SupplierSource Blog

Welcome to SupplierSource! Our whole purpose is to help buyers and suppliers find each other fast. For a little history on how SupplierSource has evolved from the SolidWorks Manufacturing Network check out the blog post ‘Just the facts, M’am, just the facts’.

Following these steps is valuable to all new members, but parts of each step are specifically for new members being welcomed to SupplierSource from the SolidWorks Manufacturing Network. Be sure to also check out the ‘3 valuable things to do as soon as you can’ blog post for additional steps to take.

We’ve started a profile for SolidWorks Manufacturing Network members based on our existing database and visits to your web site. Now it’s YOUR profile. You can makes changes and improvement whenever YOU want to using the easy tools provided. The following steps are meant to provide a simple guide to start getting the most out of your profile right now. Additional posts will provide more ways to add to your profile, but these three steps are the most important.

Sign in - Go to www.SupplierSource.com and use the link in the upper right corner. Then use the email address that you provided for the main contact in your SolidWorks Manufacturing Network application and was used to recently contact you. That email also contained a password. You can use the ‘I forgot my password’ link on that page to create a new password any time. If you did not receive an email or are unsure of the email address to use, please use the ‘Get support’ link in the ‘Helpful Resources:’ column (which is lower on the same page) to contact us and get a quick response.

Immediately check all of your contact data for accuracy - We did our best to use your own web site and our database to get the latest data, but only you know what the correct data is. Use the ‘Edit My SupplierProfile’ link over in the left column. Check the ‘Hello World!’ blog post for information about geocoding and your address data. If the address you enter cannot be geocoded, our distance search cannot find you, so please be sure that it works. You will see an error mesage at the bottom of the address area if there is a problem and you’ll see no message if everything is fine.

Add to your ‘Specialties’ and ‘Capabilities’ - These are the top dogs in the search algorithms which determine your position in search results. Right now you have only one ‘Specialty’, but you can have up to 3 and also 8 capabilities. Check FAQ #9 for how to see all of your service choices, FAQ #10 for special tips, and FAQ #  11 for reordering help. (You can also find the FAQ link at the bottom of all web site pages, except on the blog.)

Since you will be making a number of changes and will want to check the results, be sure to read the ‘Why don’t my changes show up?’ blog post to understand why it takes about an hour for your changes to show up in new searches.

Also be sure to read the blog post with three more valuable steps for all members to take to get the most out of their profiles!

Thanks for being a part of SupplierSource and feel free to send comments or suggestions as you find your way around.