Suppliers

What it is about

The Suppliers page is Vector's supplier management view, where you can see all suppliers saved in the system in a table format. Supplier information is a key part of purchasing operations — contact details, products, and purchase history are saved for each supplier, and purchase proposals can be created automatically based on stock alert limits through the supplier.

How to get started

The Suppliers page can be found in the left-hand navigation menu under Suppliers in the Purchasing section.

What you can do on this page

Browse suppliers

Suppliers are displayed in a table, with each supplier on its own row. The table columns are:

ID — supplier identifier
Name — the supplier’s name, which you can click to access the supplier’s details
Address — the supplier’s street address
City — the supplier’s city location
No backorders — information on whether the supplier accepts backorders

Supplier-specific actions

On the left side of each row are action buttons that open a menu with the following options:

Show — opens the supplier’s details
Edit — opens the supplier’s edit view
Delete — deletes the supplier

Create a new supplier

The + New supplier button in the top right corner opens the form to create a new supplier.

Filter suppliers

The Filters button in the top right corner opens the filter panel, where you can narrow down the displayed suppliers based on the following information:

ID — search by a specific identifier number
Name — search by supplier name
Business ID — search by Business ID
Supplier code — search by supplier code
Email — search by email address
Phone number — search by phone number
Contact person’s name, email, and phone — search by contact person’s details
No backorders — filter suppliers who do not accept backorders
Show per page — select the number of rows displayed at once

Click Filter to apply the filters or Clear to reset the selections.

Tips and notes

Purchase proposals by supplier — by opening the supplier’s details, you can see the system’s automatically generated purchase proposals for products whose stock balance has fallen below the alert limit. This significantly speeds up the creation of purchase orders, as you do not need to manually check the stock situation of each product separately.
No backorders information is important to record correctly — it affects how partial deliveries of orders are handled with that supplier.
Keep supplier information up to date — up-to-date contact details ensure that purchase orders are directed to the correct person on the supplier’s side.