Abstract: A system and method for enabling supplier manufacturing integration to allow coordination of, and access to, information between various groups within a supplier and an organization procuring a component from the supplier. The system includes a network application that operates to integrate the supplier with personnel from the organization into a substantially concurrent, asynchronous, and collaborative design and build process. The system allows a user to select a business model for the supplier manufacturing integration process by choosing from a plurality of predefined process templates or by creating a customized process template. The system also allows for entry and updating of component data in accordance with the selected business model and the user's level of component data access and capability, which is determined by component status, the user's type, and the user's account type.