A vendor is a supplier that sells and delivers their product or service directly to your restaurants. Restaurants typically buy from more than one vendor, based on the wholesale price, the availability of product, the proximity of the vendor location, a corporate mandate requirement, and more. Without vendors, the restaurant does not have the products necessary to prepare their menu items to serve their consumers.

To add a vendor manually:

• Select Inventory > Vendors. The 'Vendors' screen appears.
  
• Click Add vendor. The 'New vendor details' screen appears.
  
• Confirm Active vendor is toggled to the on position (default value). When toggled off, you cannot use the vendor.
• Type the name of the vendor.
• Type the A/P Code associated with the vendor. The accounts payable (AP) code is a six-character alphanumeric code attached to the vendor master records that allows you to post transactions to a general ledger account.
• Select the country where the vendor is located from the drop-down list.
• Type the address of the vendor in 'Address 1' and 'Apartment/Suite.'
• Type the city, state, and postal code of the location of the vendor.
• Under the 'Vendor contact' group bar, type the contact name of the vendor, typically a vendor employee.
• Type the designated title, phone number, and email address of the vendor contact.
• Type your customer account number associated with the vendor.
• Under the 'More details' group bar, enter any additional information about the vendor in 'Comments.'
• Click Save to save the vendor details or click Back to return to the 'Vendors' screen. The newly added vendor appears in the list.

Once you add a vendor, you must assign vendor items to the vendor. Refer to "Working with vendor items" for more information.

To edit a vendor:

• Select Inventory > Vendors.
• Select a vendor to edit. The vendor details appear with the 'General information' tab as the active tab.
• Make the necessary changes to the vendor.
• Click Save to save the changes or click Back to discard your changes and return to the 'Vendors' screen.

Continue to Working with vendor items