Suppliers

Overview

Suppliers represent the vendors that supply the stock/products to your business.

Suppliers are essential for stock tracking as they are the source of all stock that enters the system.

Warehouses can receive stock from Suppliers which can then be allocated to Field workers.

The general flow of stock is:

Before you can begin allocating stock from your Suppliers you will first need to

Open the Supplier screen by clicking Admin Stock Management Suppliers.
Click ”+ Add Supplier”. The supplier editor opens in a drawer.
Enter the supplier details into the provided fields. Refer to Supplier Property Details for more in-depth explanation of each field.
Click “Add Supplier” to save. To edit an existing supplier later, click its row in the list.

Property	Description
Description*	The supplier’s name, shown in the Supplier dropdown when receiving or returning warehouse stock.
Email	Contact email address for the supplier, for reference.
Contact Name	Name of the primary contact at this supplier.
Contact Number	Phone number of the supplier contact.
Products	The products this supplier supplies. When receiving stock, choosing the supplier limits the product list to these products.
Disabled	Hides the supplier from the supplier dropdown for new movements. Existing stock movements keep their supplier.
Sort Order	Controls the order suppliers appear in selection lists (lowest first).