Suppliers are vital to every business. This dialogue allows you to define them in Business Administrators eyes and assign a number of functions that will allow Business Administrator to manage a supply chain process.
Location: Contact Manager
Overview
The dialogue is relatively easy to fill in. Before doing so, you should have had a discussion with the supplier to define the broad terms of their trading practice with you. This dialogue largely allows you to transfer that information to Business Administrator.
The answers you provide should be based on the terms you’ve agreed. If you don’t know an answer, we recommend you discuss it with the supplier instead of just guessing it.
Supplier accounts
Whenever you enter a supplier onto the system, Business Administrator will also create a default account for you to work with. You can see the proposition at the bottom of the dialogue. If you can’t see a reason to have more than one account, then you could accept the proposition. But if you are likely to have more than one account, then you should name them appropriately, giving as much information as you can. You can enter as many accounts as you like, and Business Administrator will create more space as you fill them up.
Critical supplier functions
Some suppliers offer functions to a business that can be described as critical. On the bottom right, Business Administrator proposes some of these: Business Administrator actually uses these. So if your supplier falls into any of these categories, do mark them to tell Business Administrator.
Ways Forward
This dialogue is one where you can run an entire supply chain from one dialogue box. Using Ways Forward, you can define a product, mark it as stock, order it, receive it, record the invoice and pay for the product, all in a few minutes. Ways Forward is a culture worth getting to know, and it is used right across Business Administrator.