Ethan McNamara

Collect

The right file. In the right place.

A document checklist that lets suppliers upload the exact files a project needs.

Role
Designed and built, start to finish
Status
Concept
Area
Ownership

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The problem

External file requests become email chains. A received PDF rarely says which requirement it satisfies, or whether it replaces an earlier version.

The idea

Give each requested document an identity before a file exists, then accept uploads against that request.

How it is built

Upload permission is scoped to one requested item, and a document is marked received only once storage confirms it.

Read the diagram as text

A supplier uploads against one requested item. Permission and file format are checked, then the submitted version is saved to customer storage. Only once the file is safely stored does the checklist mark that version received; if storage is unavailable the upload stays pending and any previous version is kept.

Requested item onlyAccepted formatConfirmedStorage unavailableSupplierUploads a documentRequest checksPermission and formatCustomer storageSaves the versionFile safelystored?Document checklistThis version receivedUpload pendingPrevious version kept

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Scope

A design proposal with a fictional project, supplier and document; no file is uploaded. Received means saved to its request — the contents still need a person. Upload permission grants no folder browsing and no sight of other submissions.