Adding and Maintaining Vendors for Purchasing

Use the Vendor File Maintenance window to add and maintain information about the vendors you purchase from.  

Before you can create a PO for a vendor, you must create a vendor record for that vendor.

Adding a Vendor Record

  1. Display the Vendor Maintenance window.

 

If you are in the Purchasing and Receiving window, simply click Go To, then click Modify Vendor Record. The Vendor Maintenance window displays.

  1. Fill in the Vendor, Name, and Sort Name boxes. For field help definitions, click here.

  1. Multistore: Check the Store field. From the list, you can select a specific store or all stores (ALL). Select ALL to add the vendor to all the stores set up on your system.

  2. (Optional) Enter the Pay To Vendor.

  3. Click Add.

  4. Click the Main tab. Fill in the Vendor Info boxes. Click Change.

  5. Click the Order Info tab. Fill in the Order Info boxes. If you fill in any minimum Dollars, Weight, Units, Bill, or PO Line amounts, the system warns you if you don't meet those minimums when creating a PO. When finished, click Change.

  6. If you will be using the Epicor Eagleā„¢ Accounts Payable software, click the Accounts Payable tab. Fill in the Accounts Payable boxes. Click Change.

  7. Click the Notes tab. For the procedure steps for using notes, click here.

  8. (Optional) If you want to add a "reminder" for a vendor, click here for the procedure.

A QuickTip video that discusses adding and maintaining vendors is available. To view QuickTips, go to http://www.activant.com/eagle-customer-support/, and click Training Browser. When the Training Browser displays, click Videos in the left pane, and then click Quick Tips.

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