Commodity Offer‐Vendor‐CVN Allows users to submit offers on behalf of 

the vendor

Yes

Corporate Vendor Admin‐CVN Allows users to perform all activities in 

WBSCM

Yes

Freight‐All Activities‐CVN Allow user to perform all freight activities 

in WBSCM

No

Freight Offer‐Vendor‐CVN Allows the user to submit offers for any 

freight request

No

Inspection Results‐Vendor‐ 

CVN

Allows the user to enter inspection results 

in WBSCM for a material

Maybe ‐

Review contract terms and 

conditions to determine if 

inspection lots are required

Invoice Processor‐Vendor‐CVN Allows the user to create and submit 

invoices on behalf of the vendor

Yes

Vendor Disbursement-CVN Allows the user to run the payment 

details report. This report provides 

information on the disbursement 

of payments to vendors by USDA

Yes
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Navigate to: Admin>Manage Users>Manage Users

Click on "Create New User" and enter all user information on the Personal data tab below
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Click on the “Role Data” tab

Select the role that needs to be added from the Available Roles list and click the Add button to 

move the desired role to the Current Roles list – see chart on page 4 for the definition of roles

When finished adding roles, click the Save button.
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You should see a "User Created Successfully" message below and the newly added user should 

appear alphabetically in the list above.

The user should receive a unique, auto‐generated email message with further instructions to 

set up a Level 1 eAuthentication account and proceed to log into WBSCM.

Below is a partial example of the email message:
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Resending new user e‐mail:

In the event that a user did not receive the new user email, the CVA can resend the new user 

email. Under Manage Users, highlight the appropriate user and click on the Admin Data tab. 

Then click "Resend New User Email" to generate a new email notification. Note: Verify that the 

email address under the Personal Data tab is correct before resending the new user email.
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To modify user roles:

Under Manage Users, highlight the applicable user, then click on the Role data tab and press 

the Modify User button.

If a role needs to be removed, select the role that needs to be removed from the Current Roles 

list and click the Remove button.
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If a role needs to be added, select the role that needs to be added from the Available Roles list 

and click the Add button to move the desired role to the Current Roles list.

When finished adjusting the roles for the applicable user, press the Save button.
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You should see a "User Updated Successfully" message below.

Locking a user from accessing WBSCM:

If a user has left the company or no longer needs access to WBSCM, the CVA can lock the user 

from accessing the system.
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Under Manage Users, highlight the appropriate user and click on the Admin Data tab, then 

Modify User.

Once in edit mode, check the User Locked box and enter text into the Reason Locked field. 

Click Save when finished.
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After clicking save, you should receive a "User Updated Successfully" message below.

Note: If a locked user needs to be unlocked to resume access to WBSCM, highlight the 

applicable user name, click on the Admin data tab, select Modify User, then remove the 

checkmark from the User Locked field, then press Save.
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Adding Plants and/or Shipping Points

Please refer to the Vendor Business Partner Relationship Report for a listing of all 

plants/shipping points currently defined in WBSCM for your company. This report is located at: 

Admin>Manage Users>Vendor Business Partner Relationship Report

New vendors will need to add plants and shipping points, if applicable, prior to submitting 

offers.

Navigate to: Suppliers>Maintain Organization

Click on Plant/Shipping Registration

Please note that the process is the same for creating a plant or shipping location.

‐If creating a plant, select the radio button next to Plant.

‐If creating a shipping location, select the radio button next to Shipping Location.

Enter the required Address data:

Name 1 – ENTER THE NAME OF THE PLANT –ALL CAPs

Street Address: Enter street address

Country: USA

Location: Enter the location city

State/Region: Enter the two letter abbreviation of the State

Zipcode: Enter zipcode for the location

E‐Mail Address: Provide e‐mail address for contact person at the plant

Telephone: Phone number for contact person

Scroll through the Product Categories section and select the ones that best match the products 

the plant is approved to produce.
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When finished entering all of the data on this form, check that you have read the data privacy 

statement and press Submit.

After you submit your plant or shipping point, you should receive a confirmation message on 

the screen. Please note that the 7‐digit business partner number will begin with "11" for a 

Plant, and "12" for a Shipping Location.
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Immediately after the plant or shipping point has been submitted in WBSCM, send an e‐mail 

message to the AMS helpdesk at WBSCMAMSHelpDesk@ams.usda.gov. In your email, please 

identify whether you created a plant or a shipping point, and include the name of the plant 

and/or shipping point, street address, city, state, and zip code. Sending an email will alert AMS 

that a plant and/or shipping point has been entered in WBSCM and is awaiting USDA approval, 

as WBSCM does not currently have functionality to notify USDA of pending registration 

requests.

Assigning Users to Plants and/or Shipping Points

Once you have received notification that your plant and/or shipping point has been approved, 

you may proceed with assigning users to the plant and/or shipping point.

Users within your company that do not have the Corporate Vendor Admin role, will need to be 

assigned to each individual plant and/or shipping point for which the user will be performing 

various activities in WBSCM, such as: submitting offers, reviewing POs, creating ASNs, 

submitting invoices, and executing reports.

Navigate to: Suppliers>Maintain Organization

Click on Plant/Shipping Points – User assignments

Please note that the process is the same for assigning a user to a plant or shipping location.

‐If assigning to a plant, select the radio button next to Assign User to a Plant.

‐If assigning to a shipping point, select the radio button next to Assign User to a Shipping Point. 

NOTE: AMS vendors will not assign users to a freight agency.
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Select the appropriate radio button and then press Go.

To see which users are already assigned to a specific plant:

Highlight the plant, then press the Display Existing Rel button. All users currently assigned to 

the plant will be shown in the Existing Relationships box below.
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To add a new user to this plant, select the user (WBSCM ID) from the user dropdown and press 

the Assign Users to Plants button. If you are uncertain of the user’s WBSCM ID, navigate to 

Admin>Manage Users, highlight the applicable user and review the User ID field on the 

Personal data tab.

You should get a "Record created successfully" message at the top of the screen.
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To verify that the user was added, highlight the applicable plant, and press the Display Existing 

Rel button. See below that this vendor was added to the specified plant.

Follow the same process to assign the user to additional plants. If you need to add users to a 

shipping point, press the Back to Main button and select the Assign User to a Shipping Point 

radio button and repeat the same process as assigning a user to a plant.

Once a user is assigned to a plant, there isn't a way to delete them from that plant, but you can 

deactivate their plant access with a validity period. NOTE: once you deactivate a user's plant 

access, if you later decide that user's plant access needs to be reactivated, you will need to 

contact the helpdesk for assistance at WBSCMAMSHelpDesk@ams.usda.gov.

To deactivate a user's plant access, highlight the applicable plant, and press the Display Existing 

Rel button.
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Highlight the applicable user in the Existing Relationships box and manually change the Valid To 

Date field entry to the date that user access to that plant should end, then press the Delimit 

Date button.

You should receive a Record changed successfully message at the top of the screen.
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Reports

For a list of available reports in WBSCM, along with step‐by‐step instructions, click on the Help 

tab, click Job Aids, and select Reports.