MeRLIN can be used by Buyers to publish Purchase Orders to selected Suppliers. Suppliers can respond to such Purchase Orders by either accepting them or expressing difficulties in meeting the release schedule etc. Moreover, after accepting the Purchase Order, both Buyers and Suppliers can propose changes to the Release schedule for various reasons and accept or reject them. Also, Suppliers can mark Shipments of Items and monitor the receipt statuses of those Shipments.
These functions are available under the Purchase Orders and Supplies menu of MeRLIN Supplier portal.