To collaborate with channel partners in Manufacturing Cloud, it is recommended to use external apps and Experience Cloud. External apps are applications that run outside of Salesforce but can integrate with Salesforce data and functionality. They can provide custom solutions for specific business needs and extend the capabilities of Manufacturing Cloud. For example, external apps can enable partners to access inventory levels, order status, product catalogs, and pricing information from Salesforce. Experience Cloud, formerly known as Community Cloud, is a platform that allows you to create branded digital experiences for your customers, partners, and employees. It can help you engage with your channel partners and provide them with self-service tools, collaboration features, and personalized content. For example, Experience Cloud can enable partners to view and update sales agreements, account forecasts, rebates, and targets from Salesforce. It can also help you train and onboard your partners, monitor their performance, and reward them for their achievements. References: Engage with Your Partners, Re-Imagining Partner Relationships with Manufacturing Cloud, Manufacturing Cloud

Manufacturing Cloud provides three permission sets related to Sales Agreements, Account Forecasting, and Account Manager Targets. These permission sets give users access to the features and data models that are specific to the manufacturing industry. The permission sets are:
Manufacturing Account Forecast: This permission set lets users track account forecasts for quantity and revenue metrics of products. Users can view and edit the Account Product Forecast and Account Product Period Forecast objects, as well as the related objects such as Account, Product, and Sales Agreement.
Manufacturing Sales Agreements: This permission set gives users access to sales agreements that work with orders, contracts, and more. Users can view and edit the Sales Agreement and Sales Agreement Line Item objects, as well as the related objects such as Account, Product, and Order.
Manufacturing Account Manager Target: This permission set gives users access to Account Manager Target features that include creating, assigning, and distributing targets. Users can view and edit the Account Manager Target and Account Manager Target Line Item objects, as well as the related objects such as Account, Product, and Sales Agreement.
Assign the Manufacturing Permission Sets to Users, Set Up Users and Permissions for Manufacturing Cloud

Experience Cloud for Manufacturing is a digital platform that enables manufacturers to create personalized and engaging experiences for their customers, partners, and employees. One of the features of Experience Cloud for Manufacturing is the ability to submit sales agreements for approval using a quick action. This quick action allows users to initiate an approval process for a sales agreement record from the Experience Cloud site, without having to switch to the Salesforce app12. References:
* Experience Cloud for Manufacturing
* Create Automation for Submitting Positions for Approval

To allow the Service Agents to access the latest updates to a sales agreement when navigating from the customer interaction related to the account, the Manufacturing Cloud consultant should recommend adding the Sales Agreement related list to the Account record page in Lightning App Builder. This way, the Service Agents can see the sales agreements associated with the account and view their status, terms, and schedules.
The Sales Agreement related list is available for the Account object by default and can be added to the Account page layout using the Lightning App Builder. References: Sales Agreements Overview, Customize Record Pages with the Lightning App Builder