FARES Web-based Sy Food Aid Request Entry System

COMMODITY REQUESTS

Commodity > Modify Commodity
MFRC155D
modify Commodity
Access the Modify Commodity
(MFRC155D) page by clicking
Commodity from the Main
menu with the desired
Commodity Request selected
from the Commodity Request
List. Then click Modify Cmdy
to open the Modify Commodity
page.
The Modify Commodity page
is used to:
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Select the Commodity
for the Commodity
Request
Update the Metric Ton
Commodity Requested
Quantity.
Add Best-Used-By-Date
(BUBD) required
indicator
Add or Update
Commodity
Specifications
Add or Update Markings (Required)
Add or Update Commodity Certifications
Add or Update Shipping Requirements for a specific Commodity on the Request

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modify Commodity access

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US-AID and FAS if the
Request is currently at their
processing site.
Sponsors, PDD, EOD, and
BCD, as Commodity Request
Originator if the Request is
currently at the Originator's
processing site.

Commodity - Replacement
Commodity selection is
restricted to Commodities
approved for the program on
the Request Header.

Use the Select check box to
select a single or multiple
preferable Commodities from
the Table.

Country - Displays the
Country funding the
Commodity Delivery.

Delivery Point - Displays the
Destination Country (point of
delivery) where the Steamship
Line relinquishes possession
of the Commodity.

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Request Quantity

Enter a new Requested
Quantity in the Requested
Quantity text box.
The Quantity must be in
metric tons (MT).
The Quantity must be in
multiples of ten.
The Quantity must be a
numeric value greater than
zero.

BUBD Req? Indicator for
Best Used By Date for the
selected Commodity.

Substitutable Commodity If a Generic Commodity is
selected from the
COMMODITY drop-down list,
a Substitutable Commodity
Table is displayed.

Only Generic and
Substitutable Commodities
matching the Program Type
are available in the
Commodity drop-down list.
Only the Substitutables that
match the program type are
displayed in the Table.
Select - At least one
Substitutable Commodity
must be selected from the
Substitutable Commodity
Table.

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The Substitutable
Commodity table is not
displayed if a non-generic
Commodity is selected from
the COMMODITY drop-down
list.
The Requested Quantity at
the Substitutable level may be
specified.
Note: The final purchased
products might not include
all selected substitutables.
Substitutable Commodities on
a Shortfall Commodity
Request may be de-selected
by removing the check mark
from the Select check box.
Commodity Specifications Enter any applicable
Commodity Specification for
the selected Generic or
Substitutable Commodities in
the Commodity Specifications
Text Box.

Select Standard Commodity
Specifications by checking
the desired Specifications.
Enter as free form text any
Non-standard Specifications
in the Commodity.
Multiple Specifications can
be selected.

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Update

Select Standard Markings by
checking the desired marking.
Enter Non-standard Markings
in the Markings text box as
free form text.
Multiple Markings can be
selected.

Select desired Commodity
Certifications.
Enter Non-standard
Certifications as free form
text.
Multiple Certifications can be
selected.

Select desired Shipping
Requirement.
Enter Non-standard Shipping
Requirements as free form
text.
Multiple Shipping
Requirements can be
selected.

Click Update to save
Commodity Modifications and
redisplay the Modify
Commodity (MFRC155D)
page.

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