Supply Lens Foundations
This course is for anyone new to Supply Lens: operations, supply chain and finance people who will set up or look after their organisation's data flows. By the end you will know your way around the app, understand how Integrations, Mappings and Documents work together, and have connected, routed and tested your first Integration.
Earn a certificate. Complete every lesson and pass all 4 module quizzes (pass mark 80%).
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Module 1
Welcome and orientation
What Supply Lens is for, how the app is laid out and the words you will hear every day.
- What Supply Lens doesSupply Lens sits in the middle of your systems and moves business data between them. Here is the idea in plain terms, and why it saves your team work. 6 min
- Find your way aroundA guided tour of the Supply Lens app, from the left-hand menu to the top bar, search and live notifications. 7 min
- Speak the languageThe handful of Supply Lens terms you will hear every day, grouped so they make sense together. 6 min
- The five steps to get startedThe route from a brand new account to your first data flowing, and where each step is covered in this course. 5 min
- Module quizCheck your understanding of this module.
Module 2
Your account and team
Register, set up your Organisation and bring your colleagues in.
- Create your accountRegister for Supply Lens with an email address or a single sign-on provider, confirm your email and set up your profile. 4 min
- Set up your OrganisationCreate your company's workspace, choose a plan, and keep your organisation's details and billing up to date. 6 min
- Invite your teamAdd colleagues to your Organisation, help them accept their invitation, and manage members as your team changes. 6 min
- Module quizCheck your understanding of this module.
Module 3
How data flows through Supply Lens
The three building blocks, Integrations, Mappings and Documents, and how to see them working together.
- Integrations explainedWhat an Integration is, what each card on the Integration panel controls, and how Configurations tell it which document types to handle. 8 min
- Mappings explainedMappings are the routes between your Integrations. Learn what each field does, when to use filters, and the difference between Target Data and Document. 8 min
- Documents explainedDocuments are the business records that travel through Supply Lens. Learn how source data becomes a Document and then target data, and which document types exist. 7 min
- See the whole flowUse the Mappings diagram, the data path view, Live Flow and the trace diagram to see how your data moves, at a glance. 6 min
- Module quizCheck your understanding of this module.
Module 4
Your first Integration end to end
Plan, connect, route and test a real Integration, using a worked Shopify and Unleashed example.
- Plan your first IntegrationCheck your systems are supported, decide what should flow where, and line up your SKUs before you connect anything. 7 min
- Connect and configureCreate an Integration, add Configurations for the document types it should handle, and switch it on, step by step. 8 min
- Route it with a MappingCreate the Mappings that join your Integrations together, and choose sensible settings for a careful first go-live. 6 min
- Run, test and checkSwitch your Integrations on, run a test order end to end, confirm it arrived, and choose how the Integrations should run from now on. 8 min
- Module quizCheck your understanding of this module.