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A vendor, or a supplier, is a supply chain management term that means person who provides goods or services to a company. Below actions are available under “Vendors”:

Samooha icon2  Create new vendor; update, delete, view and search for vendor detail information.

Vendors - List

Vendors - create

Vendors - create assg branch

Vendors - create bank acc

Vendors - create chart

Vendors - create notes

 

Field Name
Description
Mandatory Information
Vendor Name The name of vendor Y
Vendor Code The code for vendor Y
Reference Code Code for easy reference search of vendor N
Tax Number Taxpayer Identification Number of the vendor N
Currency Currency used by vendor for payment purpose Y
Grouping Account Sub-ledger / grouping account for vendor Y
Credit Used Amount owed to the vendor N
Language Language used by vendor N
Payment Terms Payment terms for vendor payment Y
Credit Limit Credit limit given by the vendor N
Account Settings Which purchase account to use Y
Vendor Type Type of the vendor N
Vendor Location Location of the vendor (local or international) N
Invoice Rule Invoice rule for vendor payment N
Flat Discount % N
Inter Company Organization N
Price Includes Tax Checkbox to indicates whether product pricelist from the vendor includes tax N
Is Forwarding Agent Checkbox to indicates whether the vendor is a forwarding agent N
Is Duty Clearing Agent Checkbox to indicates whether the vendor is a duty clearing agent N
Location Location of vendor Y
Address Address of vendor’s location Y
City City of vendor’s location N
Postal Code Postal code of vendor’s address N
State State of vendor’s location N
Country Country of vendor’s location N
Phone Phone number of vendor’s location N
Phone2 Secondary phone number of vendor’s location N
Fax Fax number of vendor’s location N
Email Email of vendor N
Website Website of vendor N
Shipping Address Tick checkbox if this is vendor’s shipping address N
Billing Address Tick checkbox if this is vendor’s billing address N
Order From Address Tick checkbox if this is vendor’s address for purchase order N
Name Contact name of vendor Y
Designation Designation of vendor’s contact N
Phone Phone number of vendor’s contact N
Alt Phone Alternate phone number of vendor’s contact N
Fax Fax number of vendor’s contact N
Email Email of vendor’s contact N
Comments N
Link to Address Location Address of the Contact Person N

 

Create New Vendor

1. Click “Create Vendor” link on top right of “Vendor List” tab to create another vendor record, it will open “Vendor Details” tab with empty form

Vendors - create new

2. Fill up vendor’s information. For vendor of different country / currency, please ensure the following master data were created beforehand:

  • Country and States” (Organization – Masters)
  • Trade Accounts Payable of the currency in “Chart of Account” (Accounts – Masters)
  • Currency” (Accounts – Masters)
  • Purchase Journal of the currency in “Journal” (Accounts – Masters)
  • Product Purchase – Import of the currency in “Account Settings” (Inventory – Masters)

3. Under the “Address” and “Contact” columns, click on the “Add” button after fill up the details. Each vendor must have minimum one location address and contact. Vendor can have list of multiple addresses and contacts

Vendors - create address

Vendors - create contact

4. Click “Save” button at the bottom of screen to save

5. Click “Confirm Vendor” button and click “Yes” button to confirm the vendor record.

Vendors - confirm

 

Update Vendor Details

1. On “Vendor List” tab double click on vendor to be updated, it will bring up the details on “Vendor Detail” tab for the selected vendor

2. Make change(s) on the vendor’s information

3. Click on “Save” button at the bottom of screen to save changes made

4. Click on “Revert” button at the bottom of screen or refresh icon at the top of the screen to roll back the changes

 

Delete Vendor

1. On “Vendor List” tab double click on vendor to be deleted, it will bring up the details on “Vendor Detail” tab for the selected vendor

2. Click on “Delete” button at the bottom of screen

3. Click on “Yes” button on the pop-up window to confirm record deletion

Vendors - delete

 

View and Search for Vendor Details

1. On “Vendor List” tab enter search parameter to filter the result, i.e. type in an account group in the “Grouping Account” textfield box or select from drop-down list.

Vendors - List - filters

2. Result can be sorted alphabetically by clicking the fields’ columns.

3. Double click on vendor to view full details of the vendor, it will bring up the details on “Vendor Detail” tab for the selected vendor

4. The “Chart” tab under “Vendor Details” tab shows purchase records & chart for the selected vendor.

Vendors - purchases chart