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Feature · Operations review

Operations review

Trace decisions, receipts and supporting evidence for order exceptions.

OverviewFailed operation receipts
Dropshipping SCM · Operations review

Failed operation receipts

Operation receipts

New
ParentOperation keyActionResult stateFailure reasonOccurred at
CO-16675OK-605ACT-778FailedCut to length17 Oct
CO-47644OK-515ACT-782Needs reviewWeld frame20 Oct
CO-55317OK-153ACT-788FailedDrill and tap10 Oct
CO-57484OK-814ACT-339Needs reviewDeburr25 Oct
CO-36489OK-319ACT-189FailedAssemble22 Oct
6 of 6 records
OK-605Operation receipts · OR-15768
Failed
ParentCO-16675
ActionACT-778
Failure reasonCut to length
Occurred at17 Oct
Example screen with sample data

What you can do

Make exceptions explainable

Operations Overview brings pending review decisions, failed operations and open-order exceptions into a shared scope. Review decisions and operation receipts retain the detail behind those summaries. A decision identifies the reviewer, reason, source revision and operation key. A receipt identifies the action, expected revision, result state, external reference and failure reason where applicable.

How the work is organized

  • Review the decision. Order Reviewer checks the current order and routing context before approving, rejecting or returning it.
  • Inspect the result. Admin or Order Coordinator follows Pending, Failed and needs review receipts.
  • Keep supporting files. Attach evidence to the order with Internal or Shared visibility.

A completed receipt records an operation outcome; it does not replace the reviewer’s decision or a provider or fulfillment event. A returned review decision is still part of the order’s decision history. Attachments retain title, evidence type, upload date and uploader so the team can find the file relevant to the exception.

The reviewer can follow a submitted route back to the customer order, while the coordinator can follow a receipt back to the action under investigation. Neither record should be replaced merely because a later attempt succeeds.

What to agree during setup

Choose who can decide supplier routing and who can investigate receipt failures. Agree when an attachment is Shared and who may see it. Define a retry practice that checks the operation key and expected revision before a second attempt. Keep a named owner for an exception so failed results do not disappear in a broad dashboard count.

Check the handoff on an actual case

Submit a route for a confirmed order. The Order Reviewer approves the current revision and records a reason. An operation receipt then reports a needs-review result with an external reference. Admin checks the action, key and expected revision, while the Supplier Coordinator checks whether an acknowledgement already exists. The team resolves the receipt before trying another action. The original decision and receipt remain available for the next reviewer.

Rehearse a second case where the reviewer returns the route. The coordinator revises it and resubmits. The first reason stays attached to the original decision, and the new decision references the correct source revision. Add an Internal attachment and confirm that its visibility is respected by the appropriate role.

What your team sees

  • Failed operation receipts — Failed and review-needed actions with the reason and order.
  • Routing review inbox — Submitted routes waiting for a decision.
  • Decisions by reviewer — Each reviewer’s recorded decisions and reasons.

What it keeps track of

Data model
Review decisions
Independent review decisions recorded against order revisions.
Operation receipts
Idempotent operation receipts keyed by operation key and expected revision.
Record attachments
Supporting files attached to customer orders with visibility scope.
Customer orders
Drop-ship customer orders with lifecycle status and promised dates.
Supplier routing
Drop-ship supplier routing extensions with review and completion state.
Team members
Internal staff with organization membership, role and platform identity.

Who uses it

Permissions
Order Reviewer
Owns routing decisions.
Admin
Follows operation failures.
Order Coordinator
Owns the order context.
Supplier Coordinator
Resolves supplier-side questions.

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