Creating vendors from suppliers

After a supplier has been created and validated, you can create it as a vendor in Payables. You cannot create a vendor from a supplier until the supplier has been validated and registered. During supplier group setup, your administrator decides whether validation is required. If the vendor already exists in Payables, you can associate the supplier with the existing vendor record.

  1. Select Manage Suppliers.
  2. Select the supplier to create as a Payables vendor.

    Before you can create a vendor from a supplier, the supplier must be validated and registered.

  3. Select Actions > Create Vendor.
  4. Specify this information:
    Vendor Class
    Select the vendor class to which the supplier belongs.
    Vendor Number
    If your Payables vendor group does not automatically assign vendors, then this field is available and you must specify the vendor number.

    Vendor groups are set up in Payables.

    Create PO Vendor
    Select this check box to create the supplier as a Purchase Order vendor.
    Transfer Certifications
    If certification codes exist for the supplier, then this field is available.

    Select this check box to transfer any certification codes to the Payables vendor to be created.

    Transfer Diversity Codes
    If diversity codes exist for the supplier, then this field is available.

    Select this check box to transfer any diversity codes to the Payablesvendor to be created.

  5. Click OK.
    The vendor that you created is displayed in the Vendor ID field on the Company Information tab and in Payables.