Vendors
Vendors are outside businesses and partners connected to purchasing and Lot records. One Vendor can be a Supplier, a Manufacturer, or both.
Supplier and Manufacturer
Section titled “Supplier and Manufacturer”A Supplier is the business you purchase from. A Manufacturer is the business that made the material or product. They can be the same company, or you may buy from a distributor that represents another Manufacturer. Mark the Vendor relationships that reflect the real arrangement.
Create and maintain Vendors
Section titled “Create and maintain Vendors”Create a Vendor before you need it in purchasing or Lot workflows. Add the available business and contact information that is useful to the operation. Use the searchable list to find a record and open its detail to update it.
For the Oak Creek Goods purchasing example, create the fictional Supplier HIGHPLAINS / High Plains Ingredients. Use that same Vendor on the Purchase Order, Purchase Receipt, and applicable Lots so the records remain connected. The public example does not require supplier contact details.
Vendors may be referenced by Purchase Orders, Purchase Receipts, Manual Receipts, and Lot supplier/manufacturer fields. If one should no longer be used, use available status or deactivation behavior instead of breaking those historical references.