User Manual
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1. ead vile T E re Lie Ts P T Fe Ft TS T E IEEE tein as Liz EWG mki ors Se i ee H gh Bim aes ewan Tess te ae mi e bP iki am mm Tew E ie Zr alphabetically You can then locate more easily all the results which correspond to oak To see the details of a product click the reference number Viewing product details Here you can find further information about any offer or request including pictures and comments in case the owner of the product has entered those If the subscriber posted his offer or request in his own name you will see a business card on the top of this page The business card shows his contact details If this is an offer or request which was posted anonymously you will see the name and contact information of the person in Fordaq who manages the product You can get in touch with him for more information If you want to make a proposition you can do it here We will show how to make and follow up your propo sition on the next section le Dak FL A E j Ee ne ia F m AP k fg ton i i Lemma eerste r Lee Bed FORDAQ THE TIMBER NETWORK Finding offers and requests The Power Search 1 The Power Search enables you to make a search gma inate TBT entering a set of specifications of a product Bee 2 Click Power Search on the bottom of the Main Page Another screen will display the product category Click the category you want to search 3 Fill in the form2. 4 If you would like to ask for more information before making your proposition click Ask for more information to open an email message where you can specify your enquiry E CE ia a iki reer at es CS RE Po i ol ee EJ FORDAQ THE TIMBER NETWORK Making and receiving propositions Checking out propositions made or received 1 Once you make your proposition your counterpart receives an alert via email 2 He just needs to click the link provided in the email to have direct access to the details of your proposi tion 3 The same happens when you receive a proposition You can check it out clicking the link in the email notification you receive 4 You can also check propositions you made and received from your Work Area Comparing propositions 1 The summary of each proposition you receive is displayed at the bottom of the product details page making the comparison easy 2 To open a proposition and see its full details click View details or the proposition reference number Accepting propositions You can accept a proposition you received and notify your counterpart To accept a proposition 1 Clicking the proposition details as explained on the previous screen will bring you to a page which displays side by side the original specifications of your offer or request and the proposition made by your counterpart 2 To accept the proposition click the button Accept proposition
3. i es H ee ae a ety 2 Click Edit your personal page ae eos i ns E 3 The process of building and publishing your personal mS page is then explained step by step TEN a f 4 Your page can be built with your logo a picture and Rae A Ai r Crear me meea aes ee m ees text in up to 6 languages 5 After you created your personal page you can view it clicking Personal page on the left menu and then clicking View your personal page Are pou rendy o riar ding pour pore pee la Creating your web site This is a service reserved to our GOLD subscribers If you don t have a web site you can create and publish one using our web templates Dhiki Ee riai rbh heihi rka iik r ee he e ah dn EA An mma Mmi i eh Jtt E vemi e ernie BEE ELEM ee ee a LE ee e ee md ee pariri er a el ee ee ee ee z rai es FS be ee mi P PAH GA H P ee ee Pe i To create and publish your site Toe Can Set oe Se 1 Click My web site on the left menu i Emen Humi iiti 2 Click Edit your web site putes ates mi LETS STEP BLD TOUN YEE STE z 3 The process of building and publishing your site page is then explained step by step 4 You can build your site in up to six languages using the colors and styles of your preference 5 Your site includes a dynamic product catalogue that you can use as a virtual web store adi be ieie a vs ee EE PEE EH EESE SA DE IARI EE FEE vO HAE ET FEE P Pa RE THD a LE er are h perry in
4. Click the arrow to display the options in the drop down menu and then click to select your choice 3 Fields in green and marked with an are mandatory 4 You can optionally enter pictures and specifications files of your item like word or excel files 5 After completing the form click the button Continue on the bottom of the page gt Fae crac aj SS a z m T la Reviewing and confirming your posting You can review the specifications which you entered on a Confirmation Page 2 If you want to make any change click the Back button on the bottom of the page change the fields you want and then click Continue to be back to the Confirmation Page 3 Click Confirm to finalize your posting 4 Your product is now visible on the Marketplace You will also find it in the summary of your transactions in your Work Area FORDAQ The tinier network ac p morer JAI di EA Comair pear prati Ter re eid Dimi m Cee in eee F ia e ge Oe Pee Pra Fi bsr ra IMPORTANT NOTE FOR GOLD SUBSCRIBERS Once you enter offers or requests in the Marketplace in your own name they will automatically be integrate into your Product Catalogue which is available to Fordaq members as well as to any visitor of the FORDAQ web site though visitors will not see the prices of your items oer FORDAQ Finding offers and requests THE TIMBER NETWORK b Three search engines h
5. on the bottom of the page 3 Another screen will open prompting you to confirm the acceptance 4 Once you confirm your counterpart will be notified mt ids aa pee ep Pie ie fe pE pes pet pe pi i ER Pegi A arte ah i ee a ee al a ei a PE Biri fp PPR CARDS Cs eee hh LE p Hy Memes ee er m hi ahii E 6 era all digg diarina m ieee FORDAQ THE TIMBER NETWORK My Postman My Postman is a service which automatically alerts FORDAQ members of offers and requests of their interest Receiving email alerts 1 You can precisely define the products about which you want to be alerted Your Company Profile enables you to select not only the type of product but even the species of your interest 2 Please see on the next section Setting up your account how to edit your Company Profile accord ing to your needs 3 Once you receive My Postman notifications a link located beneath each product summary enables you to directly access the full details of the offers or requests you are interested in Sending email alerts 1 Right after you post a new offer or a new request on the Marketplace a screen will show you the number of profiled companies selected to receive an email alert about your new posting 2 To send email alerts to these companies just click Send Checking out your Postman emails 1 You can easily check all the offers or requests you received by email Cl
6. or your username we can send them to you by email Click Members login on FORDAQ s home page and follow the instructions on the screen FORDAQ The timier meik aap voor pales uc lo dele Sie eee Deum a a a ee ee OS ee sm by aare on ay ee el d gt Bee brih ee eee i ee oe eet ee ee aT a bo ee ee Fos rarer boraire orf Cares Lion Hi Te Mapp E piyar Dai 4 i i a Bell E 7 a ee a oIw EEJ EEE a f Ei Ep eee l E D p Ester o opedede Eey wot jeere miri pour corr perry re ee Ce E m Diii hil e i PEPE OO E ENE i dl ee L ae ae O b ambre erish ri eed ee teed ahh et i ie Pe a a ay a Bn a a BP OP oneal cae agp fee oP ois er F foe eal E ie remy ee k E Pirey ink Si hir airg pmi am E Femy prap D Eram y rer pph am D Tip ee eee D uep g n ee a Ta i D ler e a a E a eS el T D i prap ee eee ee ee D ey pape 2s ara ee Uun ee E es FERE D rae Paar ae D ee F HIN AE F hi D eee eee TEE Cn ra eee eee Pie eee m RS ee eee Cree D trea D bac a pe T im Dn E3 Chm piir pod a he pag feel eee ee pee ee ip ce eee ee ee eee eee eee eee i ee ee ee fae ged eee eg lih eee bs ber ee ee irie FORDAQ THE TIMBER NETWORK Editing your business card The Business Card displays your logo slogan and contact information on all the offers and demands you post in your own name in the Marketplace To edit your business card 1
7. with the specifications which are relevant for the offer or request you are looking for 4 Click Confirm to start the search 5 Once you get the results of your search you can access the details of any product clicking the Refer SS Co STT IS onon ence number maaa palate crete of pti ee E Tapa PE ir rhy eos bebe ie ee Imeri eorth a og hear rier a a Rag TR vam be para baw Pel blo wher pa pee t beaded meh The Search by Reference 1 The Search by Reference enables you to access directly the page with the details of a given offer or request 2 The Search by Reference module is located at the same place as the Power Search on the bottom of the Main Page 3 Just type in the Reference number of the offer or request you want to open and click Go yy ETEEN a E pA ee ee ry ee ee EFI EAE E jE pE rE RH E Pes H a o Making and receiving propositions Once you find an offer or request of your interest you can make a proposition to its owner To make a proposition 1 Click the Reference number of the product on the search results 2 At the product detail page complete the form Your proposition The form is pre filled with the product specifications Don t forget to fill in the obligatory fields duration of your proposition number of days the price and Incoterms you propose and the country 3 After completing the form click the button Make proposition on the bottom of the page
8. Click Business card on the left menu 2 Click Edit your business card 3 Type a phrase up to 150 spaces long on the corpo rate slogan field 4 Enter an image with your logo on the company logo FORDAQ The inmier nenk AMi amur ri yeme Enter you fonpesy ego ird gga on Fii niyi Se RE Se eee ee ey ee ee ee a a 1 Pam n henr ee ee ee mpm n br bi lha es olira ee ee Cr oe ATN ee ee i Grier yaur corporate giogan here Wish iH ih l i ed Eee u iip pe ee ee eee ee epee oe pee ay Cerpesate sieges eet decries So jee ice lercr bat Lon E Spina bead en iit dere cee MTEF H ear z 2 Ornar yaur compery logo hra b CEE ih EE H E ee ee ee H u Bde ba E mjii Te b apai Fi Be Pty es ia b HE rea p mea E de Uik ho a n irei ie field Your image should be a GIF or JPG file not exceeding 15k to ensure faster download ME SPS Pe E or Be DT L E 7 i i ra Editing your personal web page The personal web page is a service reserved for SILVER subscribers Once you edit your page it becomes available all over the Internet Enemi yur pregence en intenet Eu i4 yout personat page n am st r ERESI a ST r oe erie rar ieee u bihur pee ee rar pimi a rs Tr vE Teire rem es nui eee Er ed i el SAFED To edit your personal page TE EOE E ES ee ee ee Se ee eF 1 Click Personal page on the left menu i fet eg ee 6 A 3 HAF aya rar ae
9. FORDAQ THE TIMBER NETWORK User Manual Page ee eee The Marketplace ccccccseeeseeeseeeeseeeeees 1 The Work Area cccccccecceeccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeaes 1 Posting your products 0 cceec cece eens 2 Finding offers and requests 0085 3 Making and receiving propositions 4 Accepting a proposition ccceccceeee ees 5 My PO SUMAN a cvacxaccsvdccutwessnnsnsiameune nonsdepmanesios 6 The Member Directory 0 00cccceeeeee 7 AE a cawae Changing your Company Information 8 Updating your Profile 8 Changing your paSSwotd 66cccceeees 8 Editing your business card 00cceeeees 9 Editing your personal web page 9 Creating your web Sit ceceeeeeees 9 FORDAQ THE TIMBER NETWORK Using the Marketplace The Marketplace The Marketplace is the first page where you arrive when you login on FORDAQ You can come back to this page from any other page clicking The Marketplace on the left menu The Marketplace contains 5 working modules b On the top of the page you will find a summary of your transactions in the Marketplace You can check here whether you have received a new proposition since your last login 2 The Quick Search enables you to access with just one click the list of all offers or requests available in the product categories of
10. archives it in your History O O1 View details to see the complete specifications and access the propositions made or received Matching Offer or request launches a search for products with similar specifications Remove Offer or request removes the product from the Marketplace Move to History used just for concluded transactions Removes the product from your Work Area and See counterpart opens the details of your counterpart in a concluded transaction Request transport quotes brings to a form where you can request transport quotes and receive them by email FORDAQ THE TIMBER NETWORK Posting your products The modules to post your products are located on the right hand side of the Main Seem Page under the title Enter your A products Choosing the product category h To enter a product offer click the product category corresponding to your product in the green box with the title I want to sell 2 To enter a request for suppliers quotes click the product category in the red box with the title I want to buy 3 This will bring you to a new screen where you can enter the specifications of your offer or request Entering the specifications oi Fill in the form with the appropriate specifications of ee es the product you want to buy or sell 2 Many of the fields in the form have drop down menus to facilitate your work
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12. elp you finding offers or requests in the Marketplace e Quick Search e Power Search e Search by reference The Quick Search The Quick Search module is located on the left hand side of the Main Page To search for suppliers offers click the product category in the green box with the title Sellers offering To search buyers requests click the product category in the red box with the title Buyers looking for Cheking out the search results A table displays all the offers or requests available in the category you have chosen The number of results is limited to 10 per page to make the download faster You can navigate the pages back and forward clicking on Next Page and Previous Page Each product has a Reference number and the main specifications are displayed in columns such as type species quality etc Click the arrows on each column to sort the results according to your preferred criteria and facilitate your work For example if you are looking for products of a particular species like oak clicking on one of the arrows of the species column will sort the species 3 m ob HEC Dk rei hiri pe ge area Pe Ce FAT aj iei irie OS Gwe a Epa e a ee a a ee marama i L ae E am parr I nl E ted l Deh en we en bip HR Se ihre eee Se Bas eae iare Ta TB bh E De he eed eS E ST a eee jie OP Ges pe A RESINEUX
13. ick My Postman at the right hand side on the bottom of the Main Page 2 The latest products sent to you are displayed Links on the top of this page let you navigate either through the suppliers offers or the buyers requests you received 3 If you would like to check products which were sent to you in previous emails click My Postman His tory fe pE es pet pe eke i j Pc ae Ek ch astro hi nc ALi Bs i Beala fen oe 211 A Ert bf Cle CIJE 0E Pe ee ee Bee oe EA E Hines Pikit ur Serer sees es hep prrisri dgraije riri the jrur njon or pupy the LIRE SEE TEE BEE ERE CIJAH IE PIE TAHTEL EKAT ba um ir ee ey ee han dary enh ee een darenn himi be Te pe eld ee erir eea EE TIP cole l La z pr LES FEE SGEE BS DY TEF SL CILE TEE IIE GRIFE ET CET ie Lisi pete Ghee miii eer linii sl yom Geese binner pep n T p a T p eee UE YH Te HP EAHA N r ee eee PAA a E E as PT laia i n ii F Ee ire F h A H T Mo bhi f eha PEH iR bir Pil LEk di B aE r E m ii oar hpn Sel ARA wi be garni io eh Compares ECHE Es z yy Aimi Wirra l pee pJ e TELESA p ee ee ae Ce ee EFE e We fee l el pel paruru ee ee ee ee a E a Vleboorer bo Wey Piilar ee m rim ed ee br ees n font pu retin BS Borer JO 15 74 D BER E a a ee ee a Erm reed barr eed fer ee ot ee eed bees ed ed ee FEE Se a Ge ee epee es n primi iej bE re pimi ia ra Tpm ara hem a
14. m m imn Fui iara Loe ee rel Corey il ee Pim ra a eo E ime a FORDAQ THE TIMBER NETWORK The Member Directory 3 You can sort the list alphabetically by company names You can access our member database find companies by activity and type of products a a they sell and obtain more information about FORDAQ The them Te Accessing the Directory Geeren eaea CELERE TITECETT TE EEEE EEE Click Member Directory on the left menu The list of companies is displayed Click on a letter on the top of the list to show all the companies with names starting with this letter i CH Baia See qum iim 2 ATA A E dP PO E i on Spee ies Wagar iah 2 eee i ven en er Pies bedi BE Pe ag ee a ae pan iL haim H ik R H a a ii _ 2 i ree or by countries clicking the arrows next to Company and Country You can also search for a particular company typing its name on the Search by company name field and then clicking Start searching You can obtain more details about FORDAQ subscribers clicking the options which are present on their entries e View our personal page Silver subscribers e Visit our web site View our product catalogue Gold subscribers ee H h H LH LLLA NT F EE H ELY AE AN AA i LEATA EE EL EH ATA lt ies Finding companies this function is exclusive for Gold subscribers You can search for companies by activity types
15. of products and even the species they buy or sell TS Be Se ee ee ee Ee ed Oe ee ee Alen A yams emcee Des e ian Er ee m inr bees beer RCC ees ed Sa Click Find members on the left menu Set your search criteria You can skip this step if you want to obtain broader results Otherwise if you prefer your search to render more precise results check the boxes satisfy at least one or satisty ALL the criteria you select Check the boxes corresponding to your selections e Activity e Products e Species You can check more than one option if you want After making all you selections click Start Searching ee PEENE D ee ee eek ee ek ae I pa Sr py ae ee Ts Ce ey CE Somes aa comes ir pi me o ee miria ee eee cee ai eee Pe pes va ed ce ai ee Pt ee es es eni T a nip ee ee a Se r Faced Bets D Pet aa Pini priki im OP eee creep peer FP rier peo MLT TT Viewing the list of our Gold Partners If you want to view the list of our Gold subscribers exclusively click Our Gold Partners on the left menu On the list which is displayed you can also sort alphabetically by company name and country and click the options to obtain more information about a company e Visit our web site e View our product catalogue FORDAQ The Dar Gad Piri eee Pe ee eRe LEN H a ee E G FORDAQ THE TIMBER NETWORK Setting up your account Changing your company information The information displayed a
16. s your contact details as for example in your business card comes from this page To change your company information 1 Click Company info in the section My Account on the left menu 2 Fillin or change the appropriate text boxes 3 In some fields drop down menus facilitate your work Click the arrow to display the options in the drop down menu and then click to select your choice 4 After completing the form click Confirm on the bottom of the page Updating your company profile Keeping your profile up to date ensures that a you will receive email alerts about prod ucts of interest to you b the Member Direc tory will display correct information about your company To update your profile 1 Click Company profile on the left menu 2 Select the options by clicking the appropriate check boxes on the following 3 sections Your activities The products that you usually buy and or sell The species that you usually buy and or sell 3 Click the button Submit your profile Changing your password Your password is the guarantee that you will have a private access to our site You should not disclose your password to other persons To change your password 1 Click Change password on the left menu 2 Type your old password on the first text field 3 Type your new password on the second field and repeat it on the third one 4 Click Confirm Note if you forgot your password
17. your interest 3 The module Enter your products is used to post your own offers or requests aid r a D Jl Dee min je i Aaa HF H ee aT hir is oe ie ee PE A 2 Senate Baete EEES Siren A FORDAQ The timber neimk ae E es 0 a a a 4 The Power Search module contains two search functions either you can find a product entering its precise specifications or you can type a Reference number to access directly the details of an offer or request 5 Finally you can use the module My Postman to access offers and requests which FORDAQ sent you via email The Work Area All your transactions on FORDAQ s Market place are summarized in this page You can access it clicking Work Area on the left menu Checking out the status of your transactions b Click on the options at the top of the page to access more quickly the type of transaction you want to check Your own requests Your own offers Propositions you made to sellers Propositions you made to buyers 2 Each transaction is displayed in a separate module with the reference number and the main specifica FORDAQ The timer meik z EEE e iz EP i bo nam cai os S 4 by T tions of the product On the right hand side you can see the expiry date of the offer or request and the number of propositions it has received What can you do from here Click the links at the left hand side to perform any of these actions mON
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