About Vendors

Updated by Cheryl Wallace

This feature is used maintain a list of outside vendors, or suppliers, used in purchasing and service work orders.  

Information stored for vendors includes the identifying and contact details, defaults for purchases, any notes relating to the vendor and the details of the purchase history for the vendor.

Common fields across all tabs include:

Vendor No

Enter the unique vendor number.  This can be a numeric code, short code, or abbreviation of the full Vendor name. Up to 100 characters.

Vendor

Enter the full name of the vendor. Up to 100 characters.

Active

Checked by default. Indicates the whether the vendor is available for purchasing.

Visibility

Select the visibility location from the drop down list.

Best practice is to set this to the non-stocking location at the top of your location hierarchy unless your organization has multiple stocking points that order from different vendors.

Watch this video for an understanding of the different pick lists available and the types of data they contain. If you are importing inventory or personnel data, these values need to exist in the system first.
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