Suppliers is your list of the factories and wholesalers you buy from. Every purchase you record starts from a supplier on this list.
Add your suppliers before your first purchase.
Before you start
- Suppliers and Purchases are part of your plan. If they show a padlock in the side menu, see the article about the padlock.
Step 1. Open Suppliers
In the side menu, under Inventory & Warehouses, select Suppliers.
Step 2. Add a supplier
Press New supplier. Write the Name the way the supplier writes it, in any language. Add the Contact person, Phone, Email, Country, Address and Notes if you have them. Press Save.
You see Supplier added. If you see Write the supplier's name., the name is empty.
Step 3. Find a supplier
Type in Search suppliers. The status list shows Active, Archived or All suppliers.
Step 4. See what they supply
On a supplier's row, press What they supply. The list shows each item you ordered from them, with their Supplier SKU, the Unit and the Last cost. Before your first sent purchase it says Nothing ordered from this supplier yet.
Step 5. Edit a supplier
Press Edit on the row, change the details and press Save. You see Supplier saved.
Step 6. Archive a supplier
Press Archive. The window says no new purchases can be made from this supplier, and that open purchases, payments and history stay. Press Archive. To use them again, show Archived suppliers and press Bring back.
Result
Your suppliers are listed and ready to choose on every new purchase.